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Pre-electoral tender on new €100 mln medical lab PPP sparks outcry

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TIRANA, Dec. 26 – Plans to award a new costly concession of about €100 million in the public health sector next February, only four months ahead of the upcoming June general elections, have sparked concerns among medical professionals, experts, the opposition Democratic Party and even the Socialist Movement for Integration, the ruling Socialist Party’s junior ally. The concerns come as the health ministry has announced a February 15, 2017 tender to award a 10 year-concession contract to a private company that will operate the laboratory services in the country’s main hospitals through public funding in return for investment in their…

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  • The ten-year concession, the fourth controversial PPP in the health sector in the past couple of years will cost Albanians 13 billion lek (€96.5 mln) for the next 10 years with the government having already planned 886 million lek (€6.5 mln) in payments to the concessionaire for 2017, according to the Open Procurement portal and the finance ministry. The concession will cover the key Tirana university hospital center, 12 regional hospitals and the small Saranda and Lushnja local government run hospitals

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