Following competitive dialog, the selected bidders will submit finals offers.
The five consortia are:
– Spedition UMB and Tehnostrade, owned by businessman Dorinel Umbrarescu, and Vectra Service, controlled by Marcel Butuza (Romania);
– Obrascon Huarte Lain – OHL ZS (Spain)
– China Communications Construction Company – Dogus Insaat Ve Ticaret (Turkey) – Egis Projects (France)
– Strabag (Austria) – Vinci (France) – Aktor (Greece)
– Impregilo – Salini (Italia)
The highway construction project is estimated at 9 billion lei (EUR2 billion), VAT included. (EUR1=RON4.3625)