The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development said it had announced an international tender for the construction of the marine infrastructure for Anaklia deep sea port, a project earmarked for western Georgia's Black Sea town. 

The tender documentation - based on procurement procedures of the World Bank - had been sent to the Big Four dredging companies of Boskalis, DEME, Jan De Nul and Van Oord.

"These companies have rich experience in designing and manufacturing marine works. Significantly, a large share of the port’s marine work comes from dredging, and these companies own 80 percent of the global dredging fleet.

The decision of sending the tender documents to the European companies had come after talks with the international consulting company HAEDES B.V. A single-stage procurement procedure using limited international market approaches will be used for the procurement, with invited bidders submitting tender proposals for technical and financial aspects.

The winning proposal will be the one which meets the requirements/selection criteria and has the highest total (technical proposal score plus financial proposal) score”, - the Ministry said.

Participants have been given 45 days to ask clarifying questions regarding the tender documentation and prepare competitive tender proposals.

The technical and financial evaluation of the proposals submitted by the bidders will be ensured by a tender commission specially created by Anaklia Sea Port entity, founded in 2023 by the Georgian state together with international consultants.