Alstom won the bid to build 47 passenger trains that will be used on the Mexico-Queretaro, Queretaro-Irapuato and Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo routes .
According to the ruling published by the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) , the French company won with a proposal of 20 billion 171 million 045 thousand 505.47 pesos .
This offer was 17.2% lower than the one presented by CAF Mexico , which offered 24 billion 366 million 068 thousand 149.81 pesos.
Meanwhile, CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive , in a joint venture with Mexico Railway Transportation Equipment, registered a proposal of 23,911,769,552.72 pesos, 15.6% lower than that of the French-owned railway company.
“The proposal from bidder CRRC Zhuzhou is not considered a sound technical proposal, as it does not reach the minimum score to be evaluated economically,” ARTF stated.
Similarly, the agency pointed out that although all three companies complied with the national content requirement , Alstom “provided more arguments and evidence and, unlike the other competitors, even disclosed the medium and formula used to calculate its percentage compared to CRRC and CAF.” The French company proposed 72.4 percent.
The trains must be equipped with ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System), and will include commissioning, maintenance and workshop equipment.
Of the total fleet, 14 trains will be short-route for the San Juan del Río–Celaya and Celaya–Irapuato sections, with the longest planned route length being 107 kilometers (km).
Meanwhile, 33 units will be long-distance trains for routes such as Buenavista–Irapuato and Buenavista–Querétaro Centro, among others. All trains will be diesel-electric self-propelled units (DMUs).
The capacity will be approximately 700 passengers (with a minimum of 315 seated users and the rest standing) for short-distance trains, and a minimum of 265 seated passengers for long-distance trains, depending on the car configuration established.
It is worth remembering that Alstom, in consortium with Bombardier Transportation Mexico, Gami Ingeniería e Instalaciones and Construcciones Urales , won the bid for the construction of the 42 trains of the Maya Train, with an offer of 36 billion 563 million 731 thousand 221 pesos and a 72.5% degree of national integration.
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