{"id":5402,"date":"2026-03-16T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basco-t.com\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:32:11","slug":"gara-tpl-regione-lazio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basco-t.com\/en\/gara-tpl-regione-lazio\/","title":{"rendered":"LAZIO REGION PUBLIC TRANSPORT TENDER: THREE YEARS AFTER THE CALL FOR TENDERS, ONLY SIX CONTRACTS AWARDED"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As of March 2026, the tender process for the Lazio Region\u2019s road-based local public transport service covering eleven network units remains unfinished: five of the eleven planned lots are still awaiting award for a service that was due to commence on 1 January 2024. This is a case that warrants careful scrutiny, both from a procedural and an economic perspective.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1240\" height=\"1754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basco-t.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gara-Lazio-ing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5403\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basco-t.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gara-Lazio-ing.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.basco-t.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gara-Lazio-ing-980x1386.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.basco-t.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gara-Lazio-ing-480x679.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1240px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c40ba2c8e0f305e41631c4951181bcb3\" style=\"color:#0763e3\">Share on:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul 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wp-elements-0c75d7e3fd936b2899ce33be2ac6782c translation-block\">The process leading up to the tender for the Lazio regional public transport service began in November 2021, when the Regional Executive approved, by Regional Executive Decision No. 801\/2021, the mandate for ASTRAL S.p.A. to manage the tender procedure. The division into eleven lots \u2014 corresponding to the identified Network Units (UdR) \u2014 was subject to public consultation between 29 December 2021 and 28 February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The framework was finalised on 29 December 2022 with the approval of the Award Report (Regional Council Decision No. 1253\/2022), followed by the publication of the tender notice on 13 January 2023. From that point onwards, the stages unfold with successive delays: the deadline for submitting bids, initially set for June 2023, is first pushed back to July and then to 16 October of the same year. The selection panel is formed in September, with proceedings postponed until early November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">As at 31 January 2025, the evaluation of tenders was still ongoing for several lots. The tender notice had originally specified 1 January 2024 as the start date for the new service; the updated forecast, barring further delays, indicated 1 January 2026. As of February 2026, six lots have been awarded, whilst five \u2014 Castelli Romani, Tuscia, Terra di Lavoro, Ciociaria and Sud Pontino \u2014 are still in the process of being awarded. The case of Lazio, whilst not unique on the national scene, highlights with particular clarity two structural weaknesses in the sector: the scarcity of competitive tenders and the excessive length of the selection processes. Such prolonged timelines risk rendering obsolete the economic, technical and operational assumptions on which the tender was originally based, with potentially distorting effects on the effectiveness of the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The main features of the competition<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The tender is divided into eleven lots of significantly varying sizes, with annual mileage ranging from 11.2 million km for Lot 7 (Rieti) to 36.1 million km for Lot 9 (Ciociaria). Overall, over a nine-year period, the annual mileage put out to tender amounts to approximately 270 million kilometres, with a total base auction value of \u20ac630,503,635.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key feature of the tender\u2019s structure concerns the provision of the fleet: the 764 buses required at full capacity are not to be supplied by the successful bidders, but are to be provided by the contracting authority \u2014 ASTRAL S.p.A. \u2014 under the terms of the contract. This decision has a significant impact on the structure of the financial bid and on the level of discounts that can be achieved, as shown by the analysis below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The base auction rates per kilometre range from \u20ac1.96 (Lot 11 \u2013 Sud Pontino) to \u20ac2.61 (Lot 4 \u2013 Castelli Romani). This difference reflects the varying operational characteristics of the lots: service frequency, network density, the topography of the area and, to some extent, the composition of the required bus fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a summary table of the lots with the main tender indicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Lotti<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Area Geografica<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Tot Km Annui<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Base d&#8217;asta (\u20ac)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Bus necessari al servizio<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Bus messi a disposizione dalla stazione appaltante<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Tirreno Nord<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">30.690.171<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 70.280.492<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">91<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">87<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Valli del Tevere<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">24.027.510<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 61.270.150<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">67<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">47<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Valle del Sacco<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">26.142.640<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 62.742.335<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">73<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">46<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Castelli Romani<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">22.985.083<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 59.991.067<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">64<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">46<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Valle dell&#8217;Aniene<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">14.516.299<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 34.258.466<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">40<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Tuscia<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">20.397.123<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 44.465.729<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">57<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">35<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 7<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Reatino<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">11.223.418<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 26.823.968<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">31<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Terra di Lavoro<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">20.051.160<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 48.724.318<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">56<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">25<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 9<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ciociaria<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">36.102.967<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 90.618.447<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">105<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">71<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Litorale Sud<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">30.189.613<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 64.605.772<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">84<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">56<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Lotto 11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sud Pontino<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">34.042.292<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 66.722.892<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">96<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">60<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">270.368.275<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\u20ac 630.503.635<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">764<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">502<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> Basco&amp;T Consulting analysis of data from ASTRAL S.p.A. \/ Lazio Region. Lots not yet awarded are highlighted in yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Economic analysis: price reductions, cost per kilometre and the impact of investment<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The discounts applied by the successful bidders<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>In the six lots for which the outcome of the tender process is available, the discounts offered by the successful bidders range from -3.87% for Lot 3 (Valle del Sacco) to -14.83% for Lot 7 (Reatino). The average discount for the awarded lots stands at around -12.2%.