The lack of transparency, the choice of a specific winner, but the grounds and criteria for screening other bidders, as well as the lack of timely communication cast a shadow of doubt over the Riga City Development Department’s lease tender and do not indicate good governance.
However, in general, this practice does not allow the public sector to do business, or in this case to choose the private sector offer as the optimal solution, the surveyed market participants evaluate positively.
Rumored in advance
The City Development Department currently resides in Old Riga, Amatu Street. The building is in very poor condition and needs repair. In addition, with the liquidation of the Riga City Construction Board and the agency “Riga City Architect’s Office”, the department will have a total of about 300 employees from September 1 of this year, thus it will be too small in the existing premises. Those working in the real estate business have already known about the possible change of premises.
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