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On February 25, the Vilnius Regional Court dismissed the Western Baltic Shipyard’s claim.
“The defendant (Armed Forces of Lithuania – BNS) has legally and reasonably recognized that the third party’s offer meets the requirements of the technical specification, therefore there is no reason to override the defendant’s decision recognizing the third party’s offer as successful “,
However, the army has not yet been able to sign a contract with the Finnish group of companies: pending the final decision of the district court, the court’s interim protection measures at the request of the Western Baltic Shipyard will remain in force at the beginning of January. the proceedings are suspended.
West Baltic Shipyard asked the court to annul the decision of the Armed Forces of November 19 last year to recognize the merger of the Finnish shipbuilding company Uudenkaupungin Työvene and the marine electrical equipment company Telesilta (which belongs to the Harju Elekter Group) and evaluate the bids of the bidders.
Arnoldas Šileika, CEO of Western Shipyard Group, owner of the West Baltic Shipyard, says the company has evidence that the offer from Finnish companies does not meet the terms of the tender and doubts that the Finnish ship will perform all the functions of said ships. .
KAM previously stated that BNS had not received any evidence to support these doubts.
In the fall of 2019, the Lithuanian Armed Forces announced that they had received seven tenders from Lithuanian and foreign shipbuilding companies. Then approximately $ 39.6 million was expected. sign a contract worth 1 million euros for the purchase of a new ship in 2019, then in 2020, and acquire the ship itself in 2022-2023.
According to the Ministry of National Defense, a new ship is needed because the ship “Šakiai” and its equipment used for these purposes are now obsolete and no longer allow efficient performance of tasks.
The new ship is expected to be able to put out ship fires, tow ships in distress, clean up the oil-polluted sea and help divers. In addition, it will comply with Lithuania’s national and international obligations at sea.
The preliminary purchase value of the vessel is 39,446 million. EUR (excluding VAT) and the duration of the contract is 30 months.
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