EC Gives Green Light to Sofia Waste Plant
The Sofia City Hall has received a positive response from the European Commission on the selected contractor for the plant for mechanical and biological waste treatment.
Companies wishing to participate in the public tender for building Sofia's waste treatment plant will have to have a turnover of at least BGN 200 M for the past three years.
The news was announced by Sofia's Deputy Environment Mayor, Maria Boyadzhiiska, who says that the tender will be announced as early as next week.
In addition to the turnover requirement, candidates must show proof that the have built at least one similar plant with a capacity of 200,000 tons of waste per year, or two such plants with a capacity of 100,000 tons each.
Boyadzhiiska said that those requirements will not limit the number of potential bidders since this is one of the major projects in the Bulgarian capital with a total value of the installations worth EUR 183 M.
The tenders for the compost installations near the village of Gorni Bogrov in Sofia's suburbs and for construction control will also be announced next week.
In the mean time it was reported that a company with mixed Jordanian and British capital had expressed interest in building a waste treatment plant near the southern city of Pazardzhik.
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