Nuclear tender result imminent? Ministry requests change to key deadline

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has asked ČEZ to amend the deadline by which the state may exclude a participant from the tender for the completion of up to two units at the Dukovany nuclear power plant and up to two units at the Temelín nuclear power plant. The deadline for excluding a participant has been moved to 26 July this year. Will we learn the winner of the multi-billion contract this month? 

The announcement of the winner of the Dukovany tender apparently draws inexorably closer. In mid-June, ČEZ submitted an evaluation report to the government, based on which it selected the recommended winner of the nuclear tender. Under the contract, the government had one month to assess the evaluation report and potentially exclude one of the bidders from the tender.

However, at the last minute, the Ministry of Industry and Trade requested a change to this deadline. In a letter published in the contracts register, the government requested an extension of the mid-July deadline by just under 14 days, to Friday, 26 July 2024. ČEZ agreed to the change in deadline.