The Ministry of Economy confirmed to Lusa that the Spanish consortium TMB / Moventis did not give the bank guarantee required to assume the operation of the STCP, which makes fall the sub that company and Metro do Porto for 10 years.
“The company STCP has confirmed the Ministry of Economy which has not proceeded to pay the deposit and notified the TCC [formed by the TMB and Moventis companies] on the failure of the award,” he told Lusa official source of protection.
The same source added that “the Government’s point of view, remains in force the resolution of the Council of Ministers ordered the company to open up to private enterprise to reduce costs and make investments in the fleet” .
The deadline for the consortium to deliver the Collective Transport Company of Porto (STCP) the bank guarantee of approximately EUR 10 million ended on Tuesday in the evening.
With the failure of CBT with the STCP, will be followed by the termination of the sub Metro do Porto, something to which the Secretary of State for Transport had warned in July, even assuming the possibility of repeating the tender for the sub of both companies.
“Obviously we would not want a dealer who fails one award in STCP and that gets the contract of Metro do Porto because, for one reason or another, do you like best” Sergio Monteiro stressed then.
Today, the Ministry of Economy said that “the failure [by the company] does not remove the reformist order to open to private companies”, so the competition will be re-released “short-term “and” the ideal would be later this month. “
The need to launch new tender stems from one of two candidates to the consortium has delivered the proposal after the deadline, resulting in a process with only one suitor now, by default, will be removed.
signing the contract, Sérgio Monteiro said the sub Metro do Porto will allow a saving of EUR 98 million in ten years, without prejudice to the quality of service.
Sergio Monteiro stressed that, in addition, there will be “a big advantage to the taxpayer” and that “for the first time in 2015, and at least ten years Metro do Porto will no longer have need for state support through compensatory allowances, which are taxpayer money. “
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