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Corsica Ferry deadline extended until April
The Corsican Assembly has given itself four months to find an operator for
the public service concession for ferry services between the French mainland
and the island.
And it has extended the existing concession, which had been due to expire at the end of this year, until the end of April.
The assembly has been obliged to issue a fresh call for bids for the concession following the recent annulment of the original concession award procedure by the French Council of State.
It has decided against a revision of the tender procedure and concession terms, opting instead to invite interested parties to submit fresh bids on the basis of the original procedure and specifications.
In so doing it has opted to follow the advice of its own transport office rather than heed a call from operator Corsica Ferries for it to extend the existing concession for a year to allow complete revision of concession terms and tender specifications.
The new concession, due to run until the end of 2013, provides for payment to its holder or holders of an annual subsidy of Eur 95m ($111m).
The existing concession is held jointly by SNCM and Compagnie Méridionale de Navigation but CMN decided last year to make a bid for part of the concession on its own account as well as a joint bid for the whole concession with SNCM's principal rival Corsica Ferries.
The council of state ruled, however, that none of the bids submitted by SNCM, CMN and Corsica Ferries was acceptable.
And it has extended the existing concession, which had been due to expire at the end of this year, until the end of April.
The assembly has been obliged to issue a fresh call for bids for the concession following the recent annulment of the original concession award procedure by the French Council of State.
It has decided against a revision of the tender procedure and concession terms, opting instead to invite interested parties to submit fresh bids on the basis of the original procedure and specifications.
In so doing it has opted to follow the advice of its own transport office rather than heed a call from operator Corsica Ferries for it to extend the existing concession for a year to allow complete revision of concession terms and tender specifications.
The new concession, due to run until the end of 2013, provides for payment to its holder or holders of an annual subsidy of Eur 95m ($111m).
The existing concession is held jointly by SNCM and Compagnie Méridionale de Navigation but CMN decided last year to make a bid for part of the concession on its own account as well as a joint bid for the whole concession with SNCM's principal rival Corsica Ferries.
The council of state ruled, however, that none of the bids submitted by SNCM, CMN and Corsica Ferries was acceptable.
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