In brief

• The Public Transport Authority (Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego) in Kielce is looking for a contractor to supply 20 electric buses together with chargers.
• The estimated value of the contract is PLN 58.5 million, and offers are accepted until 24 November.
• The contract covers 12 MAXI-class buses and 8 MEGA-class buses, and implementation is to last 18 months.

Purchase and scope of the contract

The Public Transport Authority in Kielce has announced a tender for the purchase of 20 electric buses (Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Kielcach ogłasza przetarg: Zakup autobusów o napędzie elektrycznym wraz z budową niezbędnej infrastruktury oraz samochodów elektrycznych do nadzoru nad funkcjonowaniem komunikacji publicznej – zakup 20 szt. autobusów elektrycznych wraz z infrastrukturą ładowania – TED – Dziennik Urzędowy UE). The contract includes 12 MAXI-class vehicles, 12 m long, and 8 MEGA-class vehicles, 18 m long. The tender also covers the construction of the necessary infrastructure, namely charging points for these buses.

Value and deadline

The estimated value of the contract is PLN 58,500,000. Offers must be submitted by 24 November. The notice was published on 4 November, and the notice number in the Official Journal of the EU is 765720-2026.

Implementation time

The contractor has 18 months to complete the contract.

Who this concerns

The tender is aimed at companies manufacturing electric buses and providers of charging infrastructure that want to compete for public contracts. For companies in the transport sector, it is a signal that the city is investing in a zero-emission public transport fleet.

What's next

After the deadline for submitting offers, the contracting authority will evaluate the submitted offers and select a contractor. Then an 18-month period of delivering the buses and building the chargers will begin.

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