Expression of Interest for “Thriassion II” Logistics Park to take place in March

Call for tender for the jumbo Logistics Center in Aspropyrgos, Western Attica, aka “Thriassion II”, has been officially launched. Project owner is the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, for the new Logistics Parks that  will be tendered as a concession project, with an estimated duration of 300 months (or 25 months).

The tender will be conducted, as expected, in 2 phases. The first one concerns the Expression of Interest, set by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for March 18th, while the second one, which is the submission of binding offers (technical and financial), will follow shorlty after. As it is the case for tender procedures, the interested parties will go through a pre-selection. The presence of Goldair and TRAINOSE in the tender is considered certain while the participation of COSCO could be also expected, with a possible interest from foreign companies due to the facilities overall progress.

Important factors for the awarding of the contract will be the percentage that will be offered to OSE (the higher it will be, the better for the interested parties, however it can’t be the majority stake) and the additional mandatory investments in the property of Thriassion, among others. It is noted that, according to what is already known, investments for the new Logistics Park will not be exceeding 20m euros, when investments in the adjacent area of ​​”Thriassion I” will be over 120m euros. 

The property belongs to OSE and a few months ago a wide range of infrastructure projects, such as multiple railway lines, electrification works, warehouses, administrative buildings, etc. were completed. When completed, it will become the largest Logistics Center in Southeast Europe with a total area of ​​1.758.240 sq.m.

The commercial exploitation of “Thriassion II” Freight Railway and Sorting Station is also one of the big challenges promising to turn the entire region into a huge Logistics Area, creating thousands of new jobs. One interesting fact is the establishment of assembly centers, a new field for the country with great prospects. Completion of the tender is expected in 2019, as long as there aren’t any legal delays.

 

Nikos Karagiannis-ypodomes.com