BH-Gas

BH-Gas intends to use the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development („EBRD“) and its own resources towards the costs of high-pressure gas pipeline construction in Central Bosnia Canton enabling gasification of 4 municipalities - Travnik, Vitez, Busovaca, Novi Travnik - in this Canton.

The proposed project has an estimated cost of EUR 17,0 million, proposed to be financed by the EBRD, and will require the following deliveries and construction services:

A. Line Pipe Supply: Delivery of steel pipes for high pressure gas pipeline, which are DN 400 (16”, cca 41 km) and DN 200 (8”, cca 7 km)
B. Basic Equipment Supply: 4 block stations, 2 Pig Launcher/Receiver Stations
C. Metering & Regulator Station Supply: 4 MRS
D. Pipeline Construction
E. Construction Supervision

Prequalification for all of the above contracts is expected to begin by the end of second quarter 2010.

Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the EBRD will be subject to its Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the EBRD's loan will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Chapter of the United Nations or under a law of official regulation of the purchaser's country.

Project Implementation Unit
BH-Gas d.o.o. Sarajevo
Hamdije Cemerlica 2
71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: 00 387 33 279 000
Fax: 00 387 33 661 621
Email: finansije@bh-gas.ba
razvoj@bh-gas.ba

This notice refers to goods, works, services or consultancy services to be procured through open and competitive tendering for projects financed by the EBRD. Potential tenderers desiring additional information on the procurement in question or the project in general should, unless indicated otherwise, contact the project agency and not the EBRD.

At the upcoming Sarajevo Business Forum, 6/7th April 2010, the participation will take company BH-Gas d.o.o. Sarajevo, as a transmission natural gas system operator in Fedaration BiH. Development projects of this company will be presented by the Chairmen of the Board, Mr. Almir Becarevic, who will on this occaasion, among other things, indicate the main features of the natural gas sector in BiH. Furtthermore, the focus will be placed on the planned development projects in order to achive the diversification of supply sources in BiH, such as transmission gas pipeline Bosanki Brod – Zenica or other projects interconnecting with the Croatian gas transmission network in the north-west or south of BiH. For all presented projects pre-feasibility studiess shown financial profitability, which will be of special interest for potential investors.

Ministry of Physical Planning, Transport and Communications and Enviromental protection of Zenica-Doboj Canton, in cooperation with Zenica Municipality and BH-Gas doo Sarajevo invites all interested parties, in partcular the inhabitants of Perin han and MZ Drivuša of Zenica Municipality to take part in:

PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETING

in the process of enviromental license issuing for the construction of part of gas pipeline route Zenica – Travnik, which passes between the settlements Perin Han i Drivuša.

Public discussion meeting will be held on Tuesday, 1st September 2009 at 10:30 am in the Great Hall of Zenica municipality building.

All interested can get necessary documentation in the premises of the Ministry of Physical Planning, Transport and Communications and Enviromental protection of Zenica-Doboj Canton, Kučukovići No. 2, Zenica (office No. 910); in the premises of BH-Gas doo Sarajevoo, Hamdije Cemerlica No. 2, Sarajevo and on the official web site of BH-Gas doo Sarajevo: www.bh-gas.ba

Recommendations, opinions and suggestions in connection with the construction of part of gas pipeline route Zenica - Travnik, which passes between the settlements and Perin Han Drivuša may be submitted in writing to the specified address of the Ministry.

Ministry of Physical Planning, Reconstruction and Immigration, Central Bosnia Canton, TRAVNIK, in collaboration with "BH-Gas" d.o.o., Sarajevo, invites all those interested in, especially representatives of the ecological societies and inhabitants in municipalities BUSOVAČA, VITEZ, NOVI TRAVNIK and TRAVNIK to participate in

on environmental license issuing for the construction of the ZENICA-BUSOVAČA-VITEZ-NOVI TRAVNIK-TRAVNIK gas pipeline, which will be held on MONDAY 31 August 2009., at 1 p.m. in the Travnik municipality building, street KONATUR b.b. TRAVNIK.

For all those that might be interested, the environmental license documentation is available at:

Ministry of Physical Planning, Reconstruction and Immigration of Central Bosnia Canton, Travnik, Prnjavor 16 (office No 21)
BUSOVAČA, VITEZ, NOVI TRAVNIK and TRAVNIK municipality buildings
BH-GAS d.o.o., HAMDIJE ČEMERLIĆA 2, SARAJEVO
BH-GAS d.o.o., SARAJEVO: www.bh-gas.ba

Suggestions and comments about the enviromental license for the construction of the distribution gas pipeline „ZENICA-BUSOVAČA-VITEZ-NOVI TRAVNIK-TRAVNIK“ can also be sent, in written form, at the following address: Ministarstvo prostornog uređenja, obnove i povratka, KSB/SBK ul. Prnjavor 16, Travnik.

