All three companies that applied to the international public call for lease of the Čeličana and Kovačnica plants sent a supplement to the offer, and the negotiation process follows. This was announced to "News" from the Electric Power Company of Montenegro (EPCG). It is about the company "8B Capital SA" from Lugano, from Switzerland, and two consortia, "Universal Energy" (China), "Energy & Industrial Management Advisory Services" (Czech Republic) and "Neksan" (Montenegro), as well as " Kvalitets Bygg-Uber Nordic" from Sweden.
"Offers should be specified and supplemented in accordance with established criteria and scoring methodology. The commission of seven members was formed immediately after the announcement of a public invitation from representatives of the Ministry of Energy Development, the Electric Industry (EPCG) and the Iron and Steel Industry. After the opening of bids and the implementation of the methodological scoring procedure according to the established criteria, a direct individual negotiation procedure is entered into with each of the relevant bidders, who, with the agreement of all relevant institutions, will determine the ranking list and determine the further course until the final decision, they told "Vijesta" ” from EPCG.
As they said, the deadline for the final decision on the selection of the best bidder is not limited and the lessor reserves the right to select the best bidder after individual direct negotiations with bidders from the ranking list.
The consortium that includes "Neksan", a company Miodrag Daka Davidović, for a monthly lease, for a period of 35 years, offers slightly more than 30.000 euros, and they plan to invest 40 million euros in five years, with the possibility of additional ones, as well as the production of green steel and electricity.
The Swedish consortium "Kvalitets Bygg-Uber Nordic" plans an investment of 100 million euros, complete decarbonization of production, transition to the production of so-called of green steel and to turn the Nikšić factory into a European one, following the example of certain Swedish steel factories.
Their assessment is that it would take 2-3 years, and maybe up to five, for production at full capacity, and that the story of starting the Ironworks in three-four months is an impossible mission. The Swedish consortium is planning investments of 100 million euros, and their intention is to lease Željezara for 15 years.
The company "8B Capital SA" from Switzerland believes that by reducing costs by five percent, they would increase production by 30 percent, and that they would initially try to achieve a continuous production cycle in three shifts and the production of 2.500 finished products per month. Production would start with 25 hired workers, and in the sixth month of the lease, that number would be 150, and the number of production workers would gradually increase. Their condition is that if they are selected as the best bidder, the contract should state that in addition to the advertised lease for a period of five years, they are looking for five more, and that if they show that they have achieved the plan in three or four years, enable them to purchase the ironworks.
The deadline for the final decision on the selection of the best bidder is not limited and the lessor reserves the right to select the best bidder after individual direct negotiations with the bidders from the ranking list, Elektroprivreda said.
According to the public invitation to lease, which must be for no less than five years, among other things, the furnace, foundry, colliery and annealing hall in the Steel Plant, and the mechanical and construction workshop in the Blacksmith's Plant, the use of the parking space, and the workshop for vehicle servicing and maintenance will be given. , warehouse space...
At the end of 2022, EPCG bought the property of the Ironworks from the Turkish owner, the company Tosčelik, for 20 million euros. It was not possible to start production at the Steel and Forge plants under the auspices of EPCG, due to strict rules on state aid.
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