The STCP announced in a statement today that a new tender has been launched following a previous attempt in January, which failed due to a lack of valid proposals.
The new tender retains the same price and strategic objective: to gradually eliminate combustion engine buses, supporting the fleet renewal plan and the ongoing decarbonization policy, according to the company.
A public tender for “the acquisition of 30 standard 100% electric buses and the corresponding charging station, an investment of twelve million nine hundred thousand euros (12,900,000.00)” was launched today.
This involves installing an Electric Charging Station with 15 dual charging stations, which “will be placed at the Via Norte Collection Station, where the new STCP fleet vehicles will be allocated”.
“The arrival of the 30 new electric buses of STCP — standard 12-meter vehicles with a minimum autonomy of 320 km — is planned for the end of the first quarter of 2026. These new 30 buses will join the 68 electric buses already in circulation and the 28 (20 standard and 8 midis) arriving in 2025,” the company added.
According to the company, led by Cristina Pimentel, “in 2026, STCP will have a total of 126 fully electric vehicles in circulation,” with the current fleet consisting of “444 vehicles, of which 75% are powered by natural gas, 15% are emission-free, and the remaining 10% use diesel.”
Proposals must be submitted directly on the electronic platform by 5 p.m. on July 3.
STCP operates public road passenger transport in the AMP under an exclusive regime within the Porto municipality and a general concession regime in neighboring municipalities – Gondomar, Matosinhos, Maia, Valongo, and Vila Nova de Gaia.
The city of Porto is the majority shareholder of the intermunicipal company (53.69%), with the remaining shares divided among the other five municipalities where STCP operates, with 12.04% of the capital belonging to Vila Nova de Gaia, 11.98% to Matosinhos, 9.61% to Maia, 7.28% to Gondomar, and 5.40% to Valongo.
