The public tender for the new Leixões Blue Hub is now open. €4.9 million is available for its construction, and interested companies have 90 days to submit their bids.
The Blue Hub is a scientific, technological and innovation infrastructure that aims to develop the blue economy.
The new Leixões Blue Hub includes the construction of a multi-purpose central tank, with a completion deadline of 365 days. The contracting authority is the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), as leader of the Leixões Blue Hub consortium.
The specifications stipulate that the work will be carried out at the Port of Leixões Logistics Platform, with a completion deadline of the end of 2025.
In addition to INESC TEC, the Leixões Blue Hub brings together other entities such as: the Port Authority of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo (APDL), the Matosinhos City Council, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), the Institute for Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (INEGI) and the Ocean Forum.