By their ruling of 28 November 2008, the Tallinn Circuit Court reinstated AS Merko Ehitus and Tallinna Teede AS as eligible bidders for construction of the Kukruse-Jõhvi road section. The court reversed the decisions of the Appeal Committee at the Public Procurement Office dated 2 October 2008, by which the Committee acted on the challenges of the other bidders and disqualified Merko Ehitus from the public procurement. The eligibility of Merko Ehitus for the public procurement was challenged by AS Aspi and AS Eesti Ehitus. Another challenge was submitted by AS Talter, AS TREF, AS K-Most and AS Teede REV 2. Consequently, the court ordered the said companies to cover the legal expenses of Merko Ehitus. Merko Ehitus AS and Tallinna Teede AS placed the lowest bid in the sum of EEK 589 million for the construction of the Kukruse-Jõhvi road section. On 31 October 2008, the Estonian Road Administration called off the public procurement for the Kukruse-Jõhvi road section arguing that the procurement documents drawn up by them did not define the works being procured for in sufficient detail and announced a new public procurement for the same works on 1 November 2008. AS Merko Ehitus has contested the new procurement announced by the Estonian Road Administration and holds that the procurement once announced should be carried to completion. The ruling may be appealed in cassation within 30 days from its delivery. 1 EUR = 15,6466 EEK Alar Lagus Member of the Board +372 6 805 109 alar.lagus@merko.ee
The Tallinn Circuit Court upheld the appeals of AS Merko Ehitus respecting the public procurement for the construction of the Kukruse-Jõhvi road section
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