GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. buys pipes to build strategic gas pipelines

Warsaw, 20 April 2015
PRESS RELEASE
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. buys pipes to build strategic gas pipelines
In April of the current year, Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. ended public
procurement proceedings for delivery of pipes with diameters of 700 and 1000 mm to
implement strategic gas transmission pipelines.
Framework agreements with contractors will be binding for a period of four years
from the date of their signature. Specific orders will be executed on the basis of
separate partial agreements concluded each time, upon the acceptance of the
best offer. In this way, supplies will be ensured of pipes for the purpose of
construction of strategic gas pipelines carried out by the company.
Total amount which GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. intends to allocate for the performance of
those agreements will not exceed the net amount of approx. PLN 1.84 billion.
In consequence of the completed procurement proceedings, a selection was made
of 10 contractors.
For pipes with the diameters of 700 and 1000 mm:
1) PANYU CHU KONG STEEL PIPE CO. LTD
2) Metinvest International S.A.
3) Consortium composed of: FERRUM S.A. (the Leader of the Consortium) and HW
PIETRZAK HOLDING Sp. z o.o. (Member of the Consortium)
4) Noksel Celik Boru Sanayi A.S.
5) Consortium composed of: DEAWOO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (the Leader of the
Consortium) and ERCIYAS CELIK BORU SAN A.S. (Member of the Consortium)
6) Consortium composed of: IZOSTAL S.A. (the Leader of the Consortium) and
STALPROFIL Sp. z o.o. (Member of the Consortium)
7) PFF Polska Sp. z o.o.
8) BORUSAN MANNESMANN BORU SANAYI VE TICARET A.S.
Contact person:
Małgorzata Polkowska, Spokesperson
Tel. 22 220 15 46, Mobile 691 911 217
e-mail: pr@gaz-system.pl
For pipes with the diameter of 700 mm:
1) Consortium composed of: SteelTubes Sp. z o.o. (the Leader of the Consortium) and
Mexstal Sp. z o.o. (Member of the Consortium)
2) Consortium composed of: UNISET Rury Stalowe (the Leader of the Consortium) and
IMEXRUR S.A. (Member of the Consortium)
In 2015-2023, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is planning to build a total of approximately 2000 km of
new pipelines in Western, Southern and Eastern parts of Poland.
Due to the enormous scope of investment work, the company decided to apply the
optimum method of investment project implementation, consisting of purchase of
materials for the construction of pipelines (pipes and reinforcements) directly from
manufacturers. This method of project implementation provides for significant
acceleration of the investment work and an improvement of costs efficiency.
“Our new investment projects which have already been started in the majority of
cases, consist of an extension of gas infrastructure in Western, Southern and Eastern
Poland. We have assumed that by 2018, the most important investment tasks for the
Polish transmission system will be implemented or prepared within the so-called
North-South Corridor. That is why, the intention of the company is to manage the
whole investment process in the best possible way and obtain additional benefits
resulting from a large scale of purchases and, therefore, ensuring significant savings.
Due to this reason, we have decided again to employ the well-tested method of
investment implementation as part of the procedure of investor’s deliveries,”
emphasized Sławomir Śliwiński, Member of the Management Board of GAZ-SYSTEM
S.A.
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Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is a company of strategic importance for the Polish
economy, responsible for the transmission of natural gas and the management of the main transmission
grid in Poland. Between 2009 and 2015, GAZ-SYSTEM SA implemented an investment plan covering the
construction of more than 1,200 km of new gas transmission pipelines. The most significant projects of
this kind were completed in north-west and central Poland. The expansion of the gas pipeline network is
seen as a major step in the development of the North-South Gas Corridor integrating the natural gas
markets in Central Europe. The projects closed by GAZ-SYSTEM SA and the virtual reverse flow services
for the Yamal pipeline have led to a significant improvement of Poland’s energy security by enhancing
the technical import capabilities from directions other than the east of up to 90% of performed imports
(before 2011 it was 9%).
Contact person:
Małgorzata Polkowska, Spokesperson
Tel. 22 220 15 46, Mobile 691 911 217
e-mail: pr@gaz-system.pl