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Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii Successful for BMC Truck & Bus on 100 Electric Bus Procurement Contract for Bucharest

Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii Successful for BMC Truck & Bus on 100 Electric Bus Procurement Contract for Bucharest

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Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii has successfully represented BMC Truck & Bus in two challenge proceedings arising from Bucharest Municipality's tender for the delivery of 100 electric buses and the related charging infrastructure.

According to the firm, BMC Truck & Bus, a producer of electric buses located in Ilfov County, has recently signed the contract with the Municipality of Bucharest on June 23, 2023, one year after the tender notice was made public and after the procurement procedure went through two rounds of challenges.

"The Municipality of Bucharest initially declared Turkish company Karsan Otomotiv Sanayi ve. Tikaret A.S. as the successful bidder. BMC Truck & Bus challenged the outcome of the procedure and had its competitor Karsan disqualified. Karsan filed a second challenge, which was rejected by the National Council for Solving Complaints," Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii reported. "As a result, the Municipality of Bucharest and BMC Truck & Bus signed the contract for RON 290 million (net of VAT), which provides for the delivery of 100 buses within 10 months of signing."

Back in 2021, Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii had also advised BMC Truck & Bus on tender procedures worth EUR 60 million regarding the supply of 151 electric buses for public transport in 11 municipalities in Romania (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on December 17, 2021).

The Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii team included Partner Ionut Serban and Senior Associate Cristian Neagu.

Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii at a Glance

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații is a full-service independent law firm, employing cross-disciplinary teams of lawyers, insolvency practitioners, tax consultants, IP counsellors, economists and staff members. It also operates a secondary law office in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), and has a ‘best-friend’ agreement with a leading law firm in the Republic of Moldova. In addition, thanks to the firm’s dedicated Foreign Desks, the team provides the full range of services to international investors seeking to gain a foothold or expand their existing operations in Romania. Since 2019, the firm and its tax arm are collaborating with Andersen Global in Romania.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii is providing legal services in every aspect of business, covering all major areas of practice: corporate and M&A; litigation and international arbitration; corporate tax; public procurement; TMT; employment; insurance; banking and finance; capital markets; competition; healthcare and pharmaceutical; energy and natural resources; environmental; intellectual property; real estate; regulatory legal services.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii is a First-Tier law firm in all international legal directories and a multiple award-winning law firm both locally and internationally. It received the CEE Deal of the Year Award (DOTY Awards 2021) and the Law Firm of the Year Award: Romania (IFLR Europe Awards 2021). 

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