A local construction company has been awarded the contract to proceed with the rehabilitation of the West Coast Road in two phases from Faleolo to Vailu'utai and Vailu'utai to West Circuit. 

According to the Tenders Award on the Ministry of Finance's website, Ott Constructors Co. Ltd has been given the okay to carry out the work needed for Lot 1 (A) and Lot 1 (B) of the second package for the Rehabilitation of West Coast Road project. 

The project is funded by the World Bank towards the cost of Samoa Climate Resilience Transport Project (S.C.R.T.P.) and construction companies (both local and overseas) had until November of last year to submit applications to take up the project. 

The Tender Awards confirmed that three companies made bids including the winning company, Ott Constructors Co. Ltd, Ulia Construction and China Civil Engineering Construction Co. 

The Chinese construction company that expressed interest in taking up this project is the same company that won the contract to take up the reconstruction of Samoa's Cross Island Road earlier this year. 

The Ott Constructors Co. Ltd will be carrying out the work for Lot 1A (Faleolo to Vailu'utai 0.712 km to 3.5 km) at the cost of SAT$13,625,458.68 and Lot 1B (Vailu'utai to West Circuit 3.5 km to 4.7 km) for SAT$6,657,691.94. 

Bidding was conducted through International Competitive Procurement procedures using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” (July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018) (“Procurement Regulations”), and was open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

The works needed for Lot 1A, Faleolo to Vailu'utai include: site clearance along the road alignment including through easements, construction of the earthworks for the new road, construction of new stormwater drainage with associated catchpits, manholes, headwalls, and outfall drains, including outfalls through easements, location, protection and relocation of existing services.

It will also include construction of roadside surface water channels, construction of new road pavements and surfacing, construction of Sea Walls (Rock Revetment), installation of traffic signs and pavement markings.

For the Lot 1B Vailuutai to West CIR Km 3.5 to Km 4.7, work will also include site clearance along the road alignment including through easements, construction of the earthworks for the new road, construction of new stormwater drainage with associated catchpits, manholes, headwalls, and outfall drains, including outfalls through easements, location, protection and relocation of existing services, construction of roadside surface water channels, construction of new road pavements and surfacing, construction of Sea Walls (Rock Revetment), installation of traffic signs and pavement markings.

The main objective of the project is to improve the climate resilience of Samoa’s road network and improve Government’s ability to respond to an Eligible Crisis.