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Candidate renewal of its concession, which expires in February 2015, Suez Environnement has filed a bid with 17 points do not conform to the specifications established by Lille Métropole urban community (LMCU), resulting in de facto its exclusion from the process of bidding.
“The Commission delegated public service Lille Métropole has informed us of his decision to declare inadmissible offer our , confirms the direction of Jean-Louis Chaussade group. We strongly disagree with this decision and evaluate what to do to defend the best interests of Suez Environnement. “
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Put a fait accompli, the tricolor giant ruled the signal for battle to try to save what can be. “For a week, all teams are on deck” provides a familiar company. The stakes are high.’s New eight-year contract being negotiated with LMCU is estimated at around € 500 million
The case is all the more humiliating for Suez that rival Veolia Environnement himself is still in the race. The offer by the number 1 area was declared complete and discussions would continue with LMCU. A meeting between the management of Veolia Water and the Commission for public service delegation would still took place on Wednesday 1 st October.
run for thirty years by Suez, through its subsidiary northern waters, the water service to the urban community of Lille is the third largest in France, behind those of Union waters of Ile-de-France and waters of Marseille, both granted to Veolia.
Asked by The World , Martine Aubry sure to have learned that the decision to LMCU Monday after returning from a trip to China. “I have no legal reason to doubt the decision, but at the same time, it seems difficult to conduct a tender with only one competitor “, says the mayor of Lille, which ensures no preference between Veolia and Suez, but was worried about ending up with a single quote in the running.
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While it’s said to be close to Gerard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez and Suez Environment largest shareholder, which holds about 34% stake, the mayor of Lille had fought hard these past two years with the group to recover EUR 60 million relating to investments which do had not been made by Northern Waters.
According to some observers, Veolia is far from having won the game. Not only Suez Environnement may appeal to the administrative court or the Competition Authority, as it threatens to do, but the Lille urban community may also decide to create a public utility water supply and spend services of the two giants. “I have no ideological opinions on the topic , provides M me Aubry. I’ve always said it would create competition with private offers the possibility of creating a public utility. “
The catch? Metropolitan Lille is no longer chaired by former Secretary of Labor. In the last municipal elections, the Socialist Party lost its majority in the proceeding, and it is Damien Castelain, the Mayor unlabeled Peronne-en-Mélantois, a small village of 900 inhabitants northerner, who was elected with the votes of the left and center.
When he arrived in April to head LMCU, which manages a budget of 1.7 billion euros, the newly elected president had assured that “may consider any project depending on its value, not its color” .
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