The first "Imperio" street cars, made in Arad at the streetcar plant of Astra Vagoane Călători may be delivered this year in Cluj Napoca.
More to the point, we are talking about 12 streetcars which the officials of the company of Arad wanted to deliver to the administration of Cluj following the participation in a call for tenders held at the end of last year by the Mayoralty of Cluj-Napoca. Even if it failed to win the call for tenders, the dispute filed with the National Council for Disputes admitted that not all of the conditions set by the tender book were met.
"Based on the documents submitted by the parties, the National Council for Disputes has decided: it partially admits the contestation made by S.C. Astra Vagoane Călători S.A., in its disagreement with the Mayoralty of the City of Cluj-Napoca, namely the criticism concerning the streetcar doors, of the address no. 2005/2/09.01.2012, and thereby rejects the request for an intervention. Cancels the report of the procedure and the addresses by which the result of the procedure was announced, as subsequent acts of the procedural report. Requires the contracting authority to reanalyze and to reevaluate the offers, within 10 days from receiving the decision of the Council, in compliance with the terms stipulated in the justification and with the provisions of the law. Decides that the awarding procedure will need to continue, in compliance with what was previously decided".
The president of the Astra group of companies, Valer Blidar, who is the main shareholder of Astra Vagoane Călători Arad, says that his company participated in the electronic auction held in November last year for the delivery of 12 streetcars to the mayoralty of Cluj-Napoca, in competition with a Polish company. The results of the call for tenders were announced at the end of last year, as the Polish company was declare
