Race for Comarnic-Brasov motorway contract is on

April 2013 - From the Print Edition

The Romanian National Company of Motorways and National Roads (CNADNR) has received four bids for the building works on the motorway linking Comarnic to Brasov, including an offer from the Vinci (France)-Aktor (Greece) joint venture, which had been chosen to build the motorway stretch in 2009, but subsequently pulled out, according to Mediafax.
Tenders have also been submitted by the Vinci-Aktor-Strabag (Austria) joint venture, state-owned Chinese Communications Construction Company (CCCC), all-Romanian Spedition UMB-Tehnostrade JV and Italian Impregilo-Salini JV.
The tender contract for the construction of the Brasov-Comarnic motorway will be signed by September 30, with works to begin in October, said the deputy minister for infrastructure projects of national interest and foreign investments Dan Sova.
This tendering attempt for the Comarnic-Brasov motorway follows two previous failed efforts. The last attempt took place in 2010 when the winner of the auction, the Vinci-Aktor joint venture, backed out of the contract.
The Greek-based group Ellaktor, which includes the Aktor company, announced that it was annulling the contract for the construction of the highway because the Romanian state had not accepted certain terms, which made it impossible to secure financing.
Tan Lu, representative of the CCCC group, said it was also interested in other tender projects from the Romanian state. "In fact, we are interested in any transport infrastructure project," he added.