Important Pre-Announcements 

The International Olympic Committee has designated Sochi as the host city of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2014. 

Procurement and Opportunities

News

Contact addresses 


Important Pre-Announcements.

13-17.04.2008: Business trip of Swiss entrepreneurs to Moscow, Sochi and Krasnodar. Please show your interest to participate by writing to JCC, Herr Taus, Direktor JCC jcc@taus.ch, Tel: +41 (0)44 362 16 30

24 -26.03.2008 Exhibition Goszakaz - 2008, Moscow. There will be a special exposition called “Sochi 2014” where venues which are under construction or planned to be built for the Olympic Games are shown. Besides, the participants of the exhibition can visit the Round-Table devoted to the Olympic Games where suppliers can present their goods. ‹www.goszakaz.inconnect.ru›

14 -17.04.2008 Athletic Build - 2008, Sochi.
‹www.primus-germany.de› 


The International Olympic Committee has designated Sochi as the host city of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2014.

15 new sport objects include:

Biathlon complex, Ski complex, Mountain ski slides, Start zone of skiing centre, Finish zone of skiing centre with tribunes, Ski lifts, Bobsleigh track, Small Ice-Hockey Stadium Ice Sports Palace, Skating centre Big ice-hockey arena, Medical and rehabilitation centre with swimming pool on open air, Central Stadium for 40000 persons, Ice arena for curling, Basic Olympic Village, Mountain Olympic Village, Ski jumping board K-120 and K-90, Snowboard-park, Freestyle-center, System of artificial snow for skiing centre

Figures & Facts about Sochi

1. Sochi is the largest resort region of the Russian Federation. It stretches for 147km along the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar region and includes the Krasnaya Polyana mountain resort area.
2. Sochi is divided into four administrative districts: Adler, Khosta, Central and Lazarevsky, and it borders the Georgian Republic in the south.
3. The climate in Sochi is subtropical and the city usually has 200 sunny days a year. The average summer temperature is +26 C and -3° C in the winter. You can swim in the sea from April until October, and go skiing from October through May.
4. Mount Elbrus (5,642 m) in the Russian Caucasus is considered the highest mountain in Europe. Mont Blanc in comparison is 4,810 m. The average height of the Caucasus mountains around Sochi are 2,000m.
5. Sochi is a city with more then 400,000 inhabitants representing over 100 nationalities. Over two million tourists visit Sochi annually and with over 250 spa facilities in the area, health and leisure tourism are the city’s leading sources of economy.
6. Sochi has over 200,000 hectares of forests, 4,000 of which are within Sochi Centre. Sochi encompasses several specially protected natural zones: the Caucasian National Biosphere Reserve, Sochi National Park, the Russian Federation National Wildlife Sanctuary, and over 30 botanical gardens and parks and nature sanctuaries housing over 30,000 wild-life plant species. 

Procurement and Opportunities

The State corporation SC “Olympstroy” will be the buyer and will organize tenders after official confirmation all sport facilities by the International Olympic Committee. Mr. Vainshtok, confirmed that foreign companies will be engaged for the construction of sport facilities for Sochi-2014 on the basis of tenders. In December, SC Olympstroy” approved the state program of a construction of Olympic sites. It was stated that the main demands for investors would be reliability, professionalism and banking warranties or insurance company warranties. The Tender committee will include the representatives of the Administration of Krasnodar region and the city of Sochi. 

News

State Corporation on Construction of Olympic Venues announced the tasks for companies which are involved or would like to be involved in the construction of Olympic Venues. All sports facilities should be constructed in such a way that they could easily be transformed and reconstructed, giving Sochi the possibility to bid for Summer Olympic Games in the future. Besides, it should be the general criterion that the Olympic venues are ecologically sustainable. In particular, materials for construction should contain not less than 25% of natural materials. If more, it will be an advantage for the constructing companies. Suppliers can also receive additional advantages if they use resourcesaving, energy-saving, and heatretaining materials.

It was announced that 240 new venues have to be built in Sochi for the Olympic Games. The list of Olympic Venues has to be approved by the Russian Government during the first quarter of 2008.

The First Vice-Governor Mr. Remezkov had a business breakfast with the 10 biggest Swiss companies specialized in ski lifts and in operation activities of ski resorts in Davos during the Economic Forum. Besides, the Administration of Krasnodar region agreed with Swiss companies and universities that Russian specialists can study the ski-resorts management technology in Switzerland. 

Contact adresses

Switzerland
Osec
Marc Buser, Senior Consultant
Phone direct +41 44 365 52 91
Mobile +41 79 638 16 85
Fax +41 44 365 20 53
mbuser@osec.ch, ‹www.osec.ch›

Russia
Embassy of Switzerland
Elena Groshkova, Project Manager
Phone direct +7 495 225 88 41
Fax +7 495 225 88 42
elena.groshkova@eda.admin.ch, ‹www.eda.admin.ch/moscow›