The contract consists in revising the feasibility study, elaborating or revising/updating the projects for relocation/protection of utilities and assisting CNADNR in drafting the application for financing and elaborating the paperwork needed to award the contract for design/execution works, CNADNR said.
The contract is estimated at RON61.4 million (EUR14 million), VAT not included, and is envisaged to run for 10 months. The revision of the feasibility study is financed from non-reimbursable European Union funds (85%) and from the state budget. Interested bidders have until June 6, 2012 to file bids.
The current feasibility study for the Sibiu-Pitesti highway was carried out by design and consultancy company IPTANA.
In early February 2012, former transport minister Anca Boagiu said the Government had given up trying to finance the construction of the Sibiu-Pitesti highway through public-private partnership, announcing the project will attract EU funds through the SOP-Transport 2014-2020.
The Sibiu-Pitesti highway is the only section of Pan-European Corridor IV for which financing has not been found.