Scheidt & Bachmann Believed to have Lost U.S. Contract, though Few Details Leak about Likely Termination of Deal
Vendor Scheidt & Bachmann is believed to have lost a major contract it was awarded in 2021 to overhaul the fare system of Baltimore and the surrounding metropolitan area by the U.S. state of Maryland, Mobility Payments has learned.
Multiple sources told Mobility Payments the state terminated the contract, which was expected to be worth $63.6 million over 14 years. Neither the Baltimore-based Maryland Transit Administration, which is part of the state Department of Transportation, nor Germany-based Scheidt & Bachmann’s U.S. subsidiary, confirmed the cancellation of the contract. They also did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Multiple Vendors Disqualified in Bidding to Supply Open-Loop Technology for California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’
A number of well-known industry vendors that bid on two much-anticipated contracts from the state of California to the supply open-loop payments technology to transit agencies statewide were disqualified last month, mostly for failing to meet strict administrative requirements, documents reveal.
Case Study: BONNsmart Project Seeks to Introduce Open-Loop Payments to Cash-Loving Germany
SWB Bus and Bahn, the transit agency serving the city of Bonn, is the first such operator in Germany to accept contactless EMV payments.