Moldovan Railways (CFM) has launched the tender for selecting the constructor that will deal with rail infrastructure rehabilitation works. The tender will be carried out on EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal (ECEPP), and companies interested to submit offers will have to register on ECEPP portal.
The tender announced will be carried out in two phases. The first phase includes the presentation of technical offers and then, in the second phase of the tender, the shortlisted bidders will be invited to submit their financial offers.
The winner of the tender will deal with the design and rehabilitation of Bender – Basarabeasca – Etulia-Giurgiulesti railway on a distance of around 233 km, as well as the development of rehabilitation works in Giurgiulesti Station. The objective of the contract consists in the renewal and modernisation of tracks, command and control, signalling, telecommunications, level crossings and energy supply equipment.
Thus, Moldovan Railways (CFM) plans to use the money coming from loans granted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the rail infrastructure rehabilitation project. The rail infrastructure rehabilitation plan is part of the complex and ambitious Railway Restructuring and Reorganisation Project in the Republic of Moldova, financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank and the European Union’s Neighbourhood Investment Platform (NIP).
Due to this project, CFM will consolidate the competitiveness and will increase the capacity and safety of railway transport. CFM will become more competitive and will promote a more eco-friendly transport mode.
Moreover, CFM soon plans to launch another tender to select the company dealing with the implementation of the energy management information system.
CFM also announced the signing of the contract for the procurement of 12 new locomotives. The vehicles will be delivered at the beginning of 2020.
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