4 bidders remaining for the big PPP construction project in the centre of Athens

Another step was taken for the large building project and the tender for the new building of the General Secretariat of Infrastructure of the Ministry of Infrastructure that will be constructed on Piraeus Street. By decision of the ministry, it approved the minutes of the competition where the invitation documents for a dialogue concerning the B.I phase of the tender were approved.

It includes the four groups that qualified, with the previous decision of the ministry about two years ago, from the initial process of the expression of interest of stakeholders and which are the following.

1. AVAX SA,

2. GEK TERNA SA,

3. INTRAKAT A.E. – REDEX A.E.,

4. ASSOCIATION OF PERSONS MYTILINEOS SA – DIMAND A.E.

The large building project operates by the method of Public-Private Partnership. The second phase of the competition is the process of promoting the project with the so-called “competitive dialogue”. With it, the technical objective will be determined and approvals will be required for its completion. The most important process of this phase will be the approval of the environmental study.

Then the Auction Documents will be included and will pass to the final phase of the tender (phase BII) where the submission of the technical and financial offer will be required from the participants who continue in the tender.

In the competition we observe strong alliances such as that of Mytilineos with Dimand and INTRAKAT with Redex. At the same time, AKTOR did not enter the competition.

This competition is the first to attract this kind of interest with participations that from the sources of the construction market are considered a surprise due to the size of the project. However, other factors comment that the multiple PPP tenders that have been issued will continue to be of interest to more and more companies due to their stability and almost zero financial exposure.

A great project

It should be reminded that the competition started with the submission of an expression of interest from September 10, 2021. It was attended by a total of 6 groups, four of which passed to the B.I phase of the competition.

According to the announcement, the new project with a budget with VAT of 139.59 million euros (amount without VAT of 112.57 million euros) is located administratively in the Municipality of Tavros-Moschato.

The subject of the Public-Private Partnership Contract to be awarded concerns the design, financing, construction, insurance and maintenance of a functional, modern building complex that will house the services of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Infrastructure and which will be designed based on the “Principles” of bioclimatic design, in which the environment and energy coexist, and must achieve LEED certification (Silver or higher), and 1 footbridge on Piraeus Street that ensures access to the building .

In addition, it includes the renovation of the surrounding area, part of which is located on an adjacent plot owned by OSE. SA, managed by GaiaOSE. SA, which will essentially be the access between the building complex under construction and the “Rouf” station of the Suburban Railway.

The object of the contract includes the opening of a road provided for in the approved road plan, as well as the demolition of existing buildings.

The full title of the project is “CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING FACILITIES FOR THE HOUSING OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OFFICE OF THE MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION AND FORMATION OF THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH PPP.

Duration of 30 years

The duration of the project was set at 360 months (30 years), of which the first 36 relate to the construction period and the rest to the operation and maintenance period. The project will be constructed based on the architectural tender plan that took place in 2020.

For the implementation needs of the tender, technical and legal advisor contracts have been made from 02-04-2021 and 02-04-2021, respectively, and the tender process for the recruitment of a financial advisor is underway, for its assistance in technical, legal and financial matters. issues until the completion of the entire tender process (AD Phase and B. Phase of the Competition).

The benefits of the project

With the implementation of the project is achieved:

• Saving energy and resources from the operation and maintenance of the existing buildings of the G.G.Y.

• Saving resources from the cleaning and maintenance of the existing buildings of the G.S.M.

• Saving telecommunication fee costs by using advanced telecommunication services (“syzefxis”)

• Elimination of communication costs between the Services (official vehicles, transfers, etc.)

• Lower implementation costs of the National e-Government Plan

• Unified, orderly operation between the Services of the G.S.M. / Ministry of Infrastructure.

Within the framework of the proposed Public-Private Partnership, the Private Partnership Body will implement the study, financing, construction, insurance and maintenance of the building complex of the General Secretariat of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the surrounding area.

The Directorate of Building Infrastructure (D21) is responsible for the planning, programming, assignment and implementation of public contracts for projects, studies and provision of services for the Building Infrastructure projects under the responsibility of the General Secretariat of Infrastructure.