The government cloud would be the basis of the state’s digital transformation, a project which has registered modest progress so far.
The auction started on November 18, 2023, with industry heavyweights vying in the competition: Vodafine, eMAG, Orange, but also Austria’s Kontron, the former S&T.
STS in July 2025 designated Metaminds/Trencadis bid as the winning one. In August 2024, Kontron challenged the decision. STS reanalyzed the bids and in May 2025 decided nothing changed, the winner was the same. In the end, even after new contestations filed by Kontron, the war was lost: STS on October 8 awarded the contract to Metaminds and Trencadis.
According to market estimates, given the tight deadlines in PNRR and the delay in signing the contract, the deadline within which Metaminds/Trencadis tie-up has to complete the project is of less than one year.
The representatives of the winning consortium stated they would accelerate the implementation in order to meet the deadline.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)