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The second release of the UITP tender structure recommendations, given in this document is the outcome of a joint analysis between operators, manufacturers and organizing authorities, carried out under the supervision of UITP. The new edition takes into account all the aspects of green tendering including the new European directive on clean and energy efficient buses (CE/2009/33). A deep review has been conducted by a UITP working group of current rules and observed practices throughout Europe. It has come to the conclusion that the diversity in the definitions and the structure of tender documents used to date are inefficient and complicate the tender process. From this basis, the UITP working group created a model for tender harmonisation, which the operators and organising authorities are free, though strongly encouraged by UITP, to use when issuing future tenders. Any move towards a better balanced relationship between all actors in the public transport supply chain (authorities, operators, manufacturers) is a step in the right direction, opening up possibilities for decreasing costs whilst maintaining quality for all the parties involved. This recommendation is intended for the purchase/ offering of buses and related services.
The public it addresses is therefore both the bus manufacturing industry on the suppliers side, as well as the bus operators or public transport authorities on the demand side. However, although the observed business model in Europe is different from one market to another, any parts of the document can be used in all types of purchase situations.

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