"We are having the decision of the customer - the Slovakian road operator (NDS) - inspected by the District Court. We still believe that the reasons for our elimination from the toll system process and, above all, the manner in which the offers were decided upon are not tenable from either a legal or a technical perspective. With more than 140 installed toll systems in 30 countries around the world, we know very precisely what parameters are required for a functioning toll system", explains Erwin Toplak, Board of Directors Member, Kapsch TrafficCom AG.
Kapsch considers the customer’s process for evaluating the technical conformity of the offers to be discriminatory, particularly with regard to evaluating the effectiveness of toll collection among the individual bidders. "Under the conditions specified by the customer, and above all from a technical perspective, efficiency and security in toll collection are absolutely not possible. We are therefore convinced that the offers of other bidders contained in part untrue and distorted statements with the clear goal of achieving a higher point score and advantages in the evaluation. Security and efficiency in the collection of tolls are counted among the main criteria of the process and should be verified very carefully by the customer", says Erwin Toplak.
At the end of June 2008, the consortium submitted another complaint regarding the discriminatory process of the customer to the anti-trust authority. The anti-trust authority has issued a preliminary injunction in this regard. This means that the customer cannot name the winner of the toll tender until a decision regarding this complaint has been issued. The decision of the anti-trust authority is expected by the end of July 2008.
Kapsch TrafficCom is an international supplier of superior intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and primarily supplies electronic toll collection systems. With its end-to-end solution portfolio, Kapsch TrafficCom covers the entire value creation chain of its customers, from products and systems to integration and operations, as a one-stop shop. Kapsch TrafficCom also offers solutions for urban access management as well as for traffic safety and security. Add-on applications to these solutions, such as traffic data collection, complement the offering. With references in 41 countries in all five continents, Kapsch TrafficCom has positioned itself among the internationally recognized suppliers of intelligent transportation systems. Kapsch TrafficCom AG is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and represented in 25 countries.
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