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Ukrzaliznytsia has rejected two of the three options in a tender for 100 passenger compartment cars supply

Ukrzaliznytsia has rejected two of the three options in a tender for 100 passenger compartment cars supply
Ukrzaliznytsia has rejected two of the three options in a tender for 100 passenger compartment cars supply06.05.2021The tender price was UAH 3 billion. Kryukiv Railway Car Building Works, as well as CRRC Tangshan and “Terminal-West” companies, were to compete in the tender. The tender committee rejected the participants CRRC Tangshan and ‘Terminal-West” due to nonconformance to the tender conditions. The companies have five days to appeal the decision. If the outsider companies fail to do so, the tender will be canceled because of the disproportionate participants' number.  

The auction was scheduled for May 7, 2021. The purchase of railway cars is to be financed from the state budget, and the winner is to produce the railway cars by the end of 2021. Ukrzaliznytsia` planned to buy 51 compartment sleeping cars for the total amount of UAH 1.51 billion as the first lot. The second lot was to consist of 12 two-berth compartment sleeping cars for UAH 349.1 million. 20 passenger compartment sleeping cars, equipped for passengers with disabilities in a wheelchair were to be purchased as the third lot for UAH 633.7 million. The fourth lot was to be 17 passenger compartment sleeping cars, equipped for passengers with a disability in a wheelchair, as well as a train manager compartment for UAH 551.3 million.