Yidu–Songzi gas pipeline seeks directional-drilling labour subcontractor
CNCEC Sixteenth Construction issued an open negotiation notice on 26 October for horizontal directional drilling and associated labour works on the Yidu–Songzi gas pipeline. The works sit within the EPC project for Zhongnong Huifeng Yizhan Energy (Songzi).
The story explained
CNCEC Sixteenth Construction issued an open negotiation notice on 26 October for horizontal directional drilling and associated labour works on the Yidu–Songzi gas pipeline. The works sit within the EPC project for Zhongnong Huifeng Yizhan Energy (Songzi).
Procurement XM2025-DL009-02, package /01, covers site clearing, earthworks, pipe jacking and horizontal directional drilling. The public notice provides no pipeline length, diameter, design pressure or number of crossings.
Applicants require the stated construction-labour qualification, while the project manager must hold at least a Grade II municipal-construction practitioner certificate. Bidders must be registered CNCEC subcontractors and become qualified Sixteenth Construction subcontractors if selected. Consortia are not accepted.
Documents are available from 10:00 on 26 October to 10:00 on 29 October. Questions close at 15:00 on 30 October and responses at 15:00 on 2 November, all Beijing time. Access is free, no response security is required and submission is online. The notice concerns labour works and does not award pipe or valve supply contracts.
Why it matters
Directional drilling and pipe jacking affect crossing construction and can influence later pressure testing, pigging and tie-ins. The notice confirms labour procurement only; it cannot quantify valve demand or establish an operating date.
Relevant toPipeline contractors, trenchless-construction specialists and pipeline-equipment suppliers
What to watch next
Follow the crossing list, construction plan and subsequent testing or tie-in schedule. Equipment procurement requires separate owner or EPC notices.
These are research prompts, not announced tenders or confirmed subsequent developments.
CNCEC Electronic Tendering Platform
十六公司-宜都至松滋输气管道工程-水平导向钻进及附属工程劳务分包-公开谈判项目采购公告
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