Opening up construction tenders to smaller market players too

Construction market officials believe it is a matter of days until the government waives the criterion of the maximum pending projects permitted for companies entering tenders of higher budgets - a move that would open up the market and offer greater flexibility toward the optimum absorption of money from the Recovery and Resilience Fund.

That condition has repeatedly been a bone of contention in the market and even led to recourses at the European Court against it, so a ministerial decision or a circular abolishing that term is expected soon.

A Council of State verdict about a year ago practically forced that amendment.