Media release

16 05 2016
Vilnius
Deadline nearing to submit participation requests for Marvele cargo port
3rd of June 10:00 is the deadline to submit participation requests for Marvele cargo port concession
tender. Submissions should be made via CVP IS, a procurement system used by the Lithuanian
Ministry of Transport and Communications, which will then create a shortlist of applicants.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications on 15 th of March has issued a tender for
the operation and development of Marvele cargo port in Kaunas. A state-funded development of
the inland cargo ports basic infrastructure was completed last year, and the Ministry is now looking
for a concessionaire to take over responsibility for operating and further developing the facility.
The winning bidder will operate the port for 25 years and will assume all demand risk. The expected
capital investment for the project is 11 million. The scope of the project includes extending the
dock by a further 80 metres at least. The winning bidder will also be required to add internal roads
and utilities infrastructure, storage facilities, and loading equipment such as cranes and reach
stackers.
The tender has a number of core requirements for bidders. They must have constructed a water
port or water port structure in the last five years, where the construction was at least 11 million.
They must also have managed a water port structure, with an annual turnover exceeding 0.5
million, over the last three years.
The Ministry expects the concession tender process to last until the third quarter of 2017. Tender
documents are published at the CVP IS (link).
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on the ground experts for global companies interested in doing business in Lithuania. The agency
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For more information:
Irmantas Butkauskas | PPP team lead at Invest Lithuania
Tel. +370 5 264 9078 | Fax. +370 5 212 0160
irmantas.butkauskas@investlithuania.com

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