Comments and Suggestion Form

‘Radoniqi Dam – Priority Dam Safety Interventions’

The electronic version of the draft ESMP is available at:

FLOWS: https://flows-ks.info/

RWC Gjakova: https://kru-gjakova.com/

The Project Management Team (PMT) of the Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security (FLOWS), has prepared an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for the rehabilitation of priority dam safety works and monitoring systems at Radoniqi Dam.

The draft ESMP has been prepared in accordance with the FLOWS Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and applicable World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs). The document describes the proposed activities, project location, potential environmental and social risks and impacts, defines mitigation, monitoring, stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanism, and institutional responsibility measures for the implementation of the proposed works.

The draft ESMP is being disclosed to ensure that interested stakeholders and affected communities have an opportunity to review the document and provide comments and suggestions.

Hard copy of the draft ESMP is available at:

FLOWS

Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP)

Str. Hajdar Dushi, 1-B Nr.7,

10000, Pristina, Kosovo

Phone: +383 48 600 883

Email: info@flows-ks.info

RWC Gjakova

Str. UÇK, No.7

50000 Gjakova, Kosovo

Phone: +383 48 658 352

Email: info@kru-gjakova.com

If you have any comment/suggestion and/or amendment on the proposed measures in the ESMP for the subproject ‘Radoniqi Dam – Priority

Dam Safety Interventions’ please submit it within the period of at least 14 days from the date of ESMP publication.

(date of publication: June 22, 2026).

Written comments on the ESMP may be submitted to the listed e-mails, or in the offices of the FLOWS or RWC Gjakova.

We thank you for cooperation in advance!

ESMP_Radoniqi_Dam_Interventions

‘Perlepnica Dam  – Priority Dam Safety Interventions

The electronic version of the draft ESMP is available at:

FLOWS:  https://flows-ks.info/

RWC ‘Hidromorava’ https://kru-hidromorava.com/

The Project Management Team (PMT) of the Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security (FLOWS), has prepared a draft Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for the rehabilitation of priority dam safety works at Perlepnica Dam.

The draft ESMP has been prepared in accordance with the FLOWS Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and applicable World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs). The document describes the proposed activities, project location, potential environmental and social risks and impacts, defines mitigation, monitoring, stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanism, and institutional responsibility measures for the implementation of the proposed works.

The draft ESMP is being disclosed to ensure that interested stakeholders and affected communities have an opportunity to review the document and provide comments and suggestions.

Hard copy of the draft ESMP is available at:

ESMP_Perlepnica_Dam_Interventions

‘Badovc Dam – Priority Dam Safety Interventions’

The electronic version of the draft ESMP is available at:

FLOWS:  https://flows-ks.info/

RWC Prishtina https://kru-prishtina.com/

The Project Management Team (PMT) of the Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security (FLOWS), has prepared an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for the rehabilitation of priority dam safety works and monitoring systems at Badovc Dam.

The draft ESMP has been prepared in accordance with the FLOWS Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and applicable World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs). The document describes the proposed activities, project location, potential environmental and social risks and impacts, defines mitigation, monitoring, stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanism, and institutional responsibility measures for the implementation of the proposed works.

The draft ESMP is being disclosed to ensure that interested stakeholders and affected communities have an opportunity to review the document and provide comments and suggestions.

Hard copy of the draft ESMP is available at:

ESMP_Badovc_Dam_Interventions

‘Batllava Dam – Priority Dam Safety Interventions’

The electronic version of the draft ESMP is available at:

FLOWS:  https://flows-ks.info/

RWC Prishtina https://kru-prishtina.com/

The Project Management Team (PMT) of the Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security (FLOWS), has prepared an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for the rehabilitation of priority dam safety works and monitoring systems at Batllava Dam.

The draft ESMP has been prepared in accordance with the FLOWS Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and applicable World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs). The document describes the proposed activities, project location, potential environmental and social risks and impacts, defines mitigation, monitoring, stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanism, and institutional responsibility measures for the implementation of the proposed works.

The draft ESMP is being disclosed to ensure that interested stakeholders and affected communities have an opportunity to review the document and provide comments and suggestions.

