The contract is worth 420.4 million lei (EUR100 million), VAT excluded. Construction works are due to be finished within 23 months after the contract is awarded.
The auction winner was selected on September 24, 2012 and the contestation was submitted on October 5, according to an official document.
GSP representatives told Mediafax Thursday they asked for Van Oord’s offer to be reexamined as it is technically inconsistent.
The project is co-financed with EU funds. The financing contract is worth RON642.4 million (EUR140 million), and works will be supervised by company Royal Haskoning.
The construction of the dam was suspended in 1992 due to lack of funds.
Van Oord registered revenues of EUR1.7 billion last year, and profit of EUR118 million.