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Mektrin Motors wins 4 million euro tender for Police cars, "the hit of the year" in both lots

2025-06-30 12:23:47Fokus SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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The tender worth over 4.5 million euros excluding VAT, announced by the Centralized Purchasing Operator for the leasing of State Police vehicles, has sparked strong public debate about the manner in which the procedure was conducted, the selection of winners, as well as the logic of the contract itself: why lease and not purchase?

According to official documents obtained by Skyweb.al, the tender was divided into two lots, for sedans and SUVs, with a total limit fund of 450,695,808 lek excluding VAT (about 4.56 million euros). Two companies, which are related to each other, were declared winners.

Eurocar Rentals, for sedan cars (contract value: around 2 million euros from a limit fund of 2.25 million),
Mektrin Motors, for SUV cars (contract value: around 2 million euros from a limit fund of 2.3 million euros).

Other important companies such as Albania Motor Company, Porsche Leasing and Tirana Auto also participated in the competition, but all were disqualified with the argument that they did not have specific previous experience in vehicle leasing, or did not own certified maintenance services, as required by the tender criteria, reports skyweb.al. 

Mektrin Motors wins 4 million euro tender for Police cars, "the hit of the
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Albania Motor Company presented sales invoices for Ford Kuga vehicles worth over 155 million lekë, but the Evaluation Commission considered this incompatible with the object of the contract.

According to legal interpretation, the sale and purchase does not constitute a rental service, as in one case the vehicle passes to the new owner, while in the case of a lease, ownership remains with the provider and includes the obligation for maintenance.

Debate, is it better to rent or buy? 

The average cost of a vehicle for a 4-year lease period, according to tender estimates, amounts to around 34 thousand euros per unit, a figure that has prompted numerous reactions on the efficiency of public spending. Would it be more effective to purchase the cars directly, with warranty and maintenance included, instead of a contract that ends without leaving the Police with any vehicles in their ownership?

This is not the first time that Mektrin Motors has emerged as the winner of public tenders for vehicles. Suspicions of deliberate division of lots, participation of “related” companies in the competition and specification of conditions that exclude other competitors make this tender part of a broader pattern of concentration of public contracts in a narrow circle of businesses.

Furthermore, the lack of transparency regarding maintenance services and realistic implementation deadlines raises further questions about monitoring the contract and ensuring the interest of citizens.

In the end, 4.5 million euros paid from the state budget to rent cars for the Police for four years, without a clear cost-benefit analysis, without guarantees for fair market sharing and with suspicions of internal connections between the winners, make this one of the most debatable tenders of the year in the public sector. / skyweb.al

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