Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from  Kaunas Urban Node to Polish State Border, RBR 2022/11

Announced: 02.06.2022
Updated: 01.08.2022
Submission Date: 01.08.2022

Competitive procedure with negotiation  “Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from  Kaunas Urban Node to Polish State Border ”  Identification No RBR 2022/11

The Contracting authority is joint stock company „RB Rail AS”, legal address: Satekles iela 2B, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia, announces competitive procedure with negotiation “Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Vilnius Urban Node to Kaunas Urban Node  ”.

The identification number of this competitive procedure with negotiation is RBR 2022/11.

The applicable CPV code is: 71000000-8 (Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services).
Competitive procedure with negotiation and subject matter is co-financed by Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
Competitive procedure with negotiation is organised in accordance with Public procurement law of the Republic of Latvia.

This competition with negotiation is carried out using E-Tenders system which is subsystem of the Electronic Procurement System (https://www.eis.gov.lv/EKEIS/Supplier).

To apply as a Candidate for this procurement Interested supplier has to register in E-Tenders system by submitting Tenderer’s Electronic Procurement System registration documents (if the candidate is not registered in Electronic Procurement System) in State Regional Development Agency (please see information here: https://www.railbaltica.org/procurement/e-procurement-system/).

Subject Matter of Competitive procedure with negotiation

The subject-matter of the Competition is to provide building design and design supervision services for the construction of railway track substructure, superstructure as well as related civil structures on the new standard gauge (1435 mm) high speed double track electrified railway Rail Baltica line section from Kaunas Urban Node to Polish State Border.

 Availability of the Documents of the Competitive procedure with negotiation

The candidate selection regulation and all its annexes of competitive procedure with negotiation are available at the E-Tenders system in profile of publication in webpage  https://www.eis.gov.lv/EKEIS/Supplier/Procurement/79964  and at  the Contracting authority’s Internet webpage https://www.railbaltica.org/tenders/ (see section documents of the competitive procedure with negotiation below). Regulation of the competitive procedure with negotiation is available free of charge. 

Submission of Applications

Applications shall be submitted electronically using the tools offered by the E-Tenders system available at  https://www.eis.gov.lv/EKEIS/Supplier/Procurement/79964   by 01.08.2022. before 14:00 o’clock (Time Zone EEST (Eastern European Summer Time), Riga (Latvia). 

Only Applications submitted to the E-Tenders system will be accepted and evaluated for participation in the procurement procedure. Any Applications submitted outside the E-Tenders system will be declared as submitted in a non-compliant manner and will not participate in the procurement procedure.

Opening of Applications

The Applications will be opened in the E-Tenders system 01 August 2022 at 14:00 o’clock (Time Zone EEST (Eastern European Summer Time), Riga (Latvia)) during the open meeting. It is possible to follow the opening of submitted applications online in the E-Tenders system.

 Contact person of the Company

Procurement Specialist  Jurgita Kuklierienė, tel. +37065892299 e-mail address: [email protected]

 Documents of the Competitive procedure with negotiation (Downloads)

  1. Competitive procedure with negotiation  “Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Kaunas Urban Node to Polish State Border” Regulation/English version (download);
  2. Annex 1-4 to Regulations (download);
  3. Opening meeting session  minutes 1 August 2022 (download).

Please note: Due to the current unstable market situation and the market difficulties encountered in the previous few years, we pay attention to the modified conditions of this tender, compared to the conditions of previous procurements of Design and design supervision services . We hope these new conditions of this procurement sets out qualification requirements that allow  to draw on the combined experience gained in performing several smaller contracts without having to perform a single large contract. We also provide an opportunity to demonstrate experience not only with already completed projects, but also with completed parts in ongoing projects. We believe that these changes will maintain and encourage suppliers’ interest in participating in this competition and ensure the delivery of the necessary services to the contracting authority.