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, 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 the Helsinki Metropolitan Area as well as for existing tramways mainly outside the inner city of Helsinki, hereafter referred to as “Tram Type B”. Spares supply and supplier services are also included in the procurement for the expected lifetime of the trams. The strategic principles and goals for the procurement are following: - City Transport can offer transport with suitable Trams for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area with following goals for the procurement: • The Trams are attractive for the people. • The Trams are based on proven solutions from similar conditions. • The Trams have a timely entry into service. • The Trams support the strategy toward carbon neutrality. • The Trams have low total cost of ownership. - City Transport can move more passengers with fewer Trams with following goals for the procurement: • The Trams have high capacity and operational performance. • The Trams have high availability. -City Transport has a good work environment with following goal for the procurement: • The Trams support efficient working environment for all City Transport staff. The scope of procurement includes the following deliverables: • 30 Tram Type A • 33 Tram Type B • All spares needed for the Trams and rework of selected rotables • Supplier services • Training • Documentation • Special tools • Virtual and physical mock-up(s) • IT system simulator(s) • Wayside IT system • 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.