PROJECT TITLE:

Support to Education in KOSOVO

OVERALL OBJECTIVE:

• To improve the quality of Education infrastructure in Kosovo at primary and lower secondary level, with special emphasis on the inclusion of children belonging to minority communities and overcrowded classrooms.

LOCATION:

Ferizaj Municipality Prizren Municipality

SECTOR:

Education

DURATION:

Service Contract: Period of Execution: 38 months (total) 5 months - Phase 1 from the Commencement Date: 22.10.2020 33 months - Phase 2 from the Commencement Date: 08.12.2021 Works Contract – LOT 3: Period of Execution: 31 months and 6 days effective from the date 10.01.2022 (This corresponds with the completion date 15/08/2024.) Defects Liability Period: 12 months Works Contract – LOT 2: Period of Execution: 28 months and 30 days effective from the date 01.03.2022. (This corresponds with the completion date 30/07/2024.) Defects Liability Period: 12 months

VALUE:

Service Contract: Contract amount: 460,900.00 € Works Contract – LOT 3: Contract price excluding provisional sum and VAT/other Taxes: 3,197,107.20 € Provisional Sums/Contingencies: 1,325,867.97 € Total Contract price including provisional sum: 4,522,975.17 € Works Contract – LOT 2: (According to the Addendum No: 04) Contract price excluding provisional sum and VAT/other Taxes: 3,742,889.81€ Provisional Sums/Contingencies: 1,521,179.76€ Total Contract price including provisional sum: 5,264,069.57

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY:

Service Contract: TÜMAŞ – Turkish Engineering Consulting & Contracting Co. (TR) Works Contract – LOT 3: N.N.E. “NARTEL” sh.p.k. (Leader) N.N. “Nartel Exin” shpk Works Contract – LOT 2: NPSH CONIN O.P. (Leader) SH.P.K. EURO ASPHALT

BENEFICIARIES:

Children of Ferizaj Municipality Municipality of Ferizaj Children of Prizren Municipality Municipality of Prizren Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MEST)

ACTVITIES:

Service Contract: Phase 1: • Preparation of finalized programmes of the project; • Geotechnical, geological, and hydrological investigations of the land; • Investigations of the existing infrastructure such as electricity, water, sewerage, etc; • Preparation of the preliminary design; • Preparation of the detailed design with all phases for construction, such as architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and water & sewerage installation; • Preparation of the complete tender dossier for the 'Unit Price' Works Contract by PRAG rules; • Preparation of the technical specifications; • Preparation of the detailed bills of quantities for each school; • Preparation of confidential cost estimations; • Preparation of the required technical dossier for beneficiaries, such as building physics and acoustical studies, and any other needed study for the successful tendering of the works tender and to allow them to apply for building permit; • Assistance to the Contracting Authority during the works tendering and contracting phase. Phase 2: • Supervising the construction works during the whole duration of the project including the 12 months Defects Liability Period, in terms of the contracted budget, time, and quality, • Issuing the Certificates of Provisional Acceptance, • Issuing of Interim Payment Certificates, Certificates of Final Acceptance, and Final Statements of Accounts, • Maintaining and filing a complete set of documentation and records. Works Contracts: • Constructing the school according to Architectural and Structural designs and technical specifications, • Installing the Electrical fixtures and Mechanical equipment according to the designs and technical specifications. • Installing the Water and Sewerage systems and making connections to the main infrastructure.

RESULTS:

Service Contract: • Successful implementation of the construction works, ensuring that the works are completed to the contracted budget, time, and quality and fully by all contractual provisions, • Ensuring successful handing over of the project to the Beneficiaries after issuance of the Certificates of Provisional Acceptance, • The Beneficiaries and the public, in general, have an increased awareness of the EU infrastructure programs and its projects, • Satisfactorily maintaining and filing a complete set of documentation and records, • Ensuring the sustainability and dissemination of the project results. Works Contracts: • Successful implementation of the construction works according to the design implementations and EU standards. • To obtain a structure resistant to earthquakes, which has high energy efficiency and is compatible with EU standards. • Achieving fire safety regulations applicable in Kosovo – law.