New wheels for law enforcement

Most will be given to police, with 159 to go to the Border Guard. The first series is to hit the road this year, with the entire run to be on the road by the middle of December 2009. The tender details plans to supply all cars in silver, the future color of all police cars in the EU to aid identification, for both marked and unmarked police cars. When choosing supplier, gross price (60%) will play the largest role, with technical merit next (30%) and useful features (10%) being the final concern. Wojciech Drzewiecki, the President of the Polish motor industry monitor Samar, said that this is a very prestigious tender. Not only because of the profit involved, but also due to car promotion. In the past the sales of cars used by police swelled dramatically. It is estimated that in years 2007-2009, zl.6.3 billion will be spent on the modernization of Police and Border Guard vehicles with this tender. zl.1.4 billion of this sum will be spent on new cars. (Puls Biznesu p.9) M.M.