Prague Airport has canceled the competition for a taxi service, it will announce the tender again
One of the competing challenges is primarily the legality of electronic orders.
The concession procedure for a new taxi service provider at Prague Airport for five years eventually ended with its cancellation. The reason is the comments of some competitors. Prague Airport will therefore list it again. Prague Airport informed about the cancellation of the tender in a press release.
According to Prague Airport, for example, the execution of electronic orders directly at the driver and at the counter was questioned. Tenderers fear that such a procedure in the competition could be considered an illegal practice.
“Since the announcement of the tender in May, we have received a number of comments and reservations. Because we want to proceed transparently and at the same time our goal is to maintain the quality of the product towards all segments of passengers, we recommend that we conduct market consultations again and announce the tender as soon as possible. “ says Jakub Puchalský, Member of the Board of Directors of Prague Airport, about the decision to cancel the tender.
New concession procedure within a few months
According to him, it is not possible to go to the airport by adjusting the tender conditions in the current tender, because it affects the basics of the set business model. “If Prague Airport allowed the possibility of providing taximeter rides as an alternative way of handling impulsive customers, that would be a completely different way of calculating rent. The airport must therefore return to the market, which it is not allowed to do during the concession procedure, and discuss the possibilities of setting up a new model so that it is possible to obtain the most advantageous offers while maintaining all other key quality parameters,“Prague Airport stated in a press release.
For this reason, the airport will issue a new concession procedure. It is certain that the winner will not be selected until the end of the year, when the contracts with the existing operators end. So far, taxi services at the airport are operated by Taxi Praha and Fix.
According to data from Prague Airport, we use the taxi service for more than a fifth of passengers. Among the requirements of the airport was the possibility of ordering a digital form, either via a kiosk or a mobile phone without the need to install the application. A novelty in the competition was the possibility of evaluating the ride, so Prague Airport wants to have contact with passengers. Prague Airport counts on the turnover rent from each journey, CO hodnocení emissions were also included in the evaluation.
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