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\ WATERWCHW-Wedrwsdny.hly4.2012-S Closed bid process‘ for LRT | trains raises ire of competitor A BUCK A 30"“. Byltwu Hm process when they signed Regional transportation N” spflng nlflil'ed r Ibrrhetihronk‘lv their contract with Bom- commissioner Thomas & R water baniierin 2009. Schmidt said one doesn’t Regional council's Siemens bid on that con- have to lookvery farto finds ”7"mb attempt to piggyback tract, but at a little over $1.5 project where vehicles were 4 ~ . , on a provincial con- billion lost out to Bom- procured separatelyâ€"only “ I Q ? “ get an 18" bottIe tract {or light rail transit bardier's $993.million bid. as far as the same contract â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"- or or“)! a BUCK! ' vehicles has irked at least cher piggy’balckangtsce- Waterloo sigma is looking 0 Maximum 6 bottles per customer one spurne company narios in e n e a es to pimba on. deposit redeemable redlt Representatives from â€" in Salt lake City, Atlanta. ‘We have one locally in I :13 Sign ith other discounts '0' store 0 Siemens Canada appeared and Hampton Roads â€" have Toronto," he said. a w at last Wednesday‘s council seen Siemens as the benefi- “They’re procuring their OFFER EXPIRES JULY 31 meeting. voicing their oppoA ciary,saithdeman. vehicles under separateoon- (a s W ‘ WJi"! 31“”. 3. Supply C“ sitiontotheproposal. "lwassurprisedbywhat tracts from Bombardiermd ) l . (5 ‘83 “whim“, D," Wammm Councillors originally " Id 'tk theywillbedoingthbirpro- K t I “H ‘ (U . . ‘ ,‘ W, H , approved the piggyback in on now curement of the rail lines K‘ K” “ ‘ K‘ ‘K ‘ K " K' A K‘ ‘ K’ lune. which will see the how [h could separately” a. 519'747‘2227 www.9wsltd.ca region attempt to add its _ 9y lungbeker Said Siemens " order to an existing contract [20881ny suggest [0 would be able to manufac- hetween provincial transit ture the vehicles for less agency Metrolinx and train US thqt they could than the $4 million per vehi- ., g . manufacturer Bombardier. d0 ztfor under cle Metrolinx is receiving a . . " ”7 The existing contract ' ' " from Bombardier. and do so ‘ ' calls for more than 200 vehi- $4 Million. with some of the manufac- . - cles to be provided for new â€"Ooun.llledernan turlng process occurring in .-,, . LRT projects in Toronto. Waterloo Region. creating ‘ ‘ .5 Waterloo Region is looking they said. that they would jobs - - . ' _ to add 14 live-car trains to say this was not an open. [nan interview.Wideman . L I F E . - A \ s the order. competitive process when questioned how this would m-.....»~““‘ -' " Marco lungbeker. vice- they themselves have been be possible when Siemens' - . president of Siemens Cana~ the recipient of the same bid on the Metrolinx con- ,0“, Spa‘. you: "a, ‘ da's rail systems division. process in three different tract came in at $7 million said his company knew occasions. it seemed like it pervehicle. ~ nothing of the region's deci- wasOK then.” he said. “Normally when you buy DESIGN YOUR OWN SOFA! sion until reading about it in lungbeker also ques- a bigger quantity it's cheap- media reports last week. tioned why the region was er, so i don't know how they LOVESEAT 0R SECT'ONAL “We were very surprised." procuring vehicles separate could possibly suggest to us he told councillors from the rest of the private that they could do it for , a“. ”The process. . . was not sector DBFOM (design. under“million,"hesaid. ‘ “" \ ih‘ _’: i3 transparent for us. We build. operate. finance. Councillors did not opt to , ‘ , - " i l... .. 3-. believe the prom is a non. maintain) contract. change their course. giving " 4 ,2 "If: . a; competitive procurement “There are no DBFOM unanimous final approval to I , ‘ . - '7 ’r, 1" and is also a closed process projects in the world that the piggyback negotiations ‘ : P - â€" and, we think. not in the have procured the vehicles The result of negotiations 4 ' . _ , . y g ' best interests of the Kitchenâ€" separately from building the will come before council in ‘ . ‘ . er-Waterloo LRTproject.‘ LRT line.“ he told council: thefalL ‘:‘ : ". . I}? ' 7‘ Coun. lim Wideman lots “We are disappointed K K.” ' called lungbeker's claims "The separate procure- and we are_surprised,' said “ . “I“ "not an accurate reflection ment of vehicles will create lungbekerafterthevote. f" - , . ofwhat ishappening.’ additional costs for the “There is a competitive ”m ., MK“ He pointed to Metrolinx region. It will commission process. i don't know why . ' as having already gone time delays It will add inter~ this council doesn’t want to K‘ through the competitive face requirements” \ do it.” . m "in" "I CAN YOU TELL SHE'S STRAI * g -,, ' ~ ~ ”K ","WM' ‘ K Sue's WEARING mvrnuu: unnatural K i ”I US I, IT'S ROCKY ron You. I. A: ”'5‘". a" IMF!!!“ Imam” ‘ , Lommmhfflricorm . 1/ \ »\ ’3 “r if; “A. “,3!“ it}; t a a; gig? a. rag. ”x , “ w . a": '- '1' - \ “,«flabw';w_ U; #1., x Q \, ‘9‘ .3; ,Jr' )4 ”by. v Q .' 0 a flip. 1r ‘ ‘_ ‘ J ' “1 sully . . . feefilygh QL invrsaltgn th'Hh't‘If Wm