Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is continuing its pre-qualification of potential
suppliers for the construction of the 870km-long high pressure natural gas
pipeline with its associated infrastructure across Greece, Albania, and Adriatic
Sea with landfall in Southern Italy.
This week TAP has issued its third
contract notice in
the
Official Journal of the EU – the EU Gazette:
Link to the
announcement for the construction of compressor stations in
Greece and Albania. Two compressor stations will be necessary to transport 10
bcm of natural gas per year along the entire pipeline route from east to
west.
The scope for this contract will include the Engineering,
Procurement and Construction of one compressor station in Albania near Fier
(with fiscal metering, and one flow metering station in Albania in Bilisht), and
one compressor station in Greece near Kipoi (with fiscal
metering).*
Companies interested in being pre-qualified for this contract
need to request a pre-qualification questionnaire from TAP
no later
than 16.06.2014. This request can be sent to TAP via email at [email protected]Only a
selected number of pre-qualified companies will be invited to participate in the
tendering stages of the TAP’s procurement process for the compressor stations
construction.
Knut Steinar Kvindesland, Procurement
Director at TAP, said: “The scope of work for this contract
is rather complex - potential contractors must demonstrate very specific
expertise in constructing natural gas compressor stations, as well as other
multi-disciplinary energy infrastructure experience, including strong project
management skills.”
TAP’s EPC contractors will be responsible for further
securing of additional subcontractors to implement specific parts of the
contract assignments. It is expected that this will create additional employment
and economic opportunities in the region. Construction of the compressor
stations is planned to start in 2016 and it will take approximately 2 years to
complete.
The compressor stations will be built in accordance with the
international industry standards on health and safety, located at a significant
distance away from highly populated areas, causing minimum impact on the
environment and local communities. TAP has developed a set of measures to
mitigate any impacts as described in its Environmental and Social Impact
Assessments (
ESIA in
Albania and
ESIA in
Greece).
The
current pre-qualification is the third one, following contract notices on
construction of Albanian roads and bridges and onshore pipeline construction
services in Greece and Albania.
The next contract notices to be issued by
TAP in the coming weeks will be the pre-qualification of companies supplying
Turbo Compressors and Large Diameter Valves.