January 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency said it has received six bids for consulting services on the additional design and construction of a 54-kilometre bypass road around the town of Gabrovo, in central Bulgaria.
The tenderers, which have submitted their offers, are Sofia-based civil engineering company Patinvest-engineering and five consortia, namely Consultants, Ligistika-M, P Consult, Rutex-Technital and Infram Gabrovo, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
The project is financed under EU-funded operational programme Transport and the national budget.
The Obhod Gabrovo consortium, which comprises Bulgarian civil engineering companies Trace Group Hold [BUL:T57], Integrated Road Systems and IPS Infrastructures, has offered the lowest bid in the tender for Gabrovo bypass road construction.
The bypass road is the first stage of a project, which also provides for the building of a tunnel under the Shipka peak, in the Stara Planina mountain range.