RB Rail announced that five international companies and associations have submitted applications for the 1st stage of the tender on Rail Baltica CCS system (control-command and signalling).
The design and building procurement procedure is carried out in two stages with negotiations, and the contract is expected to be signed in mid-2024.
The five candidates are:
- GTS Deutschland GmbH (Germany);
- Hitachi Rail STS S.P.A. (Italy);
- association of persons consisting of the companies Indra Sistemas, AŽD Praha (Spain and Czech Republic);
- association of persons “SKGN Baltics” with the participation of Siemens Mobility Latvian Branch, Siemens Mobility GMBH, GRK Suomi, NRC Group Finland, Kontron Transportation GMBH (Latvia, Germany, Finland, Austria),
- association of persons “ALSTOM – COBRA – FIMA” consisting of Alstom Transport, Alstom Baltics, Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, PS “Fima KZA Krakow” (France, Latvia, Spain).
“We are pleased to see such a wide participation from the most experienced international market players given the complexity, scope, and significance of this strategic activity. We are on our way to establish a fully unified and interoperable railway subsystem across the whole 870km long Rail Baltica mainline across the three Baltic States,” Jean Marc-Bedmar, Head of Systems and Operations Department at RB Rail said.
The technical scope of the Rail Baltica CCS subsystem deployment includes the ETCS, FRMCS, interlocking and block system, traffic management system, ICT (Information and Communication Technology) systems including data transmission network, voice communication, cyber security, ancillary systems for railway operation communication, monitoring applications, SCADA. The project also includes station equipment on stations including passenger information, CCTV, master clock, ticketing system, platform gates for some stations, non-traction power supply for CCS subsystems, cableway system for all systems as well as technical buildings/premises.
The tender was launched in January 2023 and in 2022 RB Rail signed a EUR 32.3 million contract with a consortium of Systra, Italferr and Egis to provide engineering and management services for the deployment of the control-command and signalling system.
The European Union will co-finance up to 85% of the total eligible costs through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) with the remaining financing granted by the three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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