The Belgian rail operator SNCB has selected the Guipuzcoan company as “preference Bieder” (preferred winner) for the production of his new train fleet. The Belgian government has justified that CNCB CAF has chosen, although Alstom had presented a cheaper offer.
CAF could be awarded one of the highest contracts in the entire history, which could reach 3500 million euros after he was selected as “Rather bidder” (Preferential winner) by the Belgian rail operator CNCB For the production and delivery of its new fleet trains.
As CAF has reported in a memorandum, it is a framework agreement with a maximum scope of units for 170,000 seats, with an initial basic obligation of 1695 million euros (units for 54,000 seats) in the case of finally concluding the agreement.
Sources from the Guipuzcoan company, however, have indicated that the contract could reach 3500 million euros if it was carried out in its entirety, with what could be One of the highest in history of the company.
The Board of Directors of NMBs (SNCB-National Society of the Belgian Railways) has given its approval to continue the purchasing process with the company that has been selected as a “preferred bidder”, with the aim of closing the final grant of the framework agreement.
Moreover, the Belgian Government has justified that CNCB CAF has chosen to replace 600 trainsDespite the fact that the French Alstom He had presented a cheaper offer and has production power stations in Belgium.
However, the decision is on appealsaid the Minister of Federal Mobility in a statement, Jean-Luc CruckeHe emphasizes that European standards do not allow local manufacturers.
The National Railway Company is about to grant the one who describes the Belgian press as the “contract of the century” to CAF, while Alstom has plants in the Belgian cities of Charleroi (South) and Bridging (north).
Source: EITB
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