Rs. 1.3 billion contract to upgrade three-kilometre Kandy-Jaffna road section in Vavuniya

Daily Mirror and Newswire report that Cabinet approved a Rs. 1,318.3 million contract for work on a three-kilometre stretch of the Kandy–Jaffna Road, also known as the A9, in Vavuniya. Daily Mirror describes the work as widening and upgrading a section passing through Vavuniya town.

Newswire reports that the project covers the road between kilometre markers 176+000 and 179+000 and falls under the national highway rehabilitation and improvement programme. It says the contract value excludes value-added tax.

Newswire reports that seven bids were submitted and that Cabinet approved awarding the contract to M/s Kanwel Constructions & Civil Engineering (Pvt) Ltd, whose bid was identified as the lowest substantially responsive one. Newswire says the proposal was submitted by the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development.

Newswire reports that the award still requires agreement from the Standing Procurement Committee.

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