New Commuter Train Sets

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The tender must be submitted on Ariba Sourcing. Access can be requested by sending an email, including the contact details of your organization, to procurementsupport@ns.nl.

Korte beschrijving

Short general description of the Contract:
NS intends to conclude a Contract, more specifically a Purchase Agreement, for the delivery of new articulated Train Sets for passenger services in the Netherlands, including but not limited to, driving and maintenance training, documentation, support and spare parts.
The Contract therefore consists of:
A. A purchase agreement containing a base order of Train Sets, at least intended for operation on the Dutch Railway Network including other items such as mock ups, training and documentation;
B. A support agreement and long term support agreement;
C. A spare parts agreement(s);
D. Optional:
o addenda on the purchase agreement for possible additional orders of Train Sets and/or Train Set variants.
o Modifications on one or more Train Sets
NS may decide to combine the scope of the support activities described in ad. B and C. into a single agreement.

Beschrijving van de aanbesteding

Train Set Characteristics of base order
The base order foresees, besides the other deliverables, the supply of Train Sets with a total seating volume between approximately 8.000 and 18.000 seats.
Operational service of the Train Sets on the Dutch Railway Network is foreseen to start in the second half of 2027. Meaning Acceptance for the first Train Sets is foreseen to take place in 2026.
The foreseen characteristics for the base order Train Sets are, as an indication, listed below. The final characteristics will be defined in the Award Guidelines.
General vehicle architecture characteristics:
• The Train Set complies with applicable standards including but not limited to European and Dutch legislation;
• The Train Set is an articulated electrical multiple unit with wide gangways without steps to pass the gangways;
• The Train Set has a driver's cab on both ends, and each driver’s cab has an external driver’s cab side door on both sides;
• The Train Set has two Train Set variants differing in length, a long Train Set with a length of approximately 107,5 m and a shorter Train Set variant of approximately 2/3 of the length of the long Train Set;
• The Train Set incorporates technology which allows it to be easily upgraded with the latest digital developments.
General external interface characteristics:
• The Train Set is suitable for the operation on the Dutch Railway Network;
• The Train Set has a service speed of 160 km/h;
• The Train Set is suitable for the 1500 V DC power supply on the Dutch Railway Network;
• The Train Set is suitable for the CCS-systems ERTMS and ATB;
• The Train Set complies with the kinematic reference gauge G2 and for lower parts GI2;
• The Train set has an axle load category C2_500 (<20 t at 500 kg/m2)
• The Train Set offers level access from a platform height of 760 mm to flat passenger entry vestibules.
Passenger comfort and design characteristics:
• The Train Set has an interior layout, door positions and door width offering fast access and egress;
• The Train Set has an interior and exterior aesthetic design in accordance with the NS brand design guidelines;
• The Train Set appeals to passengers.
Operational and performance characteristics:
• The Train Set has low life cycle costs;
• The Train Set has a high level of reliability;
• The Train Set has low energy consumption;
• The Train Set is track friendly;
• The Train Set is robust, resilient and recoverable in operation, the impact of failures (technical or operational) is minimized by design;
• The Train Set is sustainable by design and in use;
• The Train Set design is based upon proven technologies;
• The Train Set is easily maintainable and designed to minimize the effects of obsolescence
• The Train Set is fit for use in the Netherlands with regard to but not limited to environmental and infrastructural conditions;
Optional:
• As an option, the Train Sets might consider a bicurrent Train Set suitable for a power supply of 1500 V DC and 3000 V DC;
• Any other (technical) option(s) will be mentioned in the Award Guidelines
Possible additional orders
Possible additional orders are foreseen for the supply of Train sets with a total seating volume of approximately 50.000 seats to be ordered until 2036. The seating volume of 50.000 seats is additional to the base order seating volume. This is mainly depending on passenger growth and developments with regard to the transport concession between NS and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
The possible additional orders may consist of several batches with a different number of
Cars per batch and with different delivery rates.
The possible additional orders may consist of Train Set variants based on the same
product platform as the base order with characteristics as described in the section II.2.11) Information about options.

Beschrijving van de opties

As mentioned under:
- Short general description of the Contract under "D": "addenda on the purchase agreement for possible additional orders
of Train Sets and/or Train Set variants AND Modifications on one or more Train Sets.
- Train Set Characteristics of base order under "Optional": "As an option, the Train Sets might consider a bicurrent Train Set suitable for a
power supply of 1500 V DC and 3000 V DC" AND "Any other (technical) option(s) will be mentioned in the Award Guidelines".
- Possible Additional Orders: "a total seating
volume of approximately 50.000 seats to be ordered until 2036."
The possible additional orders may consist of several batches with a different number of Cars per batch and with different delivery rates.
The possible additional orders may consist of Train Set variants based on the same product platform as the base order with characteristics as follows:
1) Train Sets with base order characteristics and including additional development and innovations in the field of, for instance, train operation, interior, IT;
2) Train Sets of different lengths, of a different number of Cars and/or different number of seats and/or different seat configuration;
3) Train Sets for cross border variants (meaning suitable for operation in the
Netherlands and (an)other countries), such as Belgium and/or Germany.
Future developments and/or changes and/or enhancements made by the Supplier in or to the product platform as offered to NS in its Tender, may at NS request be included in Train Sets to be delivered on basis of additional orders placed by NS.

Based on Article 3.57 paragraph 5 of the Dutch Public Procurement Act, the contracting authority aims to protect the confidential nature of the information in the Tender Documents. Therefore a prerequisite question has to be answered by Candidate and will be assessed by NS. Only if Candidate has signed and uploaded the provided NDA, the Tender Documents can be downloaded.