Depots compete for PKP carriage renovation contracts

Nowy Sacz railways' maintenance depot is counting on a zl. 60 million deal from the Regional Transport division of Polish State Railways (PKP). PKP Regional Transport will soon announce the company that will be chosen to handle the renovation of 1,501 passenger cars. Six railway renovators have submitted bids in PKP's tender, including companies from Minsk Mazowiecki, Opole, Bydgoszcz, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Gorzow and Nowy Sacz. Puls Biznesu believes the Nowy Sacz depot will be the likeliest winner of the tender - a view shared by the Nowy Sacz plant's head of marketing, Piotr Kolodziejczak. The deal will ensure the continued survival of the plant and will allow the enterprise to sustain its current workforce of 1,450. "If it were not for the PKP contract, we would be forced to lay off a large number of empl oyees," commented Kolodziejczak. According to Puls Biznesu sources, the results of the tender will be announced by the end of next week, with the contract to be signed by July 20. (Puls Biznesu, p. 13) M.T.K.