The consultancy will have to provide its assessment by the middle of February and will be paid 17,400 euros, according to the pubic tender's report.

Go Vilnius director Inga Romanovskienė told BNS Lithuania the evaluators would have to select five competitors of Vilnius and compare the cities based on 13 factors important for investors. The factors were identified following a survey of foreign investors, carried out by Go Vilnius.

The factors include a city's reputation, economic development strategy, production zones, the number and quality of events and conference for investors, attractiveness among highly-qualified specialists, availability and quality of business relocation services etc.