BELGRADE (Serbia), June 21 (SeeNews) – Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic has said the non-binding financial offers submitted in a tender for a 25-year concession contract to operate Belgrade Nikola Tesla international airport have exceeded the expectations of the government.
The financial considerations are between 15% and 20% higher than the expectations of the government, Vucic said in an interview for Serbian public broadcaster Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS) late on Tuesday.
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Therefore, the financial terms of the concession are forecast to be seven to eight times higher than the 50 million euro ($55.7 million) that some companies had offered for the concession contract in the past, Vucic said.
Serbian daily Politika reported on Tuesday that four consortia and one company are expected to place binding bids in the tender.
The four consortia are: France's Meridiam Eastern Europe Investments, Switzerland's Zurich Airport AG and France's Eiffage; India's GMR Infrastructure Limited and Greece's Terna; South Korea's Incheon International Airport Corporation, Turkey's Yatirimlar ve isletme and Russia's VTB Capital Infrastructure; China's Hainan Air Travel Service, HNA and China National Aero Technology. French company Vinci Airports will place a binding bid alone.
Earlier this month, Serbia's government said it has extended the deadline for submitting non-binding offers to June 21 from May 30.