The company filed a bid together with insurance broker RCI Broker de Asigurare (subcontractor) and RCI Finantare Romania (associate). The value of the contract, which will run for three years, is estimated at EUR1.62 million, VAT included.
The vehicles will be purchased from Posta Romana’s own sources.
RCI Leasing Romania is a unit of RCI Banque, the financial division of French group Renault.
In the first half of 2013, Posta Romana organized two auctions to purchase 732 vehicles via financial leasing.
Porsche Leasing Romania won the first auction and undertook to provide 607 vehicles to Posta Romana for EUR8.23 million (VAT included). The contract will run for three years.
The second auction targeted the purchase of 125 vehicles, via financial leasing, and the contract was estimated at EUR1.61 million (VAT included). The auction was canceled in July due to “severe deviations from legislative provisions, which affect the contract awarding procedures and make the contract signing impossible.”
Posta Romana is the largest postal operator in Romania with a network of 5,600 offices and about 28,500 employees.
The company is 75% owned by the Ministry of Communications. The remaining 25% stake is controlled by investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP. RO).