Indra Executive Says Vendor would Not have Relied Only on Price to Beat Cubic in London
Spain-based Indra Systems suggested that it beat out incumbent Cubic Transportation Systems for the award of London’s integrated revenue-collection contract because of a combination of factors, not only price, an Indra executive told Mobility Payments.
A contract signing for Indra, however, depends on whether Cubic is successful in its legal challenge to the contract award. Cubic filed the challenge Aug. 8, as Mobility Payments reported. Transport for London’s finance committee awarded the contract July 14, according to TfL officials, who have not revealed which vendor won.
The Indra executive, who could not be named because he was not authorized to speak about the London procurement, spoke with Mobility Payments in recent weeks. At times his comments drifted into the hypothetical. Most of the time they were squarely focused on why Indra would have beaten Cubic.
Cubic Confirms It Outscored Indra on Technical Points, Despite Losing Big Contract in Ireland
Cubic Transportation Systems has confirmed that it topped the winning vendor, Spain-based Indra, on technical points in the recent competition for the large next-generation ticketing system contract in Ireland, Mobility Payments has learned.
The contract award secured by Indra is worth €243.6 million (US$260.1 million), according to an official