CLS: Tender for trams opens Monday, Turkish factory Bozankaya expected
Director of the Center for Local Self-Government (CLS) Nikola Jovanović stated today that the new deadline for submitting offers for 85 trams in Belgrade expires on Monday, April 20, and that he expects the Turkish factory "Bozankaya" to submit an offer.
TL;DR
- The deadline for submitting offers for 85 trams in Belgrade is Monday, April 20th.
- The tender is for 85 short trams, valued at 188 million euros.
- The Center for Local Self-Government (CLS) questions why normal-length trams are not being considered and why European manufacturers are excluded.
- All objections from four European factories regarding tender conditions have been rejected.
- Bozankaya trams have reportedly not performed well in Belgrade or in Iasi, Romania, where they cost 1.6 million euros each.