Ministry of Transport, Information Technology, and Communications in Bulgaria have extended the deadline to submit the interest for the Plovdiv airport concession due to a lack of interest from the companies.

The concession involves a 35-year concession to run the airport in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city. The project includes the construction of a cargo and passenger terminal and runway extension from 2,500 to 3,200 meters. These improvements will expand the capacity of Plovdiv Airport enough to serve 1 million passengers per year and some 50,000 tons of cargo.

The scope of works involves design, building and erection works and activities for redevelopment, re-modelling, restoration or overhaul of existing construction work, as well as performance of routine repairs and for maintenance of Plovdiv Airport in serviceable condition together with the related right to exploit the works whereby resuming the operational and construction risk, including the right to receive the revenues from the services, provided through the works and/or from carrying out other business activity with the works.

The new deadline to submit the response to this tender notice is July 10, 2020. You can find more information about this tender notice on our business opportunity page here.