The board made this decision after law firm Bostina si Asociatii contested again the procedures for the awarding of the lease contract by CNANDR. The auction was previously suspended in May due to faulty documentation.
“The contestation was filed because some of CNANDR’s requirements go beyond the legislative framework applicable to procedures and the proposed project and because the contacting authority failed to amend the taskbook in accordance with valid regulations,” Mihai Marian, associate lawyer at Bostina si Asociatii and coordinator of the law firm’s “infrastructure” practice, said in a press statement Friday.
At the beginning of the year, the Transport Ministry said it would revise the feasibility study for the Comarnic-Brasov highway section, a project that had been abandoned in 2010. Early May, CNADNR launched the auction to find a consultant to update the feasibility study for 23.6 million lei (EUR5.23 million), net of VAT. The project is funded from the state budget and the contract will run for 20 months.
The consultant will update the feasibility study for the highway section, will draft the contract award documents and will recommend the financial structure most prone to get competitive bids from the private sector.
The winning consultant will also be required to ensure technical, legal and financial assistance in preparing, launching and awarding the lease contract for the highway section.
The 55-kilometer-long Comarnic-Brasov highway section was slated to be completed in 2014. (EUR1=RON4.5092)