LTG Infra, the company responsible for the implementation of the Rail Baltica project in Lithuania, has repeated four calls for tender for the procurement of services related to the preparation and implementation of projects for land acquisition for public purposes. The contract is planned to be signed this year.
The suppliers who win the tenders will be responsible for preparing and implementing the land acquisition projects for the infrastructure maintenance depots near Kaunas and Panevėžys, as well as for three sections of the railway line: Kaunas–Vilnius, Kaunas–Lithuanian-Polish border, and Kaunas junction station. It is anticipated that the special plan for the infrastructure maintenance depots will be approved this summer, and that all three railway line special plans will be submitted for approval by the end of this year.
“The extremely large volume of the projects is one of the main reasons behind the sluggish market participation in the procurements announced last year. It is commendable that after analyzing the scope of the projects, the market participants made responsible decisions regarding their abilities to take part in the tenders,” says LTG Infra’s Rail Baltica Management General Manager Dovydas Palaima, adding, “So after the procurement deadlines, a decision was made to immediately organize repeated consultations with the market to hear its insights on the procurements carried out. After considering the market participant survey results and the suggestions they made and evaluating the scope of the services being purchased, it was decided not only to adjust the procurement conditions, but to change the procurement method as well.”
The announced tenders will be conducted in multiple stages. Initial tenders will be accepted until August, followed by negotiations with the companies that have submitted tenders. Final tenders are expected in September, and the contract with the winning bidders is planned to be signed in October 2023.
The head of Rail Baltica Management stresses that the owners and users of the land plots for the European standard-gauge railway or other infrastructure will be informed about each step of the project that concerns them. This information will be provided directly as well as through public channels.
Rail Baltica is the largest railway infrastructure project in the history of the Baltic States, which will provide an electrified double-track European standard-gauge railway line along the entire Rail Baltica route, connecting Warsaw, Kaunas, Riga and Tallinn. The total length of Rail Baltica in the Baltic States is 870 km, with 392 km in Lithuania, 265 km in Latvia and 213 km in Estonia.
Links to the tenders:
https://cvpp.eviesiejipirkimai.lt/Notice/Details/2023-683328
https://cvpp.eviesiejipirkimai.lt/Notice/Details/2023-692923
https://cvpp.eviesiejipirkimai.lt/Notice/Details/2023-638626
https://cvpp.eviesiejipirkimai.lt/Notice/Details/2023-650020