The tender for the refurbishment of the Vidraru hydropower plant was canceled, according to the information appearing in the electronic public procurement system (SEAP), given that no tender could be accepted.

Reason for cancellation: Only unacceptable and / or non-compliant offers were submitted, and according to Art. 225 of Law 99/2016 (1) letter a) “The contracting entity has the obligation to cancel the procedure for awarding the sectoral contract/ framework agreement in the following cases: if no tender/ request for participation has been submitted or no admissible tender/ request for participation has been submitted,” according to SEAP information quoted by e-nergia.ro.

At the end of last year, five bidders had entered the auction: VOITH HYDRO Gmbh & Co KG Austria, ROMELECTRO SA Consortium – LITOSTROJ ENGINEERING as, GE Hydro France SAS Association – Elecnor SA – Grid Solutions Romania SRL, GULSAN INSAAT SANAYI TURIZM –ZHEFU Holding Group Co. LTD and SINOHYDRO CORPORATION LIMITED.

The contract award criterion was the best value for money.