Six offers were placed for the project for building new runway system and the adjacent equipments at Sofia Airport by the 2 p.m. deadline on June 18. The offers belong to the Kuwaiti Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC); the joint venture SARCO, including Germany’s Ed.Zueblin AG and the Bulgarian Moststroy; a join venture including the Turkish company Alarko, the Bulgarian “Avtomagistrali” and the Kuwaiti Associated Construction Company W.L.L.; the Austrian STRABAG AG together with the Bulgarian “Granit”; a joint venture including the Italy’s Italstrade, the Bulgarian company “Putstoi – 92” and Germany’s Ferrostaal. The last offer belongs to the Kuwaiti Mohammed Abdoulmohsin Al-Kharafi&Sons for General Trading. On May 28 the deadline was extended by three weeks because of the great interest shown by bidders. The whole project on constructing a new Sofia airport must be concluded in 2005. The offers will be assessed by an interdepartmental committee, including representatives of the donors under the project.