This kind of reflexive defense of piss-poor performance by BBD in inexplicably rampant on this board.
This inability to separate past events, to current conditions baffles me, and suggests strong bias, and the inability to do neutral research or carry out the scientific method.
Is it because they are ostensibly Canadian? I don’t care; get the job done according to the contract spec.
Absolutely not. It's because they are getting the job done, and according to spec.
The original contract had a peak delivery rate of 39 a year. They are currently close to 60 a year. It's not conceivable that any future vendor will come close to that, on such a small order.
Is it because they are in a competitive marketplace? I don’t care; get the job done according to the contract spec.
How about you take your imagination, and look at the actual results.
TTC can't even find the $300 or so million to get Bombardier to do these cars. Where are they going to find $500 or so million for someone else to do it?
BBD has massively failed on this contract ...
Actually they haven't. You have failed massively to comprehend the difference between political comments, TTC finger-pointing to dodge their own mistakes, and TTC trying to pretend the contract says a lot more than it says.
The contract requires 204 cars delivered by 2019. Even TTC has said when it really comes down to it, there isn't much more than that firmly written in the contract.
While it's possible they may miss it, that's hardly unusual from any manufacturer for this type of order (how many years has Alstom delayed the Montreal Metro cars by failing to deliver the operating software?)
...and they deserve to pay the price according to penalty provisions in the contract, and they deserve to pay the price by being withheld from participation in any future contract. Enough is enough.
Ban the only manufacturer of LRVs that are suited for TTC conditions, when they are churning out 60 vehicles a year, and instead start a process that might get us some more cars starting in the mid to late-2020s?
The lack of pragmatism here is shocking.