Ministry clears airport tender, green light to sign contract

The Infrastructure Ministry has found no irregularities in the tender bid procedures to develop Warsaw's Okecie airport. This opens that way for the winning consortium of Budimex and Ferrovial to sign the $200 million contract in December. Airport operator Porty Lotnicze and the consortium will now put the finishing touches to the deal. Two losing bidders, Hochtief and Strabag, claimed that Ferrovial's bid is grossly undervalued and that tender regulations were broken. They can file lawsuits to have the costs of preparing their bids refunded, but after yesterday's announcement by the Ministry there is nothing they can do to win the contract. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) T.J.