The Contractor shall be responsible for the Operation and the Maintenance of Odense Letbane. This includes the management of drivers and OCC staff as well as the Facility Management of the Transportation System and the Facility Management (cleaning and preparation activities) of the Rolling Stock. The proposed Odense Letbane line 1 is 14.34 km long, running from Tarup in the north of the city to Hjallelse in the south. Odense Letbane P/S will have 26 Stations. Initially the fleet of rolling stocks will consist of 16 trams and during weekdays the operational headway will be down to 7.5 minutes. The contract value for Line 1 is estimated to 130 000 000 EUR.

Line 2 of Odense Tramway is in the planning stages and is yet to be approved by the Odense City Council and to receive its legal powers under the ‘Construction Act’. If Line 2 is established the Contract will also cover this. The Contract value incl. Line 2 is estimated to 250 000 000 EUR.

Contract start is expected to be in 2018.

Odense Letbane P/S hereby initiates a tender concerning Operation and Maintenance services (O&M) for Odense tramway. This procurement is undertaken using a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition pursuant to the EU Utilities Directive (Directive 2014/25/EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and re-pealing Directive 2004/17/EC.