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Ranking of Plomin C bidders determined

02.09.2014.
HEP completed the second phase of the procedure for selecting the strategic partner in the construction and management of Plomin C thermal power plant by determining the bidders' ranking.

In the process of selecting a strategic partner for the construction and management of Plomin C thermal power plant, three bids were submitted in late April 2014. Following the completion of the evaluation first phase during which the project team checked and assessed compliance of all three bids essential elements with tender requirements, the second phase continued by starting the negotiating procedure with all three bidders. During this procedure phase, conducted in line with the previously defined schedule, an indepth analysis was carried out, explanations requested and obtained from the bidders, several talks and a few site visits to the Plomin TPP location conducted. In line with the activities conducted, requirements for bidders' ranking by the project team have been met. The preferred bidder is Marubeni from Japan, the second-ranked bidder is the Abeins and Daewoo Consortium, and the third-ranked one is Edison.

'We would like to thank all qualified bidders for their expressed interest in establishing a partnership relation with HEP for the purpose of delivering this project of strategic importance', said Tomislav Šerić, the President of the Management Board of HEP. 'We are extremely pleased with the quality of all received bids which preparation was accompanied by significant professional and financial resources'.

The procedure, conducted in line with the rules of the International Competitive Negotiated Procedure, will be continued in a form of negotiations with the prefereed bidder. HEP aims at completing these negotiations by the end of this year and preparing the contracts to be signed in early 2015.