“Complaints at the proposals of each firms (EDF and Westinghouse) had been in large part stopped, in different portions the proposals had been rejected. The selections aren’t ultimate and the events to the lawsuits can document an enchantment towards them to the Chairman of the Place of work.” the workplace stated in a press liberate.
Westinghouse objected to the truth that ČEZ, which because the contracting authority is in command of the contract, proceeded out of doors the regime of the legislation at the foundation of a so-called safety exception. “On this phase, the workplace stopped the executive process, since the corporate must have filed objections towards the usage of the exception no later than 15 days from the instant it realized about the usage of this process, which took place in March 2022. Then again, the objections weren’t dropped at the contracting authority till August 1, 2024, “ wrote ÚOHS.
Each firms mentioned of their objections that it was once violated the legislation on overseas subsidies, on this phase the workplace rejected the proposals, as a result of they didn’t move towards the process that the contracting authority is obliged to practice in keeping with the Public Procurement Act.
EDF and Westinghouse as smartly they characterised as unlawful the process of the contracting authority, which, in keeping with them, amongst different issues, didn’t conform to the fundamental ideas of awarding public contracts particularly in reference to the collection of a most popular provider. “Additionally on this phase, the Place of work stopped the executive process, as a result of towards the precise process of the contracting authority when awarding a public contract out of doors the procurement process the usage of the exception in keeping with § 29 letter a) of the Act at the Awarding of Public Contracts (i.e. towards its person sub-actions within the given procurement process) can’t be objected to,” stated ÚOHS.
CEZ stated the verdict. “We’re satisfied that within the collection of the most well liked bidder, we proceeded in line with the acceptable rules and the primary implementation contract concluded between the Czech Republic and ČEZ from the very starting. We’re satisfied that the workplace got here to the similar conclusion,” corporate spokesman Ladislav Kříž stated when requested via ČTK.
The signing must happen subsequent 12 months
The federal government made up our minds at the building of 2 new nuclear reactors in July. It most popular the be offering of the Korean KHNP over the be offering of EDF, and eradicated any other bidder – Westinghouse – from the contest previous.
The primary of the brand new reactors in Dukovany must be finished in 2036. The prices of the recently most popular building of 2 reactors are 400 billion crowns at present costs.
The semi-state power corporate ČEZ is now negotiating a freelance with the Koreans, which the events must signal via the top of March 2025.