No bid has been submitted by January 31 in the tender contest to buy buses for the capital city that was announced by the authorities on January 2. The deadline is February 8, 12 noon.

Asked by IPN to provide details, the head of the General Public Transport and Communications Division Vitalie Butucel said experience shows business entities submit bids on the last moment. Since the tender contest was announced, they were contacted only to be asked about the conditions.

The municipality intends to spend 80 million lei on buying 31 buses. The money was planned in the 2019 municipal budget.

The Chisinau Urban Bus Company manages 22 municipal routes with 95 buses. The current fare of 3 lei for a bus trip was approved in 2009 but the real cost, according to calculations, is 11 lei. The difference is covered by the municipality that annually allocates 115 million lei for the purpose.