The deadline for submitting proposals for the tender for the purchase of 80 new electric trains for JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” ended on February 8.

3 applications were received. It is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply.

Participation in the competitive selection will take the leader of the Ukrainian railcar building and one of the flagships of the European market. The next stage will be the qualification, within 20 days the specialists of the UZ will carefully check the submitted documents.

After that, an auction will take place and the winner will be determined, with whom a five-year contract will be signed for the supply of trains until 2026.

Land Holding LLC offered to supply the Hitachi N100 UZ train in the submitted documents.

purchase of electric trains for UZ

At the same time, Stadler plans to supply the Flirt series of electric trains.

purchase of electric trains for UZ

UZ previously stated that the deadline for submitting proposals for this tender was postponed due to the active interest of potential bidders, requests for additional time to prepare high-quality tender documents, as well as the desire of the Ukrainian carrier to provide comprehensive answers to bidders’ questions.

“Technical specialists of Ukrzaliznytsia and representatives of leading international and Ukrainian manufacturers were involved in the process of developing technical requirements for suburban and regional electric trains. As part of cooperation with Deutsche Bahn, DB Regio specialists, who operate one of the largest fleets of regional rolling stock in Europe, also joined the review of technical requirements,” the press service noted.

Recall that on October 1, Ukrzaliznytsia announced a tender for the purchase of 80 electric trains for an estimated amount of UAH 31.462 billion:

  • 30 commuter DC electric trains;
  • 30 commuter AC trains;
  • 20 regional AC trains.

Previously, UZ postponed the deadlines for submitting proposals and holding the auction 4 times.

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