The statement adds that four prospective investors purchased the tender documentation, namely International Railway Systems from Luxembourg, Romania’s Navrom, Erste Donau-Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft (EDDSG) from Austria and Dunavski Lloyd Sisak from Croatia.
Only two offers were submitted within the deadline, namely from Austria’s EDDSG and a consortium comprising France’s CFNR, Dunavski Lloyd Sisak and Serbia’s Bomex Export Import.
The tender commission declared that the bidders fulfilled the required criteria and opened the bids.
The basic elements of EDDSG’s bid are a purchase price of €24.5 million and an investment programme worth € 15.7 million. The bidder also unconditionally accepted the minimum obligations from the social welfare programme.
Basic elements of the consortium’s offer are a purchase price of €8.4 million and an investment programme worth € 15.2 million. The bidder also unconditionally accepted the minimum obligations from the social welfare programme.
The Agency’s financial advisors will assess the bids and present them to the tender commission at its next session.