Friday, September 19, 2014

Transport Government considers extending deadline for … – the Minute News

Transport Government considers extending deadline for … – the Minute News

The Secretary of State for Transport announced today that it is considering extending until the end of October deadline for proposals from interested parties to tender for granting the Society Collective Transport of Porto (STCP).

This was expressed by Sérgio Monteiro, because the protection does not” had administrative capacity “to respond until September 12, to over two thousand questions put by 10 interested in the concession and they raised the specifications after the official launch of the competition to 08 August.

“It is our intention to give a little more time on the amendments that are being designed on requests for clarifications that were made. And so we are considering that the deadline can be extended until the end of October, so that all bidders have the same conditions in order to submit a competitive proposal, “said the minister during a visit to the Museu da Carris in Lisbon.

The specifications for the granting of STCP has an error that could cost almost three million euros per year. Concerned, is a failure of STCP itself, setting the fixed remuneration component for the sub-concession of the operation, which calculated based on the total kilometers performed by the fleet and unrealized us commercially, representing a difference of 14 cents per kilometer.

Asked by reporters whether the Government will proceed with the correction of the error, the Secretary of State for Transport said it is also a matter that is being considered.

“is not a decision is still taken. We’re checking all aspects. seems to be an error on the return, a factual error, and therefore errors and omissions are liable to be changed within this period of request for clarification and possible bug fixes. It is a matter of fact we are considering, “he said Sérgio Monteiro.

The public tender for the sub-concession of the operation and maintenance of STCP and Porto Metro was launched on August 8.

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