April 13 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's AES-3C Maritza East I, the operator of coal-fired power plant AES Galabovo, said it has opened a 2.5 million levs ($1.6 million/1.3 million euro) tender for construction works.
The tender envisages construction works related to the thermal power plant's gas collection shafts, AES-3C Maritza East I said in a tender notice on Thursday.
The term of the contract will be three years.
The deadline for submitting offers is May 14.
Bids will be ranked solely based on price.
AES-3C Maritza East I is part of U.S.-based energy conglomerate AES Corporation. In 1999, a unit of AES Corporation purchased the majority interest in the Maritza East 1 project, renamed AES Galabovo in 2009. The company completed the full acquisition of the 600 MW thermal power plant from Ireland's Consolidated Continental Commerce Limited (3C) in 2005.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)