Local airport operator protests against allegedly unfair tender selection process

Domestic airport operator Przedsiebiorstwo Panstwowe Porty Lotnicze (PPPL), the majority shareholder in PL Poznan Lawica airport, is protesting the selection process for a tender to construct the airport's passenger terminal. According to PPPL Warsaw-Okecie spokeswoman Roksana Rokszyk-Tenderenda, Budimex Poznan, the main investor chosen for carrying out the investment worth zl.50 million, was chosen in violation of public tender rules, prompting PPPL to inform the Poznan public prosecutor's office about this on Jan. 10, 2001. Notably, PPPL representatives said that there was no basis upon which Budimex Poznan was selected, as no offer was ever made for construction of the terminal. In response to the allegations made by PPPL, Krzysztof Pawlowski, PL Poznan-Lawica president, said the legality of the contract for construction of the terminal was confirmed by two independent entities. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6) M.M.