Bari: 36 new electric buses purchased with PNRR funds

Bari: 36 new electric buses purchased with PNRR funds.

Bari. The preparatory decisions for the purchase of the first ones were published this morning 36 electric buses, through joining the system Consip Conventions and Framework Agreements, established by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as part of the overall financing of €95.779.478,00 from PNRR funds for the renewal of the vehicle fleet of local public transport services.

The two provisions concern respectively 23 9,5 meter electric buses, purchased according toCouncil agreement with the company Iveco SpA for a total amount of 13.174.373,74 including VAT, and 13 medium-long 10,5 meter buses, purchased by Industria Italiana Autobus SpA for the total cost of 6.992.674,00 VAT included.

The choice to join the system of Conventions and Framework Agreements Consip, established - in line with the needs of rationalizing expenses, determines substantial advantages for the Public administrations including: obtaining quality products a advantageous prices determined by the public tender experiment within the Community for the supply of significant quantities; conditions and cost-effectiveness objectives that are difficult for the Civic Administration to achieve with the announcement of a public tender for the quantities and amounts referred to in this act; further savings for the organization in terms of human resources for marked reduction in time, taking into account that the procedure is completed immediately and does not require further bureaucratic steps; the disappearance of the risk of litigation.

“Until 135, there will be a total of 2026 electric buses that we will purchase with PNRR funds and which will be made available to the company that manages urban public transport and the city – explains the mayor decaro -. A few days after the publication of the tender for the new BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) infrastructure, we are proceeding with the purchase of the first electric buses that will serve the other public transport lines so as to have an almost totally zero-impact service in 2026. This is an important fact for a city that has long had the objective of reducing polluting emissions into the atmosphere and at the same time making the public transport service efficient so as to be a real alternative to the use of private cars" .