Germany – Public transport services by railways – Isar-Noris-Altmühl (INA)

Operation of regional rail services comprising approximately 6.4 million train kilometers per year on the following lines: RE 1: Hourly service Munich – Ingolstadt – Nuremberg; RB 16: Hourly service Munich – Ingolstadt – Treuchtlingen (– Nuremberg); RE 60: Two-hourly service Augsburg – Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg; RB 16: Two-hourly service (Munich – Ingolstadt –) Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg; RE 60: Individual trains during peak hours Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg. Services will commence with the timetable change in December 2028 (December 10, 2028). The contract term is 12 years with three one-year extension options. Bids for both new and used rolling stock are permitted. The transport operation contract will be structured as a net contract with a two-year gross start-up phase. The VDV (Association of German Transport Companies) provides detailed specifications regarding the quality of services to be provided. For the provision of transport services on the Nuremberg – SFS – Ingolstadt – Munich route, used vehicles from model year 2020 onwards and new vehicles are permitted; for the rest of the network, used vehicles from model year 2016 onwards and new vehicles are permitted. A debt service guarantee is offered to finance new vehicles. The transport services will be awarded through a competitive tendering procedure in accordance with the provisions of Part 4 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) and the German Public Procurement Ordinance (VgV).