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06.07.05

Suburban train Budapest: Scandalous decision

The 36-page long new decision of the appeal commission was yesterday afternoon presented to Stadler in Hungarian. The contents are currently being professionally translated and examined by legal experts. Stadler reacted to this scandalous decision by the committee of the authority for public purchasing with great surprise and disappointment.

A quick analysis of the decision of the commission and the press release by the arbitration commission for the procedure of awarding contracts shows that MAV was not entitled to exclude Bombardier due to an unrealistically low price and therefore cancel awarding the contract to Stadler. MAV, however, justified the exclusion ...

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