The City of Belgrade (Serbia) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the construction of a landfill site in Vinca.

According to sources, five companies have been pre-qualified and will be able to submit bids until July, 6.

The city issued an Invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) in January 2015 and in October 2015, it received eleven offers for the project from Feom Ciro Frisoli & C.Sas (Italy), WTE Wassertechnik / Jessen (Germany), Suez Environnement (France), Valoriza / Terna Energy (Greece), Urbaser (Spain), Helector (Greece), Innovative Design Bureau Ecological Technologies (Russia), Veolia (France), C. I. S. A. (Italy), Beootpad d. o. o. (Serbia), Vinci Environnment (France).

Belgrade aims to develop waste treatment and disposal facilities through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, whereby a private partner will be selected through competitive tender to enter into a long-term agreement with the City to design, build, finance, operate and transfer the facilities.

The project is estimated to cost €300 million (US$335.4 million).

The facilities shall be designed to process all types of waste to be disposed of by the City (e.g., municipal, commercial, industrial), so as to reduce the quantity of inert waste disposed in the landfill. The overarching objective of the City is to bring Belgrade’s waste disposal practices into accordance with the effective Republic of Serbia regulation,  in line with EU regulation, and within the context of the country’s EU accession negotiations.