GOVERNMENT intends to re-develop Findeco House under a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement after receiving unsolicited bids.
PPP unit director David Ndopu says there have been numerous unsolicited bids for the re-development and maintenance of Findeco House under the PPP model.
Mr Ndopu says in fulfilling the legal requirements for dealing with unsolicited bids, the Ministry of Finance and National Planning PPP unit is requesting for proposals from firms and consortia to redevelop the building.
“The proposal is to modify and upgrade the building into an ultra modern building,” he said in a public notice issued to the press in Lusaka yesterday.
MrNdopu urged interested parties that meet the application requirements to submit information demonstrating financial capabilities, amount of investment, period of executing the project up to commissioning and the length of the concession.
The deadline for submissions is June 17 at 14:30 local time.
Government initiated the process for the establishment of an implementing framework for public private partnerships in 2005 to allow participation of the private sector in the delivery of social and public infrastructure.
The PPP policy was developed in 2007 and launched in November 2008, while the Act was passed in August 2009.
Government is currently facilitating the implementation of PPP projects in the various sectors of the economy.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Kwacha Ngwee!!!
why can’t the Govt build a new structure rather than a face makeup. people in Govt are not thinking straigth. whats the life span of that buildiing, lets talk off the piping which was done yrs n yrs ago, how are they going to sort out the damage asbesters pipes for toilets n alik. buildings like that i weatern wolds are for demolishion and make something classical.
Good news. That building is too ugly.
#2 Mr Bean $, bravo!! I couldn’t have said it better
KK’s legacies are a thorn up the…..Govt would not have the money to demolish that structure and build another. The private sector interested in the grey elephant. Only Findeco would but they exist in the KK form now
What about Provident House in Kitwe, when are you going to redevelop it? we can’t wait to see it in modern form.
True, that structure needs serious redevelopment!!
KK’s legacies are a thorn up the…..Govt would not have the money to demolish that structure and build another. The private sector is not interested in the grey elephant. Only Findeco would but they do not exist in the KK form now
While other countries are busy developing new and modern infrasture, you are strungling to renovate old buildings.you have money lying idle in form of uncollected tax from the mines to put better and modern buildings.go for it!!
Am I the only one perplexed by this statement by Mr Ndopu? Assuming this statement was issued yesterday, it means that interested parties have just over 2 days – depending on where they are, in which to submit a viable proposal. Those of us who have been involved in producing tender documents and project proposals will be aware that the amount of work involved would take several months of research and analysis before viability of any proposal can be established. Why the rush to set a tight deadline in this case? To me it indicates that a preferred bidder has already been identified and work has been taking place in the background – and the transparency being shown is merely an illusion!
Can you please rehabilitate Kamwala second class trading centre…
The Post Office in Lusaka is another eye sore. Can something be done please
The Intercity Bus Terminus is another structure which needs serious improvement and expansion, especially that it handles buses from other countries. Currently the terminus has no proper toilets as a result the surrounding area is full of…. and smelly. Travellers from other countries have no kind words for Zambia as far as that bus stop is concerned.
#12 – Apparently some economists on this blog think Zambia has developed tremendously in the last decade. They don’t consider the basic needs of people. They are more into appearances, Potemkin villages so to say.
the intercity must be taken from mmd cadres and given to some seriuos people to run it
wait..we ll answer all of your calls one by one..Development is a long term process more especially infrastructure devpt as it doesnt occur overnight,its a step by step process that needs investment in laggard selected sectors bit by bit.we can not refurbish all the old structure at once as we dont have adequate funds,we r not like the US so the best we can do is here,there,here,there..for example from society house to findeco from findeco to the airport from the airport to provident fund in kitwe etc,,the process continues. lastly dont forget to vote in development oriented party of RB and Team..here we go.
Let FINDECO will be a museum. Let PPP put up modern building elsewhere and guess this decongest town. Baobab land or anywhere guys. Let’s look at the future. .
this is actually a good idea , as some one in the industry i’ve worked on projects like these in cape town , johannesburg and toulose . Redeveloping a building is cheaper and more environmental better than building a new it’s common trend around the world , if some of you are wonder how friend donald trump got so rich it’s from projects like these . Also its a great idea to start cleaning up the cbd i.e would u like to have an old dirty building next to an old decaying 1 ? the new buildings will come in time once we build capacity in engineerings , artisans and architects PPP are the way to go as i can’t really trust government offices
In Malawi a new law was passed that no developer within the CBD can erect a building which is less than eight storeys. The country effectively ruled out the erection of ramshackle structures within town, that are a common appearance in Lusaka. I wish we could learn from our poor but wise neighbor. By Southern African standards, Zambia is in a vantage position to do better in infrastructure development. When a country starts thinking of redeveloping an old building like Findeco, then we are in trouble. Go to Tanzania and even a small place like Kariako, the equivalent of Kamwala, there are numerous highrise buildings being built. To worsen matters our friends in Tanzania dont even rely on cranes, like the one which is stuck on the uncompleted building on Freedom way. Lets change for once
INDEED OUR PRESIDENT IS AT WORK….ANOTHER 5 YRS WE WILL SEE A LOT OF BEAUTIFULL BUILDINGS COMING UP………MY FAMILY AND I ARE VOTING 4 RB…THE HOUR HAS COME.