Transport Minister Probed by Bulgarian FBI over Public Tender

Bulgarian Transport Minister, Aleksander Tsvetkov, is in hot water over a haphazard public tender, according to the daily "Standart." Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) is probing the Transport Minister, Aleksander Tsvetkov, according to a publication of the Bulgarian daily Standart.

The article titled "The Dragoman Railway Station Turned Treacherous for a Minister," informs Tsvetkov had announced a murky public tender for the construction of a multi-functional terminal at the railway station in the town of Dragoman.

"There are suspicions the State is pouring BGN 6 M in a haphazard project, designed without an expert analysis and economic grounds," "Standart" writes, citing their own sources.

The newspaper approached anonymous builders, who said the project can have a cost three times lower than the announced BGN 6 M. They explain the overblown price with the lack of preliminary and thorough analysis.

The contractor for the terminal is the State company "Transport Construction and Recovery." The deadline is 3 months and the terminal must be completed by the beginning of October.

The State company is in a consortium with "Glavbolgarstroy," the winning bidder in the tender for the renovation of the Plovdiv – Burgas railroad segment, which was annulled by the European Commission. The EC established Desislava Georgieva, who is listed by the Public Tender Agency as a violator in the absorption of EU funds, was a member of the selection commission.

The case is still under investigation by DANS, the police, and the Minister for EU Funds, Tomislav Donchev.

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