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Switzerland - Electricity distribution and switchgear - Cascade Barberine, major renovation, lot frequency converter drivetrain PN and grid coupling

Original Schweiz - Elektrizitätsverteilungs- und -schalteinrichtungen - Kaskade Barberine, Erhebliche Erneuerung, Los Frequenzumrichter Antriebsstrang PN und Netzkopplung

Open Switzerland Région lémanique Electrical machinery

Buyer SBB CFF FFS Infra-Energie

3 days left

Key facts

Closes
15:00 (UTC+2)
Competition
Open race
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 70 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

69 days from publication to deadline

Longer than usual

Notices of this kind (Switzerland, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 41 days, half of them between 38 and 48 days, based on 7,518 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 87 days (median of its last 17 calls for tender).

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Open race

No supplier dominates: 7 different companies have won the last 11 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.

Based on 11 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.

Summary

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SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) is procuring major equipment supplies and services as part of the 'Kaskade Barberine major renovation' project, which aims to modernise the Châtelard I and Châtelard II power stations in Le Châtelard, municipality of Finhaut, canton of Valais, Switzerland. Built between 1919 and 1923 and extended in 1972, the plants primarily supply railway power (16.7 Hz) for Western Switzerland and the Simplon line. The contract covers a 50 Hz three-phase asynchronous motor, a static frequency converter for 50/16.7 Hz grid coupling including converter transformers, and a converter drive including converter transformer, with all associated systems. The goal is reliable turbine and pump operation with high availability for at least 40 years.

Description

Im Rahmen des Projekts «Erhebliche Erneuerung Kaskade Barberine» plant die SBB die Erneuerung von mehreren Kraftwerksanlagen. Das Kraftwerk Châtelard I liegt in der Ortschaft Le Châtelard der Gemeinde Finhaut im Kanton Wallis und wurde zwischen den Jahren 1919 und 1923 erbaut. Im Jahr 1972 wurde das Kraftwerk durch die Anlage Châtelard II erweitert. Das Kraftwerk dient primär der Bahnstromversorgung (16.7Hz) der Westschweiz und der Simplonlinie. Mit dem Projekt «Kaskade Barberine Erhebliche Erneuerung» ist geplant, die Kraftwerksausrüstung der beiden Kraftwerkszentralen auf den aktuellen technischen Stand zu bringen und damit einen zuverlässigen Turbinen- und Pumpbetrieb mit hoher Verfügbarkeit für mindestens 40 Jahre sicherzustellen. Beim Ausschreibungsgegenstand handelt es sich um die wesentlichen Lieferungen und Leistungen für: - ein 50Hz Drehstrom-Asynchronmotor, - ein statischer Frequenzumrichter zur Netzkopplung 50/16.7Hz inklusive Stromrichtertransformatoren - ein Frequenzumrichter Antrieb inklusive Stromrichtertransformator, jeweils inklusive aller notwendigen zugehörigen Systeme.

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    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

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  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Electrical machinery.

  4. Check this first:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    3 days left.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    This buyer usually awards this kind of contract for between €1.9M and €6.2M.

  6. In your favour:

    Do we know this buyer?

    7 different companies won the last 11 comparable contracts.

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  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • The notice is written in German.

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What this buyer has paid before

Based on 11 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

Median award
€3.3M
Middle half of past awards
€1.9M to €6.2M

TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.

Most recent awards

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The buyer

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SBB CFF FFS Infra-Energie

Switzerland

notices in the register
39
awards
17
awarded in total
€68.3M

Who wins its contracts

Moderately concentrated
different companies won its awards
9
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
54%
of its calls state an estimated value
0%

Based on 13 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Competition

tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
1.5
of those lots received a single tender
33%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
8%

As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.

Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
DE_Siemens Energy AG 4 €36.0M Oct 2026
DE_Sécheron SA 2 €3.3M Jun 2026
DE_Elektrotechnische Werke Fritz Driescher & Söhne GmbH; DE_Pfiffner Schaltgeräte AG 1 €11.6M Jun 2026
DE_ABB Schweiz AG; DE_Sécheron SA 1 €5.3M Oct 2025
DE_Hitachi Energy AG 1 €3.3M Jul 2026

Based on 11 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

7 open tenders right now

Market context

TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.

open now in Electrical machinery
2,343
median open notice
€136,320

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

Switzerland · Electrical machinery

different companies won awards here
125
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
14%
buyers awarded contracts here
84

Based on 270 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Competition

tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
3.0
of those lots received a single tender
15%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
10%
of the tenders came from another country
0%

As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.

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