The Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic has announced that it is in the process of selecting four bidders for the completion and operation of 32 km of the D4 motorway between Příbram and Písek.

Together with State Fund for Transport Infrastructure and the advisory consortium formed by White & Case, Česká spořitelna (Erste Group) and Obermeyer Helika, the Ministry has assessed the content of the requests for participation in the tender for the concessionaire for the Public Private Partnership (PPP) project.

Seven applications were received from:

1. HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions GmbH (Germany) + STRABAG AG (Austria)
2. PAN-MEDITERRANEAN ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD (Izrael)
3. DIF Infra 5 Participations 1 B.V (Netherlands) + Acciona Concesiones S.L. (Spain) + John Laing Investments Ltd. (UK)
4. IC Içtaş Inşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (Turkey) + ASTALDI S.p.A. (Italy) + Intertoll Infrastructure Developments B.V (Netherlands) + BBGI PPP Investment S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg) + TIIC 2, S.C.A., SICAR (Luxembourg)
5. VINCI Highways SAS (France) + VINCI Concessions SAS (France) + Meridiam Investments SAS (France)
6. PORR Beteiligungen und Management GmbH (Austria) + Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited (Australia) + Obrascon Huarte Lain, S.A. (Spain) + Egis Projects S.A. (France)
7. FCC Concesiones, S.L. (Spain)

Meanwhile, the Road and Motorways Directorate is continuing its preparations for the execution of the project, including obtaining building permits and undertaking diagnostic works on existing sections D4 and I / 20 in order to obtain the necessary data for risk assessment by participants in the competitive dialogue.