Niger: Kandadji tenders relaunched

The High Commission for Development of the Niger Valley is seeking expressions of interest from consultants to act as lender’s engineer and construction contractor for the Kandadji dam project. The Kandadji Programme for Ecosystem Regeneration and Niger River Development aims to generate power and control the flow of the Niger River, retaining water during the dry season to maintain a minimum flow and enable downstream irrigation. A construction contract was awarded to Russia’s Zarubezhvodstroy in 2010 but cancelled in July 2013 due to non-performance.