Trans Adriatic Pipeline
(TAP) has issued its second contract notice for a major Engineering Procurement
Construction (EPC) contract in the Official Journal of the EU – the EU Gazette:
Link to the announcement.
The scope for this contract will include
the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of the approximately 760
kilometres of 48 inch (1.2 metres) diameter, cross-country onshore pipeline in
Greece and Albania. The current pre-qualification is the second,
following a contract notice on construction of Albanian roads and bridges
issued on 15 April 2014. In addition to the pipeline construction, the contract
will include the construction of 32 block valve stations along the route.
Construction of the
pipeline is planned to start in 2016 and will be split into five lots – three
in Greece and two in Albania. TAP’s highest elevation will be 1,800 metres in
Albania and the pipeline will on the way, cross many roads and rivers.
Companies interested in
being pre-qualified for the onshore pipeline construction contract need to
request a pre-qualification questionnaire from TAP no later than 26.05.2014. Only
a selected number of companies that have completed the pre-qualification will
be invited to participate in the tendering stages of the TAP’s procurement
process for the onshore pipeline construction.
Knut
Steinar Kvindesland, Procurement Director at TAP, said: “This is one of the
largest contracts that TAP plans to award. The selection of potential suppliers
will be rigorous. A key requirement that our contractors must meet are the
highest standards on Health, Safety and Environment and commitment to TAP’s
‘zero harm’ policy.”
TAP’s EPC contractors will be responsible for further securing of additional
subcontractors to implement specific parts of the contract assignments, and
thereby creating additional employment and economic opportunities in the
region.
The next contract notice to be issued by TAP in the coming weeks will be the
pre-qualification of companies for the construction of compressor stations.
The pre-qualification of companies for the Italian onshore pipeline section
will be announced at a later stage, aspart of another contract notice.