Tender for Brno incineration plant to be investigated

Brno's municipal waste-management firm SAKO is being investigated by the Office for the Protection of Economic Competition (UOHS) in connection with a tender it held for the reconstruction of an incineration plant in the Moravian capital, according to Czech daily Mlada fronta Dnes. It was the fourth tender announced by SAKO for the reconstruction of the plant, which is expected to cost as much as 2.25 billion CZK (113 million USD). The first three tenders were cancelled by the waste-management firm itself and the allocation of the fourth has now been delayed for around a year after one of the unsuccessful bidders lodged a complaint with the UOHS.

The Brno incineration plant has been in need of refurbishment for several years now. Brno's municipal authorities want to obtain funds from the EU to finance part of the project