The consortium’s financial proposal is a little over 1 billion lei (equivalent to about EUR248 million), net of VAT. The contract’s implementation period is 27 months.
The project’s main objective is upgrading rail infrastructure, in order to raise train top speed to 160 km/h. It will be co-financed by the European Commission (85%), through the Cohesion Fund), and by the Romanian Government (15%).
CFR SA had received five other offers for this contract, according to an announcement in January, from the consortiums Condotte (Italy) – Balfour Beatty Rail (Germany) – Balfour Beatty Rail (Italy) – Ansaldo STS (Italy) – Selex Communications (Italy), Impresa Pizzarotti&C (Italy) – Construzioni Linee Ferroviarie (Italy) – Strukton Rail (Germany), Leonhard Weiss (Germany) – Colas Rail (France) – Thales (France), Alpine Bau (Austria) – FCC Construccion (Spain) – Wiebe (Austria), and from OHL ZS (the Czech Republic).