MCA-ARMENIA AND HAYJRNAKHAGITS INSTITUTE SIGNED CONTRACT
Lragir.am
14-09-2007 13:26:40
Millennium Challenge Account – Armenia announced the award of a
consulting contract to "Hayjrnakhagits Institute" CJSC for the design
and construction supervision of a project that will rehabilitate
six main irrigation canals (Artashat, Low Hrazdan, Armavir, Talin,
Arzni-Shamiram, Shirak) of the MCA-Armenia Irrigated Agriculture
Project Infrastructure Activity, the press service of the MCA-Armenia
reported. The contract was signed by MCA-Armenia CEO Ara Hovsepyan and
"Hayjrnakhagits Institute" Director Yuri Javadyan.
According to the contract, "Hayjrnakhagits Institute" should:
-Develop preliminary designs for the six main canals and final designs
for ancillary structures;
-Prepare two-phase bidding documents for the construction firm that
will carry out the rehabilitation work;
-Collect baseline data for an environmental and social impact
assessment;
-Supervise construction activity during the canals’ rehabilitation
stage.
In total, these six main canals serve around 120,000 hectares
of farmland which is more than half of area served by Water User
Associations.
The contract value is USD 1,500.000. The duration of work will be
46 months.