The EBRD has launched an Invitation for expressions of interest to identify a consultant to monitor the metro expansion project which is also supported by the European Investment Bank. Interested companies are invited to submit a technical and financial proposal by 31 Mar 2020.
EUR 255,000 is the cost estimation for the assignment which is expected to start in Q2 2020 and has an overall duration of 48 months.
Under the contract, the winner will monitor the performance of the city, the transport company and the project manager during construction works implementation, will monitor the implementation of the civil works contracts on behalf of the two banks, will identify any key problems which may jeopardise implementation of the project and will advise the banks on remedial measures so that corrective action can be taken.
The project involves the construction of a 4 km metro extension and three new stations on the existing line to the city centre to effectively complete the first line, in the corridor of Karla Marxa, one of the main streets of the city.
The implementation of the project is expected to increase significantly the annual passenger volumes as the extension will bring the metro service into the city centre, a densely populated area with high economic activity.
While the existing ridership is 13 million annually, the feasibility study estimated an annual ridership of 26 million passengers in the first year that Line 1 metro would be fully operational.
Currently, Dnipropetrovsk metro system comprises a 7 km line and 6 stations which was put into operation in 1995. It links the Vokzalna main railway station with a residential and industrial region in the eastern part of the city. Due to lack of financing, the first line was never fully completed.
In 2016, following a competitive two-stage tender with prequalification, a EUR 224 million construction contract was awarded and signed with Limak Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret. The construction works are expected to be completed in 2023.
The contract for the role of a FIDIC Engineer was signed with ILF Consulting Engineers Polska, in December 2016.
In January 2012, EBRD announced that the total value of the project is EUR 367 million, of which a sovereign loan of EUR 152 million to the metro company expected to be co-financed in equal proportion by an EIB loan.
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