2024-04-13 20:39:15
Both bids are below estimate, which is BGN 1.1 billion.
Poles and Czechs want to manufacture and supply the 35 electric locomotives for the needs of BDZ, as well as maintain them for 15 years and train personnel to service them. This becomes clear after opening their bids on Friday. The deadline for their submission was Thursday.
The Polish offer is from Pojazdy Szynowe PESA Bydgoszcz SA. The proposed price for one truck is BGN 23.5 million, and the total for the 35 without VAT is BGN 822.50 million.
With the tax BGN 987 million are obtained.
The other offer is from a Czech consortium between “Skoda Transportation” and “Skoda Vagonka”. The unit price of the motor they are offering is BGN 17.652 million, and the total for the 35 is BGN 617.82 million. The Czechs did not record a price including VAT, as according to them this was not applicable according to an EU directive .
The estimated value of the order, which is financed by the recovery and sustainability plan, is BGN 1.1 billion.
It can be seen that both offers are below the estimated value, and the difference between the Poles’ and Czechs’ offers is over BGN 204 million.
The procedure for the 35 electric trains was initially announced on September 4, 2023, but was stopped by the KCK after a complaint from Škoda. Then the Minister of Transport, Georgi Gvozdeykov, stated that his department would not appeal, but would announce it anew with revised conditions. Informally, he commented that young and ambitious people in the bid evaluation committee
with getting too old with the requirements
And he added that he will rely on the basic requirements of the EU.
Thus, changes were made to the technical specification. For example, the places for transporting bicycles have been reduced from 10 to 4, and for wheelchairs and prams – from 4 to 2. The basic European norms have been introduced for these trains, which do not require reconfiguration of the manufacturers’ production lines.
Whether this order will also get stuck in appeals after the ranking remains to be seen. But due to the melting of the terms in which to absorb the money under the plan – the end of 2026,
the delivery of the motors was reduced from 33 to 28 months
There are other train deliveries under the Recovery and Resilience Plan that are already underway. On April 4, the Minister of Transport signed the selection of “Stadler Polska” with headquarters in the city of Šedalce as a manufacturer and supplier of 7 double-decker locomotives. The price offer of the Polish division of the German “Stadler” is for BGN 300.5 million without VAT at an estimated price of BGN 410.52 million. This means that Bulgaria saves BGN 100 million from this order.
The seven two-story compositions must have a capacity of at least 300 seats, and their maintenance must be for a period of 15 years. Staff training is also planned.