BH-Gas and BH Telecom concluded the pre-investment contracts, which define their joint activities in ducting the optical fiber cables through the PEHD pipes, whose routes were designed together with the gas pipeline, as the part of the transport gas pipeline Zenica-Travnik and Tržac–Bosanska Krupa construction, with the branches for Bihać and Velika Kladuša.
The contracts were signed by Mr. Almir Bečarević, General Manager of BH-Gas, Mr. Nedžad Rešidbegović, General Manager of BH Telecom, Mrs. Nadžida Ninković, Executive Manager of BH-Gas, and Mr. Nedim Džaferović, Manager of BH-Line. These contracts represent the continued activities started by signing the Collaboration Protocol 31 July 2008.

These pre-investment contracts are related to the routs design phase and the activities on the above mentioned gas pipelines construction, as well as the fibers exploitation manner, i.e. the consumption of the certain optical fiber cable capacities for the transport system management and control by BH Gas.

These contracts will meet the needs of both companies, since the BH-Gas is interested in using certain amount of the optical fiber cable transmission capacity for the needs of the natural gas supply system management and control, after putting the gas pipeline into operation.
BH Telecom is interested in placing the PEHD pipes through which the optical fiber cable is ducted during the construction of the Zenica-Travnik, Tržac-Bosanska Krupa transport gas pipelines, with branches for Bihać and Velika Kladuša.

This idea, besides the above mentioned interests, represents the best possible solution for the infrastructure projects realisation, considering the existing environmental conditions of the urban centers in BiH.

At the Assembly of Una-Sana Canton, which was held on 4 August 2009, was examined and unanimously adopted the Investment Analysis of the Una-Sana Canton, financed by the company BH-Gas with support of the Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry. The municipal councils of the six municipalities had previously provided their agreements, except Sanski Most and Cazin, which should also provide their respective agreements to the Analysis during the incoming period.

The Assembly was attended by Mr. Almir Bečarević, General Manager of the company BH-Gas, who has presented the Analysis, provided necessary information and answered the Analysis-related questions.

For this project, BH-Gas has provided 2,4 million KM for the project documentation, environmental analysis, and feasibility study. The construction would be divided into three phases. The first phase would involve the primary gas pipeline construction, whose total lenght is 80 km, to Bosanska Krupa with branches for Velika Kladuša and Bihać.

As the precondition for this project realisation, the Croatian company Plinacro should construct the gas pipeline, with the length of 30 km, to Tržački Rašteli, which the Croatian side had previously agreed on. After BH-Gas signs the contract with Plinacro, the Una-Sana Canton Government should invite to tendering for concessions awarding.

The adoption of this Analysis represents the finalisation of the previous activities between Una-Sana Canton and BH-Gas, by which the conditions are acquired for BH-Gas to continue its preparation of the investment-technical documentation at the detail design level, as the next step for the realisation of Una-Sana gasification project.

In the Company BH-Gas the activities on the construction of the transport gas pipeline Zenica-Travnik are being taken to enable gasification of four municipalities in Central Bosnia Canton: Busovača, Vitez, Novi Travnik and Travnik. The pipeline nominal diameter is DN 400, and the pipeline total length is cca 40 km.

It is the BH-Gas's decision to make the evaluation of the environmental impact in the form of Environmental Analysis for the new transport gas pipelines projects. For the mentioned project, the consultant, the company Bosna-S, Sarajevo, which is on the list of the Environmental Analysis consultants, which was determined by the decision of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism, has made environmental investigations and prepared the Environmental Analysis of the planned gas pipeline Zenica-Travnik.

The procedure of the environmental licence issuing for the project is being implemented by the competent cantonal ministries, i.e The Ministry of Physical Planning, Transport and Communications and Environment of Zenica-Doboj Canton, and The Ministry of Physical Planning, Reconstruction and Immigration of Central Bosnian Canton.

BH-Gas d.o.o Sarajevo
Central Bosnian Canton - Ministry of Physical Planning, Reconstruction and Immigration, Travnik
Zenica-Doboj Canton - Ministry of Physical Planning, Transport and Communications and Environment, Zenica