One of the contracts concerns the upgrading of the road section linking Craiova to Galicea Mare (47 km). Works are estimated at RON255.06 million, VAT excluded.

The companies which submitted offers for this contract are PA&CO International, Delta ACM and Romstrade (Romania), as well as FCC Construccion (Spain) and Strabag Austria.

The consortia interested in this project are Erpia (Romania) – Monte Adriano Engenharia e Construcao (Portugal), Grupo Empresarial Magenta (Spain) – Assignia Infraestructuras (Spain) – Confort (Romania), Tirrena Scavi (Italy)/Unieco Societa Cooperativa (Italy)- CMB Cooperativa Muratori e Braccianti di Carpi (Italy), SCT Bucuresti – Doprastav (Slovakia), Selina (Romania) – Global Investc (Romania), SECOL Italia – SECOL Romania and OHLZS (the Czech Republic) – Soares da Costa (Portugal).

The second contract, estimated at RON149.27 million, without TVA, concerns the upgrading of the Galicea Mare-Calafat section (37 km).

Companies Viarom Construct (Romania), Mochlos (Greece), Puentes Y Calzadas Infrastructuras (Spain) and Azvirt LLC (Turkey) submitted bids for this second contract, alongside consortia Straco Grup (Romania) – AZVI (Spain), Domarcons (Romania) – Construcciones Lujan (Spain) – Enrique Ortiz e Hijos Contratista de Obras (Spain), Trustul de Autostrazi, Drumuri și Poduri AG – Viales Y Obras Publicas (Spain) – Cross Land Construct (Spain), Porr Bau (Germany) – Hidroconstructia (Romania), Chirulli Andrea Impresa Individuale (Italy)- Aleandri (Italy) and Mazzi Impresa Generale Costruzioni (Italy) – Via CarpatiaConsult (Romania).

The project is financed with funds from the European Investment Bank and from the state budget. (EUR1=RON4.1817)