That makes sense.

On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, 4:38 PM David McLoughlin mcloughlin.dj@...>
wrote:

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> Mark Skinner wrote:

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> > It might be that if they did that, they'd be obliged to invite tenders

> on the open market.

>

> They invited those tenders in 2010 and ordered 50 Flexitys with an option

> for 100 more. These are the trams being delivered, of which 90 are now

> confirmed. . The first arrived in 2013

>

> > What if Stadler or Škoda etc offered something for half that price?

>

> I assume there were much lower tenders at the time. These are hugely

> expensive trams compared with what can be bought off the shelf. The state

> government of the day chose this tender for political reasons, including

> having them built locally to a special design..

>

> At least these are very good trams, the best since the Bs. Toronto also

> ordered a fleet of special Flexitys for political reasons, including a

> local build, and they have had big issues.

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