Trams for Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Pääkaupunkiseudun kaupunkiliikenne Oy (City Transport) is procuring new trams, other deliverables and services as specified in this Invitation to participate and its annexes. The target of this procurement is to procure new trams which are attractive for the people of Helsinki, have high availability and are well adapted for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The procured trams will • replace the old fleet from 70s and 80s, and • provide new trams for the expanding infrastructure. With this procurement City Transport procures new unidirectional trams for the inner city of Helsinki, hereafter referred to as “Tram Type A”. Further City Transport procures new bidirectional trams for the new tramways in Helsinki and Vantaa as well as for existing tramways mainly outside inner city of Helsinki, hereafter referred to as “Tram Type B ”. The scope of procurement includes the following deliverables: • 30 Tram Type A • 33 Tram Type B • All spares needed for the Trams • Technical support and supplier services for the Trams • Training • Documentation • Special tools • Virtual and physical mock-up(s) • Optional deliverables The scope of the procurement is described in more detail particularly in Annex 1 "Description of the procurement".

The tender competition will be conducted as negotiated procedure. The number of tenderers is limited due to the negotiated procedure. Conducting of negotiations with an unlimited number of tenderers would significantly complicate the tender process. A maximum of four (4) tenderers will be invited to the negotiations. If there are less than four (4) suitable tenderers, the contracting entity may continue the procedure by inviting all tenderers who meet the criteria for Invitation to participate. The Purchase Agreement and Support Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Finland, excluding its provisions regarding the choice of law. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Good (CISG) shall not be applied to the Agreements. Any disputes shall be submitted for resolution in the court of first instance of the Buyer’s domicile (the District Court of Helsinki). The Parties may also agree on submitting the dispute to an arbitration procedure conducted in Finland, in Finnish. However, witnesses may be heard and evidence submitted in English. The ruling language to be used for the interpretation of the Agreements shall be Finnish. The Finnish language version of the Agreements shall constitute the only binding Agreement between the Parties. If different translation versions of the Agreements have been prepared, the Finnish version of the Agreements shall prevail over the other language versions in case of conflict between the different translation versions. In the absence of a Finnish version, the English version shall prevail. The language of the communications shall be English or Finnish.

The deadline for receiving applications for participation will be changed from 13.11.2023 15:00:00 to 20.11.2023 15:00:00 Finnish time. Further, the deadline for questions related to the procurement will be extended from 24.10.2023 23:59:00 to 27.10.2023 23:59:00 Finnish time.