State-held Electrica prepares 243m-euro auction

State-held Electrica, one of the leading energy distribution
and supply companies on the Romanian market, intends to acquire
maintenance services, occupational medicine services, and other
services worth 994.9 million RON (243 million euros) over the next
two years, with offers expected until March 11th.
“Electrica has three energy distribution companies and three
supply ones. All services involving maintenance of the distribution
network are put up for auction. This sum largely includes our
exploitation spending and is covered by distribution tariffs,”
explains Ioan Folescu, Electrica’s general manager. According to
him, Electrica Serv, the subsidiary of maintenance and services of
Electrica is the candidate with the biggest chance of winning this
contract.
“There are not many companies able to carry through a contract
of this size, and big companies, such as Siemens, for instance, are
mainly interested in new equipment, which in fact amounts to
investments in the network. What we are buying now is keeping our
networks standing for another two years,” added the manager of
Electrica, a company with business put at 1.2 billion euros.