Bidding Process Launched for 26 Projects in River Nile State
The bidding process for educational projects in Shendi locality has begun at the local council’s meeting hall, as part of 26 projects with a total cost of 700 billion Sudanese pounds, aiming to complete educational facilities including classrooms and offices throughout the state.
In Shendi, bids were opened from ten competing companies.
The bidding process was conducted in the presence of Abu Bakr Mohamed Al-Amin, Secretary-General of the Local Development Fund in River Nile State; Khalid Abdel Ghaffar Al-Sheikh, Executive Director of Shendi locality; legal advisor Babiker Babiker Abdel Razek; specialized technical committees; and the competing companies.
Abu Bakr stated that the competition involved ten companies, three of which were disqualified for not meeting the basic requirements. He added that after the education sector, the Fund will shift its focus to projects in health, water, and then alternative energy.
He highlighted that the Local Development Fund in River Nile State implemented the two largest education projects following the Governor’s decision to reopen schools and continue education despite the security challenges caused by the war. The Governor had launched the slogan: “Education cannot wait.”
He mentioned that the Fund implemented a school seating project at a cost of over 4 trillion Sudanese pounds, and also funded the printing of school textbooks abroad at a cost of 2.6 trillion pounds.
Abu Bakr confirmed that the Fund remains committed to carrying out all development projects, prioritizing education, followed by health, water, and alternative energy.
Khalid Abdel Ghaffar Al-Sheikh, Executive Director of Shendi locality, said the two most impactful decisions made by Governor Mohamed Al-Badawi Abdel Majid were the resumption of the Local Development Fund after a long hiatus during a previous political era, and the reopening of schools across the state despite ongoing war and security issues.
Abdel Ghaffar emphasized that the resumption of the Fund marked a significant step forward for development projects in localities that had stalled. He noted that the Fund successfully completed 100% of those previously halted projects.
He also noted that the launch of the bidding process for 26 education-related projects, supported by the Local Development Fund, is a step towards stabilizing education in the state.