Hard copy of the draft ESMP is available at:

ESMP_Batllava_Dam_Interventions

Request for Bids

Small Works

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Employer:                  Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning

Project:                      Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security (FLOWS)

Country: Republic of Kosovo

IDA Credit No.:              6636-XK

Project ID No.:              169150

RFB No:                     FLOWS-NCB-W-04

Issued on:                   22 June 2026

1. The Government of Kosovo has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security (FLOWS) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Remedial Works Monitoring for 5 dams (Badovci, Batllava, Perlpenica, Radoniqi, Ujman). For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing,”.
2. The Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, through Project Management Team (PMT) of FLOWS project now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Remedial Works Monitoring for 5 dams (Badovci, Batllava, Perlpenica, Radoniqi, Ujman). The construction period is twelve (12) months maximum depending on award date, and contract completion date cannot go beyond August 31 2027. Bidders are required to have a minimum average annual construction turnover of Euro 3.8 million (Three million and eight hundred thousand).
3. The Works comprise the execution of priority remedial interventions at selected existing dams in Kosovo, including localized concrete repair and restoration works, crack sealing and injection, waterproofing and protective treatments, rehabilitation or replacement of seepage monitoring arrangements, installation of additional monitoring instruments where specified, completion, connection, testing and commissioning of existing dam monitoring instrumentation systems, and associated electromechanical and hydraulic safety system works such as pipe, valve, actuator, switchboard, and related installation or rehabilitation works where included in the Bill of Quantities. The Works are limited to the interventions specifically identified in the BoQs and technical specifications and do not include major rehabilitation of dam embankments or dam bodies unless expressly stated.
4. The contract with the winning contractor will cover the three priority dams — Batlava, Ujman, and Perlepnica. The two remaining dams, Badovci and Radoniqi, will be included subject to the availability of funds.
5. This procurement covers only the priority interventions identified by the Employer and listed in the Bill of Quantities and technical specifications. Bidders shall price only those items included in the issued bidding documents. If any item in the BoQs is identified by the Employer during bidding as non-priority or outside the intended procurement scope, such item shall be clarified through addendum and, as applicable, removed from the scope, treated as optional, or reserved for future procurement.
6. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, Fifth Edition, September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
7. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from PMT, Ms. Majlinda Pruthi, Procurement Specialist, email majlindap.flows@gmail.com, copied to Vigan Syla, Project Manager, email: vsyla.flows@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours 09.00 to 16.00 hours at the address given below.
8. The bidding document in English may be obtained by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and are free of charge. The document will be sent by email.
9. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 31 July 2026. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 31 July 2026, 14.00 (local time). All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.
10. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Euro 38,000.
11. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

The address referred to above is:

Project Management Team (PMT)

Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security Project (FLOWS)

Address: “Hajdar Dushi”, 1-B Nr.7

10000 Pristina, Kosova

Attention:

Vigan Syla, Project Manager

vsyla.flows@gmail.com

WRIPS is more than a technical document. It is a strategic foundation that integrates hydrogeological mapping, surface and groundwater assessments, water quality analysis, consumption trends, and hydro-economic modeling—all to guide water planning, security, and sustainable investments in Kosovo.

Experts presented advanced findings across the full spectrum of water resources: from infrastructure condition assessments and spatial knowledge systems to snowmelt modeling, groundwater mapping, environmental impact analysis, and the hydro-economic investment framework.

A country that understands its water resources can protect them, manage them wisely, and invest in them with confidence.
WRIPS gives Kosovo exactly that foundation.

We thank all presenters, participants, and partners for their commitment to shaping a secure water future for Kosovo.

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The main objectives include the development of infrastructure for water storage and accumulation during periods of surplus, as well as raising community awareness on sustainable water use.

Key activities involve the construction of a 10x10x3 meter water reservoir, establishment of a water collection system for natural sources, drilling of a well, and installation of water supply equipment.

Expected results include increased efficiency in water use, improved environmental and ecosystem protection, enhanced community awareness, and strengthened food security. The project is also expected to reduce the impact of extreme conditions such as droughts and floods, thereby increasing the resilience of the local community.