Project record

Rumonge Port EPC and related-services package

Aerial visualization of the planned Rumonge Port on Lake Tanganyika with a new pier, unloading apron, storage and border facilities

IMWO artist's impression of the published Rumonge Port EPC and related-services package scope

Burundi's implementing agency signed contract BI-BI-MOF-493818-CW-RFB with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation for the design and execution of Rumonge Port construction works and related services. Contract 1893998 reports USD 26,452,721.36 and a 27 July 2026 signature. This confirms the prime EPC relationship, while effective notice to proceed, an approved baseline programme and site mobilisation remain unverified.

Project signal

Award in Burundi

Current status World Bank contract data records a USD 26.453 million EPC works contract signed with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation on 27 July 2026; no cited source confirms notice to proceed, mobilisation or physical construction Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Burundi / Africa

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

World Bank contract data records a USD 26.453 million EPC works contract signed with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation on 27 July 2026; no cited source confirms notice to proceed, mobilisation or physical construction / Confirmed

Last checked

5 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Port infrastructure is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Republic of Burundi implementing agency under the World Bank-financed Great Lakes Trade Facilitation and Integration Project
Delivery parties
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation - prime EPC contractor under BI-BI-MOF-493818-CW-RFB, Supervision consultant, local civil subcontractors, piling and marine-plant providers, building-services suppliers and survey teams - not identified in the cited award record
Contract route
The May 2025 World Bank procurement plan framed Rumonge as a prior-review, open-international Request for Bids using a single-stage two-envelope process. The exact contract API supersedes that plan's estimate and schedule by recording the later 27 July 2026 signature and USD 26.453 million committed supplier amount.
Execution window
The World Bank project API lists 30 June 2028 as the current programme closing date. The pre-award procurement-plan dates were overtaken by the July 2026 signature and cannot serve as a delivery baseline. Contract duration, design-review gates, site-possession date, commissioning sequence and defects period remain undisclosed in the cited sources.
Works package
The project appraisal baseline describes a new port for small-scale Lake Tanganyika traders with a new pier, unloading area, health and quarantine areas, storage for Customs and trader associations, and border-agency facilities. It states that the facility is intended for commercial vessels carrying up to 100 tonnes. The signed-contract dataset does not publish the final design, dimensions, quantities or technical specifications.
Marine interfaces
Delivery must connect pier geometry, lake levels, vessel approach and berthing, cargo transfer, apron drainage, shore protection, border control and landside storage. Bathymetry, geotechnical conditions, design water levels, dredging need, piling method, temporary works and navigation controls are not established by the award record.
Commercial evidence boundary
The USD 26.453 million supplier amount should not be compared directly with the appraisal's USD 20 million intervention envelope or the procurement plan's USD 21 million estimate as if it proved an overrun. Those figures have different dates and scope bases. Final financing allocation, taxes, contingencies, variations and supervision costs remain separate.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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CCECC signed the Rumonge Port EPC works contract

Contract 1893998 records USD 26,452,721.36 for CCECC's design and execution of port construction and related services under BI-BI-MOF-493818-CW-RFB.

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Procurement plan retained an international two-envelope route

The plan established the prior-review RFB route and USD 21 million estimate; its dates and estimate were later superseded by the signed-contract record.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Notice to proceed, site possession and approved baseline programme
  • Supervision consultant and designer-of-record appointments
  • Bathymetric, geotechnical and design-water-level baselines
  • Pier foundation, dredging, shore-protection and temporary-works methods
  • Marine plant, survey, piling and local civil subcontractors
  • Health, quarantine, Customs, storage and border-agency building packages
  • Contract amendments, financing allocation and final value
  • Commissioning, acceptance, defects and operating handover

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Reporting status

Award, confirmed confidence

Last checked 5 August 2026 across 5 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 5 August 2026 Cited sources 5

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