On 16 April 2013 the Court of Appeal of Lithuania lifted the interim measures imposed on AB Klaipėdos Nafta (hereinafter, the Company), whereby the international procurement “Procurement of engineering, procurement and construction works for natural gas pipeline system (EPC)” performed under the negotiated procedure with a publication of notice (hereinafter, the Procurement) was suspended.
Two final tender offers were received in the Procurement procedures performed by the Company.
Upon evaluation of the final tender offers according to the economically most beneficial criterion, on 18 April 2013 the German concern PPS Pipeline Systems GmbH that offered to perform the works for LTL 94,840,000, VAT excl., has been declared to be the winner. The price offered by the consortium of AB Kauno Dujotiekio Statyba and UAB Šiaulių Dujotiekio Statyba, which was the second in the ranking of offers, was LTL 113,481,000, VAT excl. The Company has sent an invitation to PPS Pipeline Systems GmbH to conclude a public procurement contract which will be signed after the period of deferment of 15 days which is applicable to the conclusion of the public procurement contract.
The contract between the Company and PPS Pipeline Systems GmbH will enter into full force only if the Board and the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company approve of the conclusion of the contract.
The Company announced about the imposed interim measures and suspension of the Procurement procedures on 8 March 2013 by making a notification on the material event.
Mantas Bartuška, Director of the Finance and Administration Department, 8 46 391 763