* Fenechiu: "Three tender books have been acquired"
In a case of "Let's give it another shot", the authorities are once again on the day when they are expecting prequalifying offers from investors interested in buying CFR Marfă. More than that, given the fact that they have established certain deadlines for this privatization, the short list with the potential buyers will also be drawn up today.
This means that in just half a day, the privatization commission will have to assess all the offers, whereas on the first attempt, the authorities have set aside one week for drawing up the short list.
What everyone is wondering is whether if, this time, there will be a short list...
One week ago, the attempt to sell 51% of the shares of the shares of the Romanian freight railroad operator, failed in its first stage. More specifically, none of the three bidders qualified in the race for the privatization of CFR Marfă, as the government immediately put the company up for privatization again.
The pre-qualifying offers have been submitted by American company OmniTRAX (about which it was written that it may have ties to businessman Cristian Burci), Grup Feroviar Român - GFR - (which belongs to the Grampet, owned by Gruia Stoica) and the association between Transferoviar Grup (which is owned by Călin Mitică) and investment fund Donau-Finanz GmbH & Co KG Austria.
TTS group had also bought the tender book, but it did not send documents for prequalification.
* Government members still optimistic
By yesterday afternoon, three tender books had been acquired for the privatization of CFR Marfă, according to minister of Transports, Relu Fenechiu, who said: "There are three companies that have acquired the tender book. (...) Generally, the bids are submitted on the last day and generally in the last hours".
"The situation of the company
