The cumulated value of the six contracts is estimated at 7.2 million lei (EUR1.6 million), VAT included.
The contracts will be awarded through open auction to the lowest bidder and will run for one year. They will be financed by CNADNR from its own revenues.
The services stipulated in the contracts are to be provided by 22 security agents and 18 drivers. Profile companies will have to prevent thefts, deteriorations and waste storage on highways and safety areas.
The targeted highway sections include the first and second sections of the Orastie – Sibiu highway, which cover 22.2 km and 19.8 km, respectively, the first 27.7-km section of the Lugoj – Deva highway and a 10.5-km ring road, the first 9.5-km section of the Timisoara – Lugoj highway, Arad – Timisoara (32.2 km), the Arad ring road stretching onto 10 km, Deva – Orastie (34.6 km), Nadlac – Arad and the second section of 16.6 km.
The first two sections of the Orastie – Sibiu highway, the first section of the Lugoj – Deva highway and the second section of the Deva – Orastie (Simeria – Orastie) highway were open for traffic in 2013. The first section of the Timisoara – Lugoj highway and the Arad ring road were open for traffic in 2012, and the Arad – Timisoara highway was completed in 2011.
The contract for the second section of the Nadlac – Arad highway was cancelled by CNADNR in the summer of 2013, because Austrian construction company Alpine Bau had gone bankrupt.