3. Bridge Auction Icas-Astaldi Group

The bids of the business partnerships bidding for the "Odayeri-Paşaköy (including the 3rd Bosphorus Bridge) Section of the Northern Marmara Motorway Project", including the construction of the 3rd bridge to be built in the Bosphorus, have been announced.
Minister Yıldırım stated that İçtaş İnşaat Sanayi Ticaret AŞ-Astaldi Joint Venture Group gave the shortest operation period, including construction period, with 10 years 2 months and 20 days at the press conference held after the announcement of the offers.
Reminding that the company representatives were invited on 24 May and that the offers were opened in their presence, Yıldırım stated that all the details were examined and that the third bridge design of the Salini-Gülermak Joint Venture did not comply with the specification.
Yildirim said the design in question was foreseeing that the bridge's feet were in the sea, and that it was not in accordance with the specifications. Therefore, he said that the initiative group was eliminated.
The cost of the project will find about 4,5 billion pounds and 36 is expected to be completed in the month stating that the Lightning, the 2015 XNUMX said they aim to start to serve in Istanbul at the end of the year.
Yıldırım stated that Cengiz İnşaat-Kolin Construction-Limak Construction-Makyol Construction-Kalyon Construction Joint Venture Group gave an operating period of 14 years 9 months 19 days.
"It will be the 3rd necklace to Istanbul"
Reminding that today is the 559th anniversary of the Conquest of Istanbul, they want to contribute to this meaningful day with the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, by announcing the tender result of the 3rd Bosphorus Bridge and its follow-up highway project, which will be the 3rd necklace to Istanbul. stated.
Giving information about the tender process, Minister Yıldırım reminded that they made the first tender trial of the project last year. Stating that the project at that time included the construction of a 414-kilometer highway in addition to the bridge, Minister Yıldırım reminded that although they anticipated a very long tender period, the tender of the project, which was slightly larger in terms of money, was not offered.
He reiterated that they had restarted the process, and that they had reviewed the project, and that they had arranged all conditions with a highway connection around the bridge and 100 kilometers in a balanced and fair manner on behalf of the contractor and administration.
Stating that the interest in the project is great, 28 companies and consortiums have examined the documents and 11 of them have stated their willingness to participate in the tender by purchasing, Yıldırım reminded that 20 files were submitted to the tender held on April 5, one of which is a letter of offer.
Yıldırım stated that the proposals of Salini-Gülermak Joint Venture, İçtaş İnşaat Sanayi Ticaret AŞ-Astaldi Joint Venture Group, MAPA İnşaat ve Ticaret AŞ and Cengiz İnşaat-Kolin İnşaat-Limak İnşaat-Makyol İnşaat-Kalyon İnşaat were examined according to the administrative specifications. He reminded that as a result of the examination, it was determined that MAPA İnşaat AŞ could not get the required score in the qualification evaluation and was excluded from the tender.
Remaining proposals, opened in front of representatives of the relevant consortiums opened in May, and all the details of the files, all aspects of the specifications were examined according to the principles of the Minister Yildirim, the Salini-Gulermak Joint Initiative stated that the specifications specified in the specifications noted.
In particular, the sea traffic is not affected in any way, in order to avoid damage to the maritime accidents bridge foot and the foundations of the ground should be established that noted the recording Yıldırım, the design of the Salini-Gülermak initiative, the bridge feet in the sea is predicted, so the tenderer said that the tender was eliminated.
Minister Yıldırım explained that İçtaş-Astaldi Joint Venture Group gave the shortest operating period offer including the construction period from the remaining bidders with 10 years 2 months 20 days, and the Cengiz İnşaat-Kolin Construction-Limak Construction-Makyol Construction-Kalyon Construction Joint Entry Group He noted that he offered 14 years 9 months 19 days.
Stating that the most appropriate and shortest-term offer comes from the İçtaş-Astaldi initiative, Minister Yıldırım said, “Good luck, I would like to thank all contractors and bidders who have been interested in this project and have been meticulously prepared from the very beginning. 3 As the General Directorate of Highways, the necessary care and effort will be made to construct the bridge and the highway in a short time and put Istanbul into the service of Istanbul residents ”
Yildirim said that the bridge would be a bridge that not only allows highway crossing but also allows railway crossing.
QUESTIONS
Answering the questions of journalists, the Minister Yıldırım, the construction period of the bridge is projected as 3 years, but it is more concerned with the contractor company, he said.
Emphasizing that the sooner the contractor completes and opens to traffic, the return of the investment will be faster, Yıldırım said, "Therefore, we expect contractors to act for construction without wasting time and waiting for the loan."
When asked about the investment amount, Minister Yıldırım stated that the investment will reach approximately 4,5 billion liras. Pointing out that this number may change, Yıldırım said, “This is on behalf and account of the company. It may increase or decrease. We do not have any involvement in terms of administration, but if we give some work, this will not be reflected in the price. "If we give additional work, those additional jobs will be added to the time" he said.
Yıldırım also gave information about the next process of the tender:
“Now we have announced the appropriate offer. İçtaş-Astali partnership bid for 10 years 2 months and 20 days. The second step is ministry approval. The tender commission will complete its work, and the general manager will send it to the ministry for approval. After the approval of the Ministry, this situation will be notified to the company in charge and it will meet with the administration to make the necessary preparations and sign the contract.
After this process is completed, there is a workplace delivery process. After the workplace is handed over, the company can start working with equity, if it wishes, without waiting for loan studies. There is no obstacle to this. In fact, we want it to be like this, so that the project is completed as soon as possible. Our goal is to build the bridge and the highway within 36 months and put it into service for Istanbulites at the end of 2015 at the latest.
I would like to express my gratitude to the Prime Minister, who gave us unlimited support for the project to come to today, on behalf of Istanbulites, on behalf of our nation. I wish the project to be good and lucky for our country and our nation.
To discuss the crisis in the world, at a time when Turkey's move leaves succession of projects that the brand is performing very attractive conditions without the use of public resources, Turkey is a success. It is a result of confidence and stability in Turkey. It is the result of strong political will. This result will return to our nation, Istanbulites, as a social benefit, as an economic benefit, as a solution to the traffic problem of Istanbulites. "
Minister Binali Yildirim said that they expect the construction to start as soon as possible and said that they would provide all kinds of convenience for the administration.
Indicating that the period of time to start a job in the specification of the loan lending process to increase the stating that the Lightning, the company's 6 in the month to find the loan, but also drew attention to start with equity.
Yıldırım said, “If a loan is found, the company will start working before. This is one of the terms of the tender. "The loss of time will not be out of what is expected."
Reminding that similar costs such as expropriation and consultancy services belong to the administration, the contractor will only build the bridge and the road, Yıldırım said, "We do not foresee that there will be a very large expropriation town because there are lands on the public route of about 85 percent."