PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia B.V. has won the tender on providing consulting services on the development of corporate, management and financial models of the project known as “Creation of the new dry cargo district of port Taman”. According to the materials of the tender announced by RMP-Taman LLC, the company undertakes to fulfill the services for RUB 39,530,000). The second place was taken by Ernst & Young LLC – evaluation and consulting services (bid price: RUB 49,501,000).
We remind that apart from the above companies the participants of the tender were the following: Investment Bureau FINIST LLC (bid price: RUB 87,320,000), branch of limited liability company KPMG Limited (bid price: RUB 30,444,000), A.T. Kearney Holdings Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (bid price; RUB 37,000,000)..
The project on creation of the new dry cargo district of port Taman implies the construction of facilities at Taman peninsula (Krasnodar Territory) capable of handling 94 mt of dry cargo per year.
The project implementation has been foreseen by all strategic programmes and budget planning documents from 2008: Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation till 2030; Strategy for the development of seaport infrastructure till 2030; federal special-purpose programme Development of Russia’s Transport System (2010-2020).
The project is being implemented through the private-public partnership (PPP) and comprises the construction of new cargo handling port complexes (marine terminals) intended for transshipment of dry bulk and loose cargo (coal, mineral fertilizers, sulphur, iron ore and iron ore concentrate, grain), general cargo (steel) and containerized cargo financed by private investors and the facilities of federal ownership - hydraulic facilities, utility and power supply facilities as well as railways, highways and marine approaches financed by the federal budget.