The SIA Municipality “Rīgas satiksme” has announced a market research on the supply of low-floor trams.
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In the market research, “Rīgas satiksme” intends to discover the interest of tram manufacturers to participate in the purchase of low-floor trams, as well as their previous experience, technical solutions and proposals, which will help to understand both the possible number of trams to be purchased and to prepare the documentation for the procurement procedure.
In order for as many suppliers as possible to participate in the market research, “Rīgas satiksme” has sent letters of invitation to 16 tram manufacturers in Europe.
It is necessary in order to evaluate the possibilities of the company to launch a contract for the purchase of trams, to understand how many trams and in what time frame the company can buy in the current market situation.
After the market research, decisions will be made on the future course of action in the purchase of trams.
It has already been reported that the total number of low-floor trams in the streets of Riga exceeds the number of old trams. Last year, 20 low-floor trams purchased in the latest contract were delivered. Thus, a total of 46 new trams are running on the streets of Riga.
On the other hand, the first delivered low-floor trams have already traveled 600,000 kilometers and it is time to repair them.
In 2021, the turnover of “Rīgas satiksme” was 161,117 million euros, 7.1% less than in 2020, while the company’s profit increased by 3.1 times and was 3,049 million. euro, according to the company’s public information.
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