{"id":4199,"date":"2009-04-24T11:20:40","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T15:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/04\/24\/and-the-winner-is-3\/"},"modified":"2009-04-24T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T16:31:50","slug":"and-the-winner-is-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/04\/24\/and-the-winner-is-3\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v297\/spmarshall\/Flexity.jpg\" height=\"283\" style=\"width: 405px; height: 283px\" \/><em>Bombardier image of Flexity model, unfortunately wrongly signed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 11:33AM &#8212; Bombardier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestreetcarredefined.ca\/\">has a website<\/a> showcasing the new streetcars. &#8220;The coolest car in Toronto.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20090424.wstreetcar0424\/BNStory\/National\/home\">The Globe and Mail is reporting<\/a> that Bombarider has won the contract for the 204 streetcars to replace the CLRVs and ALRVs fo rthe existing legacy street railway network with its Flexity\u00a0light rail\u00a0model. Bombardier&#8217;s bid\u00a0beat a rival bid from\u00a0Siemens, which featured the <strike>Citadis<\/strike> Combino Plus\u00a0\u00a0light rail vehicle\u00a0model.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0contract, announced today, is\u00a0worth\u00a0$1.22 billion (excluding taxes) and includes an option for up to 400 more vehicles for the Transit City LRT and downtown streetcar expansion. The new streetcars will begin arriving in 2011, conditional on federal and provincial funding. The bid price is guaranteed until June 27, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>This follows\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/07\/17\/breaking-news-ttc-suspends-streetcar-prucahses\">an earlier\u00a0botched call for tenders <\/a>which was cancelled last summer after receiving only two bids after rival Siemens pulled out. Bombardier&#8217;s original bid was found to be non-compliant, and little-known British firm TRAM Power was deemed not to be &#8220;commercially compliant.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Bombardier image of Flexity model, unfortunately wrongly signed. 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