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6 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 19 JANUARY 2020 NEWS Internal Security Fund (Borders & Visas) 2014 – 2020 This Tender is part-financed by the European Union Co-financing rate: 75% EU Funds 25% Beneficiary Funds Sustainable Management of Internal Security MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PROMOTION The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion wishes to notify that the following tender has been published: TMFA 002/2019: EX-POST EVALUATION OF INTERNAL SECURITY FUNDS (ISF) (2014-2020) PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PROMOTION Economic Operators are invited to submit their offers on the Electronic Public Procurement website on https:\\www.etenders.gov.mt by not later than 28th January 2020 at 09:30am. An electronic copy of the document, including the submission forms and relative conditions can be downloaded free of charge from the EPPs website https:\\www.etenders.gov.mt CLEANSING AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION Sejħa għal Spazju ta' Uffiċini (Rif. CMD 24/2020) Id-Diviżjoni tat-Tindif u Manutenzjoni se tkun qed tilqa' offerti għall-kiri ta' spazju għall-użu ta' uffiċċju fin-nofsinhar u ċ-ċentru ta' Malta. Informazzjoni addizjonali tista' tinkiseb minn: https://cleanandupkeep.gov.mt/ Id-data tal-għeluq ta' din is-sejħa għall-offerti hi l-Ġimgħa 7 ta' Frar 2020 sa nofsinhar. CLEANSING AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION Expression of Interest for Office Block (Ref. CMD 24/2020) The Cleansing & Maintenance Division would like to receive offers for the leasing of office block located in the South and Central region. Additional information about this Expression of Interest is available from: https://cleanandupkeep.gov.mt/ Deadline for the submission of offers is Friday 7th February 2020 at noon. Pama supermarket plans retail centre beneath existing fields JAMES DEBONO THE supermarket giant PG Hold- ings – the company that runs the Pama and Pavi supermarkets – is planning a new underground re- tail centre and supermarket in Naxxar. The supermarket and retail space is actually being proposed below a 13,700sq.m agricultural field, which will be landscaped into a roof garden. The site, which lies outside de- velopment zones, also includes a marble processing plant. Some of the plant's stores are subject to a planning enforcement dating back to 2006. The large retail outlet will be developed over an area of 11,709sq.m of which 7,623sq.m will be dedicated to the sale of re- tail goods. The complex is described as a "supermarket retail shop" which will offer "a wide variety of prod- ucts and services," a project de- velopment statement submitted by the developers states. At ground level, an entrance building will be developed to- gether with a landscaped garden. A new vehicular entrance is be- ing proposed to connect the new development with the existing Pama complex from Triq Pantar. The project envisages the exca- vation of three floors below the proposed roof garden. The lowest floor will include a parking for 380 cars. A store with an underground connection to the existing Pama supermarket is being proposed on top of the parking storey, under the pro- posed retail centre. The Environment and Resourc- es Authority has already object- ed to the proposal, warning that it will lead to undesirable urban sprawl onto an area earmarked as a Strategic Open Gap in the local plan. "Whilst the current proposal is limited to underground develop- ment, it is likely that this propos- al will contribute to additional future pressures for further de- velopment on site and for similar proposals in ODZ areas." The excavation of the entire site for the construction of the un- derground complex will generate 152,750 cubic metres of excava- tion waste. ERA also warned of an exacer- bation of the existing traffic pres- sures in the area, warning that the additional traffic generated by the proposal may potentially contribute to the degradation of air quality within the area. jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt Top: the proposed landscaped area ofthe fields, as seen (bottom left) in the geoserver in the present-day, and right, the proposed entrance to the undergound retail and supermarket centre