Bulgaria: Stara Zagora Water Investment Project

Project name    Stara Zagora Water Investment Project - General
Country    Bulgaria
Business sector    Municipal and environmental infrastructure
Project ID    37578
Funding source    EBRD
Type of contract    Consultancy Services, Goods, Works
Type of notice    General Procurement notice
Issue date    19 Mar 2008
Closing date    19 Mar 2009 at 00:00, Stara Zagora time

The Stara Zagora Regional Water Company has received a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “Bank”) and is using the proceeds for a project to renovate the Stara Zagora Water Supply and Sewerage Company’s (“Stara Zagora Regional Water Company” or the “Company”) water distribution network.

The Stara Zagora Regional Water Company is the implementing agency. The project is implemented in phases, as follows: phase one in 2007, intermediate phase in 2008-2009 and final phase in 2009. The project has a total estimated cost of EUR 11.6 million equivalent for goods, works and consultancy services, proposed to be financed by the Bank and the Company, and will require the procurement of the following goods, works and services:

WORKS
Renovation of water supply network
Reconstruction and modernization of pumping stations
Construction of electrical power station

GOODS
Pumps, pipes and maintenance equipment

CONSULTING SERVICES
Construction Supervision

Tendering for Works contracts for the intermediate phase is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2008 and for the remaining Consulting and Works contracts in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank will be subject to the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the Bank's loan will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law of official regulation of the Purchaser's country.