📋 Tender Overview
Reference: 20240169
Release date: 12 June 2025
Promoter – Financial Intermediary
PORT OF GOTHENBURG AB
Location
Sweden
Description
The project, situated in the Port of Gothenburg within the city of Gothenburg, involves the reinforcement and deepening of approximately 700 meters of quay walls to facilitate containerised cargo handling. It forms part of the Skandiaporten project, a collaboration between the Swedish Transport Administration, the Swedish Maritime Administration and the Port of Gothenburg which aims at increasing the capacity of the deep-sea terminal to accommodate larger and/or more loaded ships. The related works include, among among other activities, excavation, bank piling to secure the rock bottom, a new crane beam, replacement of sheet piling, construction of a new quay front, dredging, and erosion protection measures.
Objectives
The aim is to contribute to the decarbonisation of a high-emitting transport sector by investing in critical infrastructure.
Sector(s)
Transport - Transportation and storage
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
SEK 750 million (EUR 68 million)
Total cost (Approximate amount)
SEK 1700 million (EUR 155 million)
Environmental aspects
The project falls under Annex I of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) Directive 2011/92/EU as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU. The final environmental decision was issued by the competent authority on 24 October 2022 and included mitigation measures in relation to the disposal of dredged materials, the prevention of excessive turbidity levels during the works and the management of piling activities, the management of vessel traffic and the establishment of a control programme for dredging disposal activities. Where and if applicable and based on a risk-based approach as defined in the EIB Group Environmental and Social policy, the requirements of the EIADirective 2011/92/EU as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU, Birds Directive 2009/147/EC, Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC (to be completed as relevant/applicable) will be checked during appraisal.
Procurement
The EIB will require the promoter to ensure that contracts for implementation of the project have been tendered in accordance with the applicable EU procurement legislation, Directive 2014/25/EU as well as Directive 92/13/EEC as interpreted by the Court of Justice of the EU, with publication of tender notices in the EU Official Journal, as and where required. The promoter carried out a public tendering/procurement process from Q3/2019 to Q3/2020, as a turnkey contract with extended collaboration (partnering). The process was done in accordance with the national law regulating procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sector (Swedish: lag (2016:1146) om upphandling inom försörjningssektorerna). This law implements directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament of the European Parliament and of the
