Opposition Party Criticizes Transport Ministry's €39 Million Tender After Procurement Office Orders Bidder Reinstatement

The opposition Freedom and Solidarity party (SaS) has criticized a €39 million public tender organized by Slovakia's Transport Ministry after the Public Procurement Office ordered the reinstatement of a bidder who had been excluded from the competition. According to SaS representative Báthory, this case represents another example of systemic failures in Slovakia's public procurement system rather than an isolated incident. The Public Procurement Office, which oversees government contracting processes, intervened to reverse the ministry's decision to exclude the participant from the bidding process, though specific details about the nature of the tender or the reasons for the original exclusion were not disclosed.