The bids-submitting deadline in the auction for Sofia highway belt will expire on October 11, the regional development ministry announced.
Companies and tie-ins from the European Union, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro will be eligible bidders in the Lyulin highway tender. They are required to have extensive experience and to have successfully completed at least two similar projects since 1999, each costing more than EUR 40 M.
Individual construction companies should have an annual turnover of more than EUR 40 M. The leading partners in the applying consortiums should have an annual turnover of EUR 32.5 M for the period between 2002 and 2004.
Tender papers can be purchased at the Bulgarian Roads Agency for the price of EUR 500.
The Lyulin highway project is part of the Trans-European transport corridor No. 4 spanning on Bulgarian territory the cities of Vidin, Sofia and Kulata on the north-south axis. Its length totals 19 km and is estimated at EUR 148.45 M, including EUR 37.112 funding by Bulgaria.