E-Bus Procurement Observatory

Panama City, 2025, #701

General info

Procurement title
Prequalification for the Procurement of a Comprehensive Electric Mobility Solution for the Public Bus Transport System of Panama City
Original title
Precalificación para la Adquisición de una solución integral de movilidad eléctrica para el sistema de transporte publico de buses de la Ciudad de Panamá
City
Panama City
Country
Panama
Year
2025
City population
2 to 3 million
Procurement legal definition
Fleet purchase
Business model typology
Fully public operator
Contract duration
Not applicable
Contract duration notes
—
Language of the documents
Spanish
Link of the documents
Last access
1-Oct-2025
Archived documents
Unique record identifier of procurement ID
#701
Procurement title
Prequalification for the Procurement of a Comprehensive Electric Mobility Solution for the Public Bus Transport System of Panama City
Original title
Precalificación para la Adquisición de una solución integral de movilidad eléctrica para el sistema de transporte publico de buses de la Ciudad de Panamá
City or metropolitan region name City
Panama City
Country name Country
Panama
Publication year of the procurement process Year
2025
Estimated population range of city or metropolitan region in 2024. Source: https://citypopulation.de/ City population
2 to 3 million
Procurement type: (1) operation; (2) fleet provision; (3) fleet acquisiton Procurement legal definition
Fleet purchase
Business model: (1) single private operator; (2) dual private actor; (3) public ownership, private operation; (4) fully public operator Business model typology
Fully public operator
Contract duration (years) Contract duration
Not applicable
Notes on duration (e.g., potential extension, performance clauses) Contract duration notes
—
Original document language Language of the documents
Spanish
Source URL of the official repository where the procurement was found. Links point to the general portal instead of the specific process to support future updates for the same city/region. Link of the documents
Link
Date the URL was last accessed Last access
1-Oct-2025
Archived documents
Link

Fleet profile and infrastructure

City region ebus fleet size
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Minimum fleet size
27 vehicles: standard bus; 26 vehicles: mid-size bus
Minimum fleet size (Midi)
26
Minimum fleet size (Standard)
27
Minimum fleet size (Articulated)
None
Buses specifications
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Air conditioning requirement
Not required
Warranty requirement
Unspecified
Electric requirement
All vehicles must be electric
Battery charging specifications
Unspecified
Total number of electric buses operating in the city or metropolitan region, according to E-Bus Radar City region ebus fleet size
—
Minimum fleet size as defined in the procurement (total fleet, including non-electric vehicles), and key vehicle specifications required or described in the procurement: bus size, passenger capacity, number of seats Minimum fleet size
27 vehicles: standard bus; 26 vehicles: mid-size bus
Number of midi buses (8-11 meters) as defined in the procurement (total fleet, including non-electric vehicles) Minimum fleet size (Midi)
26
Number of standard buses (12-15 meters) as defined in the procurement (total fleet, including non-electric vehicles) Minimum fleet size (Standard)
27
Number of articulated/bi-articulated buses (>18 meters) as defined in the procurement (total fleet, including non-electric vehicles) Minimum fleet size (Articulated)
None
Technical specifications and classes for required buses. Buses specifications
—
Requirement for air conditioning in the vehicles, if specified Air conditioning requirement
Not required
Requirement for vehicle warranty, if specified, in years or kilometers travelled Warranty requirement
Unspecified
How the procurement defines or requires the inclusion of electric vehicles (e.g., percentage of total fleet, categories affected) Electric requirement
All vehicles must be electric
Minimum technical requirements for batteries and charging systems: autonomy, charging time, and charging type (slow, opportunity) Battery charging specifications
Unspecified

Business and financial models

Governance arrangement level
Metropolitan
Business model typology
Fully public operator
Fleet provision
Public authority
Operator
Public authority
Charging infrastructure responsible
Charging infrastructure is installed and maintained by the fleet supplier in publicly owned terminals
Terminal responsible
Terminals are provided by the public authority
Maintenance responsible
Fleet supplier is responsible for fleet maintenance throughout a 24-month period, public authority after
Governance arrangment level (e.g., national, metropolitan or municipal level) Governance arrangement level
Metropolitan
Business model: (1) single private operator; (2) dual private actor; (3) public ownership, private operation; (4) fully public operator Business model typology
Fully public operator
Entity responsible for provision of bus fleet Fleet provision
Public authority
Entity responsible for operation of public transportation Operator
Public authority
Entity responsible for installing and maintaining the charging infrastructure Charging infrastructure responsible
Charging infrastructure is installed and maintained by the fleet supplier in publicly owned terminals
Entity responsible for the ownership, coordination, or improvement of terminals and depots Terminal responsible
Terminals are provided by the public authority
Entity responsible for fleet maintenance Maintenance responsible
Fleet supplier is responsible for fleet maintenance throughout a 24-month period, public authority after

Cost structure

Payment or revenue source
Public remuneration per: vehicle acquisition; vehicle maintenance; charging infrastructure acquisition
Payment or revenue values
Unspecified; procurement is a prequalification process
Main source of payment or revenue for the operator or supplier (e.g., per-km payment, per-bus lease, fare revenue) Payment or revenue source
Public remuneration per: vehicle acquisition; vehicle maintenance; charging infrastructure acquisition
Value or unit of payment, if disclosed in the procurement (in original currency and converted to USD) Payment or revenue values
Unspecified; procurement is a prequalification process
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