A consortium consisting of SIA Forma 2 (Latvia) and Prointec S.A.U. (Spain) has won the contract for the engineering and construction supervision of Riga Airport station and the and related infrastructure, part of Rail Baltica.
EUR 5.85 million is the total value of the contract with a duration of the contract is 10 years from the time of signing. It includes the provision of services for a period of five years during the construction contract warranty phase. he project is being implemented in five stages, and payments for the work performed will be made in accordance with the established stages of implementation.
The supervision of engineering works will have to be ensured during the construction and warranty phase of the station building, access roads, overpass, and a new railway line.
The Riga Airport station will be the first high-speed rail and air connection centre in the Baltics.
The modern and multifunctional passenger service complex will be connected to the airport infrastructure and will offer new mobility opportunities and amenities for passengers.
The project includes the construction of a 10m high overpass, the first of a kind in Latvia, from Mazās Gramzdas Street and continuing for 2 km throughout the airport territory.
Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas, the company responsible for project implementation in Latvia, announced an open tender for the engineering and construction supervision of the Rail Baltica station at the Riga International Airport and related infrastructure in July this year, setting high requirements for competitors.
Four bidders submitted their applications. They included construction supervision companies from Germany, France, Latvia, Greece, and Spain.
The SIA Forma 2 – Prointec consortium has submitted the most economically advantageous tender. “Leading European and Latvian construction supervision experts participated in the tender. The applications received for the tender allowed us to choose the best and most economically advantageous offer. The project is complex, so monitoring the quality of construction works in accordance with all safety, operational and environmental accessibility requirements is especially important,” Kaspars Vingris, Chairman of the Board of Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas said.
The candidate had to have accumulated professional experience during the last seven years in construction supervision for the construction of railways, bridges, and overpasses, as well as for the construction of public buildings of at least 16,000 m². The average net turnover of the tenderer in the respective field during the last three years had to be at least EUR 3 million, as well as positive equity in 2019.
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