DPP filed a challenge against the cancellation of the metro line D tender

Prague - The Prague Public Transport Company (DPP) filed a complaint against the cancellation of the procurement process for the second part of the metro line D. The chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (ÚOHS), Petr Mlsna, will decide on it. This was reported by Radiožurnál and the website iROZHLAS.cz. The ÚOHS canceled the procurement process in the first half of July, stating that the conditions were discriminatory. The transport company disagrees with this.

"We have said from the beginning that we believe we did not make any mistakes, and that we will use all available means to overturn the first instance decision," said DPP director Petr Witowski to the website. According to the company's communication manager Daniel Šabík, the entire project will definitely be delayed and become more expensive. "We will know the new deadline once we have signed contracts with the contractor for the second section of the metro D from the Olbrachtova station to Nové Dvory and with the provider of monitoring and surveying of the construction of the same section," he stated.

Part of the procurement documentation was contested by Metrostav DIZ from the Metrostav group. "The office stated that the contracting authority set discriminatory procurement conditions related to the proving of technical qualifications, specifically the submission of reference contracts related to the supply of elevators," said ÚOHS spokesperson Martin Švanda earlier. Metrostav itself could not participate in the tender as the Prague High Court confirmed a three-year ban on participating in public contracts last June.

Three consortia composed of 16 companies from five countries registered for the contract worth 25 billion crowns. According to iROZHLAS.cz and Radiožurnál, the cheapest bid was submitted by the Vinci group together with Porre.

A one-kilometer section between the Pankrác and Olbrachtova stations is currently under construction, which is the most complex due to the construction of a transfer hub on line C. The transport company had planned to smoothly continue construction of the next section from Olbrachtova to Nové Dvory this October. It had also anticipated that the first four-kilometer section, which will include five stations - between Olbrachtova and Nové Dvory there will also be Nádraží Krč and Nemocnice Krč - would be put into operation by the end of 2029. If the chairman of the ÚOHS confirms the first instance decision, this plan would be jeopardized. The company would then have to prepare a new competition with modified conditions.