Tender launched for natural gas transmission network

The Phileleftheros newspaper reported under the headline “Natural Gas Grid Planning Tenders” that the Greek Cypriot state natural gas company DEFA had issued a tender days earlier for “management of construction works of the natural gas transmission network and technical planning support services.”

The paper said that although the timeline for natural gas reaching Cyprus has repeatedly shifted, processes for building the gas transmission network have begun. It stressed that DEFA’s tender covers the first phase of an integrated project, including technical and mechanical planning, aimed at delivering natural gas to electricity generation centres.

According to the tender document, bidders must submit plans for a main transmission line with room for future expansion, plus two branch lines to AİK and other private generation stations. They must also take into account that the network could be extended to the British Bases.