European shipyards battle it out for Bulgarian OPV contract
Bulgaria continues the effort to procure two multirole OPVs in an attempt to keep its legacy fleet operational and up to NATO standards.
It is now understood that six European shipyards have expressed interest in the repeated tender. These include Germany’s Lürssen and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), French Naval Group, Dutch Damen, Italian Fincantieri, Spanish Navantia and Bulgarian MTG Dolphin.
First, Fincantieri confirmed receiving the RfP from Varna.
‘The company is interested in following every possible development of its business. With specific regard to the Bulgarian procurement, we only can confirm that we received the [RfP]’, said a company spokesperson.
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