The County Administrative Court stated in its verdict that FMV in general has conducted the procurement of armoured wheeled vehicles according to the Swedish public procurement law. The Court has four complaints on FMV procurement, which are related to some parts of the content and handling of the complex procurement.
- Our mission is to ensure that the Swedish Armed Forces has equipment to carry out their operations. An appeal to the court could take a long time and can thus seriously risk the delivery of the armoured wheeled vehicles as the Armed Forces need, "says Dan Averstad, commercial director at FMV.
Provided that the verdict becomes final, FMV will now on Friday, 20 November, announce a new procurement in accordance with the County Court verdict. In this new procurement FMV will have considered the four complaints from the court verdict.
- The law on public procurement is not primarily designed for this type of complex
procurements. These contracts require that assessments are based on certain procurement principles in each case, "said Dan Averstad.
Of respect for the parties involved to get use to the full appeal period for an independent analysis of the sentence, FMV will not comment on the verdict during this time.