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Five consortia interested in Romania’s Pitesti-Craiova highway project

The Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has revealed that five consortia have entered bids to land the contract for the construction of the €2.08 billion (RON 9bn) 121km Pitesti-Craiova highway. The deadline for the submission of bids was 8 May 2013. Offers were submitted by a consortium formed by Romanian companies such as Spedition UMB, Tehnostrade and Vectra Service. The other four consortia that filed bids are: Obrascon Huarte Lain/OHL ZS (Spain), China Communications Construction Company/Dogus Insaat
May 10, 2013 Read time: 1 min

The Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has revealed that five consortia have entered bids to land the contract for the construction of the €2.08 billion (RON 9bn) 121km Pitesti-Craiova highway. The deadline for the submission of bids was 8 May 2013.

Offers were submitted by a consortium formed by Romanian companies such as Spedition UMB, Tehnostrade and Vectra Service. The other four consortia that filed bids are: Obrascon Huarte Lain/980 OHL ZS (Spain), 2661 China Communications Construction Company/Dogus Insaat Ve Ticaret (Turkey)/2376 EGIS Projects (France), 3149 Impregilo/Salini (Italy) and 945 Strabag (Austria)/5177 Vinci (France)/1570 Aktor (Greece).

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