ICE Invites Tenders for $5.7 Million Bus Purchase

©image: Beatrice Murch

According to the bid documents, ICE will buy:
- 5 tourist coaches worth $1.64 million
- 21 urban buses worth $4.07 million

All should be 4x2 with a maximum manufacturer's operational weight between 5,200 and 6,100 kilograms.

Training services worth $10,000 are also being tendered for to instruct ICE operators and technicians in the running and maintenance of the vehicles.

Offers can be received from 28 September.

Source: Mer-Link

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