The subject of the tender is the performance of maintenance on 110 type 4E/303E locomotives (EU/EP07 series) at the fourth level of maintenance (overhaul repairs). The order has been divided into 5 tasks.
Maintenance at the fourth level (overhaul repairs) means the inspection, repair, or replacement of locomotive components and sub-assemblies, and checking the proper operation of all its installations and systems. Overhaul repairs are performed periodically, in accordance with the Maintenance System Documentation for this series of locomotives, approved on August 31, 2011, by the President of the Office of Rail Transport.
PKP Intercity, when selecting the most advantageous offer, will be guided not only by the price criterion but also by the warranty period provided by the contractor. The work provided for in the tender procedure will be completed within 12 months from the date of signing the contract.
– After intensive work on increasing wagon resources – repairs and investments in their modernization, an important task is to maintain the required number of operational locomotives. Currently, we have a small surplus of locomotives for 160 km/h and above. Hence the decision to announce a tender for the repair of the ‘sevens’ – states Janusz Malinowski, CEO of PKP Intercity.
PKP Intercity SA has 308 EU/EP07 series locomotives at its disposal. They are classified as standard-gauge universal/passenger electric locomotives produced in Poland between 1965 and 1992. The first EU07 traction vehicles were built under license from English locomotives, designated in Poland as EU06.