History
On 11 April 2007 a public procurement tender was called by the Ministry of Economy and Transport on behalf of The Republic of Hungary for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the phase of the M6 Motorway between Szekszárd – Bóly and the phase of the M60 Motorway between Bóly – Pécs within a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Scheme in consideration for an availability payment mechanism during the period of 30 years concession period.
Following the approval of the Hungarian Parliament the public procurement procedure ended on 21 November 2007, when the Minister of Economy and Transport representing The Republic of Hungary entered into a Concession Contract with the representatives of the winning consortium Mecsek Autópálya Consortium. The Concessionaire, the MAK Mecsek Autópálya Koncessziós Zrt. was founded by members of the consortium: Strabag A.G., Bouygues Travaux Publics S.A., Colas S.A., John Laing Infrastructure Limited, and Intertoll Europe Zrt.
The Concession Contract pertains to the following three sections:
- M6-M9 interchange between km 141+300+144+200 of the M6 expressway;
- M6 expressway section between Szekszárd-Bóly (km 144+200-192+200);
- M60 expressway section between Bóly-Pécs-South interchange (km 0+000-30+200).
The contractual completion deadline for the construction is 31 March 2010.
Simultaneously to the signature of the Concession Contract there were a number of other contracts signed to help the implementation of the project. The most important ones are as follows:
- Credit Agreement between MAK Zrt. and the Lenders
- Design and Construction Contract between MAK Zrt. and the Mecsek Construction Group (Construction Contractor)
- Independent Engineer Agreement between MAK Zrt. and ARUP-Eurout
- Operations Contract between MAK Zrt. and the Mecsek Autópálya-Üzemeltető Zrt (The Operator)
The relationship between the different agreements is described under the Contractual Relationship Menu.
