The Contracting authority is joint stock company „RB Rail AS”, legal address: Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 8-7, Rīga LV-1010, Latvia, announces Restricted Competition “Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Pärnu to Rapla”.
The identification number of this Restricted Competition is RBR 2017/27.
The applicable CPV code is: 71000000-8 (Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services).
Restricted Competition and subject matter is co-financed by Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
The Contracting Authority conducts this procurement for the benefit of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Estonia.
This Competition is a restricted competition organised in accordance with the Public Procurement Law of Latvia in effect on the date of publishing the contract notice. The Competition consists of two stages:
- The first stage of the Competition – selection of candidates who will be invited to submit a proposal in the second stage of the Competition. General scope of the services to be procured is provided in Annex No 2
- The second stage of the Competition – evaluation of the proposals submitted by candidates which were invited to submit a proposal and award of rights to conclude a contract. The detailed information on the scope of the services to be procured shall be provided to the candidates qualified in the first stage of Competition.
This Restricted Competition 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 Tenderer for this procurement Interested supplier has to register in E-Tenders system by submitting Tenderer’s Electronic Procurement System registration documents (if the tenderer 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 Restricted Competition
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 Pärnu to Rapla. A general description of the subject-matter of the Competition is included in the Annex No.2 of these Regulations. Detailed description of the subject-matter of the Competition will be disclosed to the candidates who will be selected for submitting a proposal during the second stage of Competition.
Design service period – 24 months, design supervision service period lasts until the full acceptance of construction works. General scope of the services to be procured is provided in Annex No 2 of the Regulation.
Availability of Restricted Competition Documents
The Competition regulation and all its annexes are freely available in Contracting authority’s profile in the E-Tenders system at webpage https://www.eis.gov.lv/EKEIS/Supplier and the Internet webpage of the Contracting authority http://railbaltica.org/tenders/ (see section Restricted Competition documents below). Regulation of the Competition 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/9766 by 29 January 2018 till 15:00 o’clock.
Only Applications submitted to the E-Tenders system will be accepted and evaluated for participation in the procurement procedure. Any Application submitted outside the E-Tenders system will be declared as submitted in a non-compliant manner and will not participate in the procurement procedure.
According to Procurement commission’s decision, submission deadline is extended to 21 February 2018 at 15:00.
Opening of Applications
The Applications will be opened in the E-Tenders system 29 January 2018 at 15:00 o’clock during the open meeting. It is possible to follow the opening of submitted Applications online in the E-Tenders system.
Contact persons of The Company
In administrative aspects of the Competition: Lead Procurement Specialist Mārtiņš Blaus, telephone +371 2811 8533, e-mail address: [email protected];
In aspects concerning subject-matter of the Competition: Project expert (Estonia), Karmo Kõrvek, telephone: +372 53423015, e-mail address: [email protected].
Restricted Competition Documents (Downloads)
- Restricted Copmetition “Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Pärnu to Rapla” Candidate Selection Regulation (download).
- Updated on 17 January, 2018 with answers to the questions from interested suppliers (letter with answers).
- Updated on 18 January, 2018 with answers to the questions from interested suppliers (letter with answers).
- Answers to the questions from interested suppliers, 22 January 2018 (letter with answers)
- Amended Regulations of Restricted Copmetition “Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Pärnu to Rapla” in English (download)
- Amended Regulations of Restricted Copmetition “Design and design supervision services for the construction of the new line from Pärnu to Rapla” in Estonian (download)
- Answers to the questions from interested suppliers, 24 January 2018 (letter with answers)
- Report, 4 March 2019 (download)
- Agreement, 29 March 2019 (download)
- Agreement with amendments, 16 June 2020 (download); (download).
- Agreement with amendments, 11 November 2022 (download); (download).