July 2 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's Metropolitan, the operator of the Sofia subway, said it has selected local company Sweco Energoproekt to design a 5.6 km subway section with six stations, which will link the city's central parts with the eastern Slatina district.
The deal, signed on June 27, is worth 958,000 levs ($568,400/489,800 euro), Metropolitan said in a notice on Friday.
Metropolitan received nine offers in the public procurement procedure for awarding the contract, according to the notice.
Last month, Metropolitan launched a tender for the design of a section connecting Lyulin station, in the western part of the city, to Sofia ring road.
Earlier in June, the European Investment Bank (EIB) said that Sofia is seeking a 22 million euro loan to finance the construction of the second stage of the city's subway line 3, which envisages the construction of a 3.8 km twin-track subway section and four stations.
Sofia's subway line 3 is expected to be a total of 16 km long, with 19 stations. When completed, it will bring the total Sofia subway network to 56 km of lines and 53 stations.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)