The Tunisian Government plans to dig a deep water port and a zone of economic and logistics activities within the framework of the election programme of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali "For tomorrow’s Tunisia" and in conformity with the following strategic orientations and objectives:

 

 

 

 

The The call for expression of interests related to the project of realization of Enfidha deep sea port as a full BOT initiated by the Tunisian Government on December 14, 2007 has led to select eight consortiums which have expressed their interest in the project.

The Request for Proposal file for the Financing, Construction and Operation of the Deep Sea Port project at Enfidha (Tunisia) in the form of a full BOT concession was finalized and sent on august 15, 2008 to the short listed consortiums.

This RFP contains the following documents:

- Instructions to Tenderers;
- Draft of the Concession Contract;
- Draft of the “Schedule of Conditions”.

The tender process will take place according to the timetable below:

- Monday 15 September 2008:

Pre-bid conference to be held at "Karthago le Palace" hotel Gammarth Tunis.
Tel : 00216 71 911 971
Fax : 00216 71 911 442
e-mail: lepalace@i.palace.com.tn
Adress: les Côtes de Carthage-Gammarth – Tunis, Tunisie.

- Tuesday 16 September 2008:

Opening of the data room for review of all documentation related to the project, site visit and meeting with the project officials.

- Tuesday 20 January 2009:

Dead line for bidders queries, clarifications and proposals receipt related to the tender documents.

- Thursday 05 February 2009:

Answers to bidders queries, clarifications and proposals related to the tender documents.

- Wednesday 25 February 2009 at 12h00, Tunis time:

Proposals submission closure date.

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Ensure better integration of Tunisia into world economy so as to make it a regional centre of international trade and services,

 

Create more incentives to foreign investment to dynamise the national economy and most importantly promote the private sector participation in managing and financing the infrastructure,

  

Develop capacity building of port infrastructure through the creation of a new-generation port, 

  

Creation of logistics activity areas ensuring integrated transport services,

 

Materialising the national job creation programme

 

 

 

  

 

Within this framework, the Ministry of Transport plans to call for private and qualified entrepreneur or group of entrepreneurs for the construction, funding and exploitation of a deep water port at Enfidha on the Tunisian Central East coast at 100 Km to the south of the capital Tunis and this would be in the form of a concession.

This project will help Tunisia acquire an infrastructure capacity in order to meet the country’s external trade progress and participate in tran-shipment traffic which is rapidly developing in the Mediterranean. 

The achievement of this project is integrated within an economic development scope including a modern transport infrastructure and an area of economic  and logistics activities aiming at promoting trade activities, industry and services with foreign countries

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Ministry of Transport