Bulgarian railways chooses Siemens consortium to supply new electric locomotives
Bulgarian state railways BDZ said on April 30 that it had chosen the Siemens Tron consortium to supply 10 newly-manufactured main line electric locomotives for the railways’ passenger service.
The consortium reached the second stage of the bid, the only one to submit a technical and price offer.
The price proposed by the Siemens Tron consortium was 55.5 million leva excluding value-added tax, lower than that estimated in the tender procedure of 57.5 million leva without VAT.
The price
includes the Siemens Smartron model of locomotive, technical support
and spare parts and equipment for a period of three years or 600
000km, as well as transportation, insurance and
commissioning.
During the negotiations, an extension of the
warranty period from 24 to 36 months was additionally agreed, as well
as the training for BDZ repair and maintenance personnel for the
maintenance of the locomotives.
The deadline for the delivery
of the first locomotive has been reduced by up to 10 months and the
final delivery is up to 13 months after the contract is signed, BDZ
said.
(Photo via bdz.bg)
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