Production and delivery of 17 low-floor articulated buses and 2 low-floor articulated buses as an option (17 + 2) with the following basic features:

- vehicle length approx. 18 m,

- Engine exhaust standard 6 EUR or better,

- automatic transmission,

- 3 doors,

- video surveillance,

- air conditioning for driver and passenger compartment,

- Passenger information.

Basis for the construction of the buses is the VDV font 230 ("frame recommendation for city low-floor buses").

Further information can be found in the tender documents.

The client reserves the right to make minor changes to the tender documents until the invitation to tender has been sent (changes are marked accordingly).

The pre-selection competition will examine the candidates' ability to perform in terms of economic and financial capacity as well as their technical and professional capacity by submitting applications for participation, documents, declarations and supporting documents (see III.1). The competition ends with a review of the suitability of the candidates and the selection of the candidates by the contracting authority, which will be invited in the further procedure for the submission of tenders. All formally and materially suitable candidates will be invited to submit tenders. Unsuccessful candidates will be informed of the reasons for refusing their application for participation in the negotiated procedure.

The AG will conduct negotiations with the bidders who have submitted a tendered offer. The subject of the negotiations will be, in particular, the offer of the tenderer and technical questions.

The negotiated offers will be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation scheme published in the tender documents. The tenderer who has submitted the most economic tender will be awarded the contract.