Tender to be announced for ministerial cars

Marek Wagner, head of the Prime Minister's Office plans to introduce new rules governing the purchase of cars for ministries. The initiative was sparked by the recent affair concerning three Peugeots 607s bought by the Health Ministry. "We came to the conclusion that car purchasing should be centralized. Hence, I sent inquiries to all ministries about the number of vehicles they actually need," said Wagner. It turned out that for the time being, around 100 new cars would be sufficient. Wagner announced there would be one single tender for the delivery of all vehicles. "There are two types of car required, of higher and lower standard," Wagner explained. "They should be below 2 liters in capacity, though. That will allow us to save on the excise." (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) K.Z.