\nThe total contract value for the six lots is \u20ac281,769,367, compared to a starting price of \u20ac319,981,183: an absolute discount of approximately \u20ac38,211,816. The price per kilometre resulting from the award ranges from a minimum of \u20ac1.83 (Lot 10 \u2013 Southern Coast) to a maximum of \u20ac2.31 (Lot 3 \u2013 Valle del Sacco).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The impact of the contracting authority\u2019s procurement of buses<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Any assessment of the true cost-effectiveness of the contracts must take into account the value of the vehicle fleet. As mentioned, the tender requires ASTRAL to provide buses to operators, thereby creating a significant economic benefit. This benefit has been estimated at approximately \u20ac100 million across the entire scope of the tender, a figure calculated on the basis of the number of buses supplied by the Contracting Authority, including those already funded, multiplied by an average unit cost of approximately \u20ac200,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The cost per kilometre of this charge \u2014 which, under the tender structure, is not borne by the successful bidder \u2014 averages around \u20ac0.35\/km, as shown in the \u2018\u20ac\/km bus (impact)\u2019 column of the table below. This is a figure which, had it been borne by the operators, would have significantly altered the structure of the bids: the discounts observed would have been largely absorbed by the financial cost of the fleet, with the corresponding actual \u20ac\/km figures being well above those awarded.\nFor example, in Lot 10 (Southern Coast), the contract price awarded is \u20ac1.83\/km; adding the estimated depreciation cost of the fleet (\u20ac0.37\/km), the actual cost of the service to the public would be close to \u20ac2.20\/km, a figure close to the original auction base price (\u20ac2.14\/km). This order of magnitude is common to all lots and suggests that the apparent reductions do not represent an actual reduction in the public cost of the service, but rather an accounting transfer of the infrastructure burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Lotto<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Area<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>\u20ac\/km base asta<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Ribasso<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>\u20ac\/km aggiudicazione<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u20ac\/km bus (impatto)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Tirreno Nord<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,29<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-14%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1,97<\/td><td>0,59<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Valli del Tevere<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,55<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-14%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,20<\/td><td>0,39<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Valle del Sacco<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,40<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-4%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,31<\/td><td>0,35<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Castelli Romani<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,61<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td>0,40<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Valle dell&#8217;Aniene<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,36<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-13%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,06<\/td><td>0,22<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Tuscia<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,18<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td>0,34<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Reatino<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,39<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-15%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,04<\/td><td>0,23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Terra di Lavoro<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,43<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td>0,25<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ciociaria<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,51<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td>0,39<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Litorale Sud<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2,14<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-14%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1,83<\/td><td>0,37<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sud Pontino<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1,96<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td>0,35<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Basco&amp;T Consulting analysis based on data from ASTRAL S.p.A. \/ Lazio Region. Lots not yet awarded are highlighted in yellow. \u20ac\/km bus (impact): estimated depreciation cost of the fleet supplied by ASTRAL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading translation-block\">Conclusion<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lazio tender raises points for consideration in at least three areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a procedural standpoint, the time taken to award the contract \u2013 over two years from the publication of the tender notice, with five lots still pending at the start of 2026 \u2013 raises questions about the contracting authorities\u2019 ability to manage procedures of this complexity within timeframes compatible with operators\u2019 operational planning and service scheduling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From an economic perspective, an analysis of the bid discounts confirms that the supply of the fleet by ASTRAL represents the most significant component of the value transferred to the successful bidders. Without this intervention, significant discounts would have been unlikely: the cost of acquiring and managing hundreds of buses constitutes a significant barrier to entry, and its removal has broadened the pool of competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a transport policy perspective, the model adopted \u2014 with public infrastructure resources and private service management \u2014 is consistent with the objective of separating the ownership of networks and vehicles from their operational management. However, for this model to deliver the expected benefits in terms of efficiency and service quality, it is essential that tendering times are shortened and that contracts are launched on schedule, avoiding the risk of tacit extensions or de facto continuity with outgoing operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-text-align-left has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basco-t.com\/en\/seconda-vita-dei-bus\/\" style=\"background-color:#ebebeb\">Previous article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A marzo 2026, la procedura di affidamento del servizio TPL su gomma della Regione Lazio per undici Unit\u00e0 di Rete resta incompiuta: cinque degli undici lotti previsti sono ancora in aggiudicazione per un servizio che sarebbe dovuto partire il 1\u00b0 gennaio 2024. 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