Two consortia have submitted offers to become technical consultants for the Line 6 of the Bucharest metro, which will connect the capital's downtown to the Otopeni airport. Padeco Japan partnered Oriental Consultants Ltd Japan, Metroul Romania, Seneca Group International, Systra France, while the association between Ingerop International France, Ingerosec Corporation Japan, High-Point Redel UK, Iptana Romania and Salfo submitted the second offer.

The two consortia entered the race for the EUR 60 million contract which will last for 15 months. These technical offers will be analyzed and after around a month, when the Japanese Governmental Agency JICA, that offers the loan, will ok the steps in the process, Metrorex will negotiate the terms of the contract with the first ranking company.

The Bucharest Metro line 6 will connect 1 Mai metro station to the Bucharest airport, along the DN1 road. It will take five years for the new line to be built and works are estimated to start in the second half of 2012 or the beginning of 2013.

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(photo source: Metrorex)