201 electric buses tender in Northern Italy: AIR Pullman and STAV, €113.8 million

Consorzio Autoservizi Lombardi, a consortium of the Italian bus operators AIR Pullman and STAV, is buying 201 battery-electric buses for its services in Northern Italy. The total value is €113,840,523. The tender has three lots by vehicle class and configuration. Lot 1 covers 150 Class I urban buses, 11.31–12.4 m long, low-floor with three doors, worth €79,908,450. Lot 2 covers 21 Class II buses, 11.31–12.4 m long, low-entry with two doors, worth €11,258,583. Lot 3 covers 30 articulated buses up to 18.75 m long, low-floor with three doors, worth €22,673,490. The article's summary describes the Lot 3 buses as Class I.

Each lot will be a framework agreement of 48 months. Each agreement includes full-service maintenance of the buses as well as their delivery. The contracts will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tender. The sources give no weighting of price and quality, no sub-criteria and no technical scoring elements.

The bid deadline is 5 November 2026. The sources give no Q&A deadline, contract start date, delivery schedule, procedure type, submission portal or bid language. Bids are likely to be in Italian, but no source confirms this.

The only source is a news article on sustainable-bus.com, which reports details from the Italian trade outlet Autobusweb. No official contract notice, tender conditions, technical specifications or clarifications were provided. The requirements below therefore cover only the vehicle specifications and service scope reported in the press. Eligibility rules are missing, for example:

• economic and financial standing
• turnover thresholds
• references
• certifications
• consortium rules

Also missing are detailed technical requirements such as battery capacity, range, charging standard, warranties and maintenance KPIs. These should be checked in the official tender documents before preparing a bid. No later notices or amendments are known.