SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 05/2018
Polish national GSM-R contract awarded
Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded Nokia and its partners SPC, Herkules, Pozbud and Wasko a five-year turnkey contract to deploy a national GSM-R network. Nokia was the lowest bidder, offering 2.6 bn PLN for the basic infrastructure and a further 200m PLN for optional equipment and seven years of maintenance. Kapsch CarrierCom and Porr jointly bid 3.7 bn PLN plus 200m PLN for the option, while a Chinese consortium had bid 4.8 bn PLN without options. Evaluation was weighted 90% by cost, with all bids meeting the technical requirements....