Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications

The valuation of the most important auction for the projecting and constructing works, of the new combined bridge (railway and road), over the river Danube, near Vidin-Kalafat starts today. The tender procedure is being carried out on the EU limited auction rules, according to the Practical Manual of the European Commission. The participants, included in the short list and which have submitted their tenders are:

• Consortium “Bouygues” (France) – Transstroy Varna” (Bulgaria) – Rizzani Eccher” (Italy) – 183149517, 63 Euros, 0% abatement;
• FCC (Spain) – 105216787, 40 Euros, 5% abatement (5260839,37);
• Consortium “Zublin” (Germany) – “Eiffel” (France) – 158297964,65 Euros 0%abatement;
• Consortium “VINCI” (FRANCE) – “Glavbolgarstroy” (Bulgaria) – “Moststroy” (Bulgaria) – 268210613, 00 Euros, 0% abatement

The construction of the new bridge is one of the biggest and most complicated projects, undertaken by the Bulgarian government. The development of the project begins in June 2000 with the signing of the Agreement between Republic of Bulgaria and the government of Rumania, regarding the technical, financial, legal and organizational matters, connected with the building of the bridge.

The main goal of the project is the integration of the Bulgarian road and railway network with the pan-European transport network, through the development of the Transport Corridor №IV. This corridor is the backbone of the transport infrastructure, connecting Southeast with Central Europe. The building of a combined (road and railway) bridge, together with the other planed projects, regarding modernization of the main road and railway approaches to the bridge, and those which are being carried out will eliminate the bottle neck and the limitations by transporting people and goods. The new bridge will conduce to the economical development of the region and will generate a significant amount of work places.

All short list participants are outstanding international consortiums with excellent reputation.

For additional information:
Vera Deianova, Press Centre,
Ministry of Transport
Phone: 940 95 34
E-Mail: vdeianova@mt.government.bg