SOFIA (Bulgaria), November 1 (SeeNews) – The Sofia municipality said it has reopened an 88 million levs ($49.4 million/44.8 million euro) tender for the procurement, integration and maintenance of an automated electronic system for fare collection in public transport.
The procedure was temporarily suspended in June, as a number of companies submitted complaints to the country’s Commission for Protection of Competition.
The deadline for submitting offers has been extended to November 21, the municipal council said in a tender notice posted on its website.
The tender envisages the supply of 1,300 vending machines and 4733 validators.
The duration of the contract will be 10 years.
Bids will be ranked according to price and quality criteria.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)