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Bucharest selects Spain’s CAF for €350M metro order
Published: Fri, 2015-03-13 17:00-
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Trains for new metro line
Municipally-owned operator Metrorex has awarded an order for 43 six-car trains with an option for a further eight units to Spanish rolling stock maker Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). The new trains are to operate on Bucharest’s designed M5 metro line, and the total amount of the deal is some RON 1.556 billion (€350 million).
In addition to the Spanish firm, other bidders which competed for the Bucharest metro contract included France’s Alstom, Polish manufacturer PESA Bydgoszcz, Romania’s Astra Vagoane Calatori, and Chinese producer CSR Qingdao Sifang, reports local news site B365.ro. The framework contract was signed for a period of seven years.
The offers submitted by rolling stock makers were evaluated based on a number of weighed criteria. These included the offered price, representing 60% of the assigned points, technical performance, with 15%, delivery schedule, responsible for 12%, warranty terms, with 5%, and maintenance costs, representing 3%. As a result, the deal was awarded to CAF in spite of the fact that the Spanish firm's bid was ranked as the third lowest.
The acquisitions will be carried out with the use of investment loans acquired by Romania from the European Investment Bank (EIB), and from the state budget.
The Romanian capital operates a metro network comprising four lines and 51 stations. It is adapted for a track gauge of 1,432 mm, and it is fitted with a total length of about 70 km. Bucharest’s first line was put into operations in 1979, and the capital’s metropolitan area has a population of over 2.2 million.
Headquartered in Beasain, Spain, CAF operates production facilities located in Spain, Mexico, Brazil, the US and France, according to data released by the producer.
Av Jaroslaw Adamowski
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