Hello,This time is Turkey, I know about the Turkish efforts to join the European Union. Does Turkey belong to Europe or to the Middle East? It depends if you consider the geographical, political or cultural point of view.I decided to include Turkey in the list of countries I am going to write about here on this blog.Two days ago I got an email from International Platform Turkiye promoting the change of deadline for companies to get pre-qualification for Ankara Bilkent Integrated Health Campus PPP project from July 23 to August 11. I'm sorry because I had no material time to promote it before. Anyways I will announce that the RFQ was over today and I will also announce the companies that bought the RFQ documents.According to the International Platform Turkiye:

After the postponement made in the deadline of the tender, many leading companies in the sector are awaited to apply to the Ministry on August 11, 2010.

As is known, having considered the postponement requests of the companies, Public-Private Partnership Department had extended the pre-qualification application deadline to August 11, 2010 from July 23, 2010 in the international tender announced for the construction of Bilkent Integrated Health Campus.

Scope of ProjectProject to be carried out in Bilkent - Ankara will consist of 504 bed capacity General Hospital, 344 bed capacity Gynaecology Hospital, 496 bad capacity Pediatry Hospital, 328 bad capacity Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital, 328 bed capacity Oncology Hospital, 456 bed capacity Neurological Sciences and Orthopedic Hospital, 300 bed capacity Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Hospital, 200 bed capacity Psychiatry Hospital and 100 bed capacity High Security Coroner Psychiatry hospital as an Integrated Health Facility with total bed capacity of 3065. The project will be completed in 42 months on PPP Model and will be operated for 25 years.According to International Platform Turkiye the companies that bought specifications as of August 5, 2010 are listed below for your information:* Astaldi* Türkerler* Alarko* Yüksel ?n?aat* IC ?çta?* OHL* Güri?* YDA* YenigünAccording to TEBA's inquiry at this stage, all of the companies interested in Kayseri Health Complex and Ankara Etlik Health Complex which were the pioneer projects put to tender, are expected to get interested in the subject international construction tender.Via: International Platform TurkiyeFollow us on twitter!Take care!