Solaris on a roll
Solaris Bus and Coach, Poland's largest city-bus producer, has won a tender with the Warsaw City Bus Authority (MZA) to supply the city with 80 of it's Solaris Urbino 18 buses. The contract earns Solaris over zł.160 million.
"We had to analyze every point of the tender in a very detailed and careful manner. At the beginning, due to the unusually difficult conditions, we hesitated to enter the tender at all. However, finally we made our offer, which turned out to be the best one," Krzysztof Olszewski, president of Solaris, said in a statement.
Those conditions included the maintenance of the buses over the next eight years.
Once the sale is complete, the company says the number of Solaris buses driving on Warsaw streets will rise to 500, including both city buses and those owned by private businesses. For those city bus passengers who are suffocated by the muggy air and offensive odors on buses this time of year, the agreement brings welcome news. Each bus will come with air conditioning in both the driver's and passengers' sections.
"We had to analyze every point of the tender in a very detailed and careful manner. At the beginning, due to the unusually difficult conditions, we hesitated to enter the tender at all. However, finally we made our offer, which turned out to be the best one," Krzysztof Olszewski, president of Solaris, said in a statement.
Those conditions included the maintenance of the buses over the next eight years.
Once the sale is complete, the company says the number of Solaris buses driving on Warsaw streets will rise to 500, including both city buses and those owned by private businesses. For those city bus passengers who are suffocated by the muggy air and offensive odors on buses this time of year, the agreement brings welcome news. Each bus will come with air conditioning in both the driver's and passengers' sections.
