Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.13
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
ICGB AD announces the extension of the deadline for submission of offers for the public procurement “Selection of Owner’s Engineer for the Construction of the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria” up to January 15, 2018, Trend learned from the company.
The first announced deadline was December 19, which was aligned with the legally established minimum deadline under the Public Procurement Act of 35 days.
Due to the increasing number of requests received at the office of the company for extension of the deadline and in full compliance with the level of discretion conceded to the Contracting Entity by the Bulgarian Public Procurement Act, the decision has been taken for assuring the maximum level of competition in the spirit of the tender and in the best interest of the Contracting Entity.
On the other hand, the deadline for submission of offers for the tender hasn’t been extended substantially as for the successful realization of the project it is of utmost importance to choose the owner engineer in the short run.
IGB is a gas pipeline, which will allow Bulgaria to receive Azerbaijani gas, in particular, the gas produced from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz 2 gas and condensate field. IGB is expected to be connected to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) via which gas from the Shah Deniz field will be delivered to the European markets.
The initial capacity of IGB will be 3 billion cubic meters of gas. The project’s cost is estimated at around 240 million euros.
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