Railway Gazette Tenders

Tender for the Manufacture and Supply of Track Motor Vehicle with Cranes and Track Electric Vehicle with Cranes

Organisation: Israel Railways Ltd

First tendered in March 2024, Lisbon’s Violet Line was conceived as part of the LIOS package to develp more urban rail corridors around the capital. It has been procured under a single contract coveri

Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the

Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the other EU companies in potentially winning the bid. However, due to the size of the tender and CRRC’s involvement, the Mota-Engil bid was duly passed on to the Commission for scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, with the EU now examining the bloc’s largest public tenders involving partners with non-EU state backing. Following a preliminary review, the Commission decided in November 2025 to open an even wider investigation into CRRC’s role in the bid. Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the other EU companies in potentially winning the bid. However, due to the size of the tender and CRRC’s involvement, the Mota-Engil bid was duly passed on to the Commission for scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, with the EU now examining the bloc’s largest public tenders involving partners with non-EU state backing. Following a preliminary review, the Commission decided in November 2025 to open an even wider investigation into CRRC’s role in the bid. Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the other EU companies in potentially winning the bid. However, due to the size of the tender and CRRC’s involvement, the Mota-Engil bid was duly passed on to the Commission for scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, with the EU now examining the bloc’s largest public tenders involving partners with non-EU state backing. Following a preliminary review, the Commission decided in November 2025 to open an even wider investigation into CRRC’s role in the bid.