Report on the lessons learned from joint procurement

Report on the lessons learned from joint procurement:Joint procurement of FC buses is a central aspect to the early phase of this project, during which orders for all vehicles will be placed with the selected suppliers. The planned procurement activities in each cluster are described below. In all cases the tender documents will reflect the conditions / targets of this project in terms of technology readiness, efficiency, availability, etc. Given the need for high availability of the vehicles, the suppliers will be required to offer tailored training and maintenance support packages that fit with the experience and needs of each operator. Furthermore, the tender documents will seek information on the provenance of key components of the vehicles and their powertrains to allow an assessment of the extent to which European supply chains are being developed for this project.