The Universitate-Piata Iancului subway section is part of mainline V, which links neighborhood Drumul Taberei to Pantelimon.
The contract will run for 120 months (60 for consulting services and 60 months to monitor works during the guarantee period) and will be financed with funds from the company’s own resources, Metrorex said in a press release Friday.
The same consortium was selected to offer consulting services for the Drumul Taberei-Universitate section on the same mainline. The value of the contract stands at RON36.68 million, VAT excluded.
Metroul SA is a local company and offers design, consulting and evaluation services.
French consulting company Systra was set up in 1997 through the merger of Sofrerail (a subsidiary of the French national railway company) and Sofretu (a subsidiary of the autonomous department for transport in Paris).
The company opened an office in Bucharest in 2006. According to Finance Ministry data, Systra registered a RON6.99 million turnover in Romania in 2010 and a profit of RON690,000. (EUR1=RON4.2657)