cplchanb
Senior Member
Unlikely. Bombardier knows that no one is going to be able to compete with them on price for these cars, especially after they've finished manufacturing 204 of them.
Also, if you open up the bid, you might have Bombardier submit a bid for the 60-cars, with a higher price-tag than originally guaranteed by the option in the original contract. There might also be some sort of clause that waives the right to the option if the TTC were to do something like this.
TTC will also look for parts commonality. I'm pretty sure having 60 black ducklings mixed in with 204 whites will be a pretty big turnoff for TTC regardless on if alternate companies can undercut BBr.