11 candidates from 8 countries have been qualified in the second stage of the tender on the construction of Rail Baltica Riga airport station and its related infrastructure. Under the second stage of the process, the companies will submit by August 3 a technical and financial offer to Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas, the Rail Baltica project implementer in Latvia.
“Professionally prepared applications have been submitted, which has allowed all 11 candidates to qualify for the second stage of the tender. This gives us the confidence that a high level of competition will be ensured, as a result of which the submitted technical and financial offers will be competitive, and we will be able to choose not only the best, but also the most cost-effective construction offer,” said Kaspars Vingris, Chairman of the Board of Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas.
The contract is expected to be signed by the end of 2020 and start the construction works in 2021. The construction contract is estimated between EUR 250-280 million.
“Rail Baltica station at the Riga International Airport will be the first high-speed rail and air connection center in the Baltics. The active construction phase of the project will start at the end of this year with construction works at the Riga Central Station and will continue with the construction works in the Riga International Airport and the main line of Rail Baltica,” said Latvia’s Minister of Transport, Tālis Linkaits.
The international tender was announced in November 2019 and envisages the construction of a 6-km railway section, overpasses, included over the K. Ulmanis street for the station, access roads and embankment. Experience in construction of public buildings, railway tracks, as well as new highways were among the qualification requirements of the tender.
The project is funded by the European Commission and the Ministry of Transport. The station design is performed by the Association of Suppliers PROSIV (Syntagma, Italy), Prodex (Slovakia), Vector T (Latvia), Idom (Spain) and Rina Services (Italy).
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