The Francophone Chamber of the Belgian Council of State canceled, Thursday, April 17, a decision by the National Belgian Railway Company (SNCB) with a view to negotiating a contract of 3.4 billion to 4.6 billion euros for the purchase of self -propelled trains with the Spanish manufacturer Constructs Y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), to the detriment of Alstom. The French company, which has several locations in Belgium and employs some 1,600 people, challenges the procedure, ” arbitrary ” According to her, which had led to this exclusive negotiation with the Spanish manufacturer and she therefore garnered a first victory. The Council of State judges that the transparency criterion made compulsory by the legislation on public procurement has not been respected and that the method used by the assessment of offers is not understandable.
In February, the Board of Directors of the Compagnie des Chemins de Rail had unanimously decided to continue discussions with CAF only for the supply of new automotive, while Alstom had filed an offer of 107 million euros to that of the company established in Beasain, in the Spanish Basque Country, and which has implantations in Brazil, Mexico and the United States.
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Source: Lemonde