RB Rail AS has completed the procurement of the detailed technical design and design supervision services for the main line of Rail Baltica in Estonia. Three design and design supervision tenders cover 212 km of the Rail Baltica railway main line in Estonia and include, in accordance with the preliminary design, 15 railway bridges, 40 road viaducts, 24 railway viaducts and 24 animal passages.
The total cost of the services for the main line design and design supervision in Estonia is 28 945 897,82 euros. The price of all winning tenders was within the planned budget, allocated for this activity. In total, local and international companies submitted 25 tenders for the design and design supervision services.
“RB Rail AS has achieved overall competitive prices for the requested services. At the same time, we maintained the required quality levels of the services by giving significant weight to quality in the evaluation criteria. With the help of active promotion and industry mobilisation, we have managed to attract attention of international companies to Rail Baltica tenders. This in turn contributed to healthy competition and ensured that design and design supervision services for Estonia are completed within planned budget,” says Kristjan Piirsalu, RB Rail AS Chief Procurement Officer, adding that “We are grateful to all who participated in this demanding exercise and believe that it is important to provide good quality feedback to tenderers on the results.”
Summary of tender results:
| Section | No of tenderers | Winning price | Selected tenderer |
| Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Pärnu to Rapla | 4 | 6 802 522 | IDOM |
| Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Tallinn to Rapla | 5 | 11 363 907,96 | IDOM |
| Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Pärnu to the Estonian-Latvian border. | 7 | 10 779 467,86 | OBERMEYER Planen + Beraten GmbH and PROINTEC S.A. |
| Total | 16 | 28 945 897,82 |