The contract will run for four years and a half, and is financed from the state budget.
CNADNR is currently using 256 vans hired through contracts with various companies, set to expire this year. According to CNADNR officials, the operating leasing contract will reduce costs by 35% and make the vehicles available constantly.
Set up in 1995, Ager Business Tech is part of the Ager group, controlled by brothers Bogdan and Daniel Savin, and is involved in the production and distribution of computers systems. The shareholders include Vital Management, with a 10.04% stake.
The company posted turnover of 54.95 million lei (EUR12.56 million) and net profits of RON3.82 million last year. In 2009, Ager Business Tech won three tenders held by Nuclearelectrica for IT services, worth a combined RON34.72 million (VAT included).
Operational Autoleasing, registered in Suceava county, is owned by Ion Vasile Ripan (89.865%) and Liliana Ripan (10.135%). Last year, the company posted turnover of RON13.14 million and profits of RON3.01 million.
In 2011, the operating leasing market was worth an estimated RON250 million, up 25% from the previous year. (EUR1=RON4.3745)