Seven candidates submitted tenders on 19 June for the builder of the extension of a second metrodiametar in Sofia. Companies will compete to develop technical design and implementation of a section of road junction "Hope" - Central Station - square St. Sunday "- NPC to Blvd. "Black peak. The whole subject has an overall length of 6.4 km and has a 7 stations. In the auction includes construction of three stations, tunnels uchastakovi with 4.42 km in length and architectural construction and elektromehanichna part of the whole property. Outside the scope of the auction are two stations - 8 and 11 and tunelniyat stretch after them because they will be subject to competition for construction by otstapeno right for.

Auction for the chief executive of the metro is held by two separate positions, as only one of the candidates participate for the whole property.

--> In the first separate item Road junction "Hope" (km 4 +140) - Central railway station - Sq. Sveta Sunday "- Blvd." Patriarch Evtimii "(km 7 +910)" offers submitted "Doush" unification "Hohtiyf - GBC, Obraskon Uarte Lain" (OHL), "FSF - Astaldi" (joint venture). "Doush" in partnership with another Turkish company fulfill part of Trakia highway between Karnobat and Burgas. Bulgarian companies "Geotehmin and Moststroy" participate as subcontractors of Taysey study in the construction of the metro in the central city area of Bulbank to Blvd. Takreem. "Glavbolgarstroy" has over 40 - years of experience in construction of roads. Spanish FCC built Danube Bridge 2. Together with the "Construction and entrepreneurial Holding Ltd. and the Czech branch of the OHL ZS perform water and waste water facilities in Rousse.

--> In the second separate item Blvd. "Patriarch Evtimii" (km 7 +910) - Blvd. "Black peak" (km 10 + 495) "qualify" Stanilov PLC (together with German partner company performs landfills under ISPA in Bulgaria ), "FSF - Astaldi" (joint venture), "Geotehmin Ltd. and grouping Metro Treys.

This is the second tender for metrouchastak said. The first to which predavaha offers to September 3, 2007 and attended by 10 consortia and companies, was closed without reaching selection of a contractor because the financial proposals of the participants were higher than the funds provided for the facility.

The project is financed by operational programme "Transport 2007-2013. The opening of tenders was conducted by a committee designated by the order of the Executive Director of the beneficiary ( "Metropolitan" EAD) Eng. Stoyan Bratoev. In the committee included representatives of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance, Sofia Municipality, the Union of auditors of the Court regional management of Sofia-city and specialists of "Metropolitan" EAD.

In a separate position of metrotunelite length is 3.8 km, are four metro stations, while excluding station 8. Position includes two separate length 2.6 km and 3 stations. (The main structures of the two metro stations - 9 and 10 and tunnels between them are built during the construction of the NPC.) Scope of work for two separate positions include development of designs and construction of sections in the following parts: construction, rehabilitation of existing stations, architectural and construction, technological equipment elektromehanichna part, including rail road and rail contact, transport automation, dispatching control and low voltage systems to the full completion of divisions and putting them into operation.

All metrouchastak must be completed within 45 months, or in 2011

The value of the contract for a separate item can not exceed 400 469 000 leva without VAT under Art. 39, para. 3 of the Public Procurement Act. For the second position value of the contract should not be above 155 555 000 leva without VAT.

Tenders of candidates will be evaluated for technical and financial criteria. It is one month (July 22 this year) committee to complete work and be declared the result of the auction.

Contestants are required to submit documents from the annual financial statements and accounts for revenue and expenditure for 2005, 2006 and 2007 Applicants must have a total annual turnover for each of the last three financial years at least 200 million euro. It needs to have available or willingness to provide funds to cover expenses during the first six months of construction, which are at least 40 million euro. For the first autonomous position is required to provide at least 30 million EUR, a second - at least 10 million euro.