March Vilnius city municipalities published in large volume public transport The tender procedures for the purchase of services have been temporarily suspended by a court ruling, the news portal "Verslo žinios" announced on Friday.
This was confirmed to the portal by the municipal companies "Communication services" Arnas Misiūnas, head of transport organization.
On May 5, the Panevėžys Regional Court ruled to grant the claim of the passenger transport company Transrevis to apply interim protective measures and suspend the tender until the final court procedural decision. According to the court, this ruling has been appealed by the defendants.
According to Verslo žinios, Transrevis applied to court due to "illegal procurement conditions and illegal decisions of the contracting authority, Vilnius City Municipality Administration, in public procurement."
Another lawsuit regarding a tender organized by Vilnius Municipality has been filed by Mobilis, a Polish company that provides passenger transportation services in the largest cities in the country.
As BNS wrote, in March the mayor of Vilnius Valdas Benkunskas stated that through the announced tender, which is the largest in the entire history of the capital, the municipality intends to purchase services from private carriers, which would supplement the public transport network with 327 new buses, and the entire capital's fleet would increase to 824 buses and trolleybuses.
According to him, it is planned to purchase another 28,4 million kilometers of transportation from private carriers.
The mayor did not disclose the purchase price because it will be determined during the tender, and the prices offered by carriers during market consultations were competitive compared to current prices.
There are currently 106 public transport routes in Vilnius, 75 of which belong to the company "Vilnius public transport", and the rest - to private carriers "Transrevis" (23) and "Kautrai" (8).
