Three consortia for the six railway projects of 4 billion euros

LAST UPDATE: 12:17

Three consortia have reportedly expressed interest in participating in the six tenders for the new railway projects, with a total budget of 4 billion euros promoted by ERGOSE: These are GEK TERNA – Intrakat, ELLAKTOR-MYTILINEOS – ALOMAX.

These six projects, with a total budget of 4 billion euros, are the largest railway project in the country’s history, connecting the country’s major ports to the rail network and strengthening the cross-border rail link with the rest of southeastern Europe.

In each of the six competitions, ERGOSE will examine the Expression of Interest Files, submitted in this AD phase of the tender process and will invite the candidates, who meet the Quality Selection Criteria, to participate in the next second phase of the tender process. includes dialogue and tendering.

During the dialogue stage between ERGOSE and the candidate contractors, the best technical solution will be determined and all available studies will be utilized. The elaboration of the required final studies will be completed by the Contractor of each project, which will result from the tender process. It is noted that the participation in the dialogue is a necessary condition for the participation of the pre-selected in the next stage (submission of binding offers).

ERGOSE, after selecting the solutions that best meet the needs of each project, will start the next stage of the tender process, for the submission of binding bids. Contract award criterion is the most economically advantageous tender based on the best value for money, which is evaluated based on criteria related to the object of each contract.

The six projects

The new projects include the connections of the ports in order to create a new railway network which will connect Patras with Athens and Thessaloniki and will end at the northern borders of the country. At the same time, the connection of the Attica network with the ports of Lavrio and Rafina, which have been pending for years, is being promoted.

According to ERGOSE, the six railway projects, which have been selected and which were auctioned through a Competitive Dialogue:

– are important projects planned for the completion of the national railway infrastructure,

– are public projects of strategic importance to the country, enabling the connection of major ports to the railway network and strengthening the cross-border rail connection with the Balkans and south-eastern Europe,

– are part of or interconnected with the Orient / East-med railway corridor of the Trans-European Transport Network and are included in the planning of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for the programming period 2021-2027.

These are the following projects:

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAILWAY LINE THESSALONIKI – ARCHERS amounting to 1.68 billion euros (2.09 billion euros including VAT).

– UPGRADE OF EXISTING WITH DOUBLED AND INSTALLATION OF SIGNALING-ETCS AND ELECTRIC MOVEMENT OF THE RAILWAY LINE IN THE SECTION OF ALEXANDRO 1.0).

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SUBURBAN RAILWAY LINE FOR THE CONNECTION OF RAFINA AND THE PORT OF RAFINA WITH THE EXISTING RAILWAY NETWORK with EUR 309 million (EUR 309 million).

COMPLETION OF THE NEW DOUBLE RAILWAY KIATO – PATRAS IN THE SECTION RIO – NEW PORT OF PATRAS amounting to 477 million euros (591.48 million euros including VAT).

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SUBURBAN RAILWAY LINE IN THE SECTION FROM KOROPIOU KNOT TO LAVRIO AND LAVRIO PORT amounting to 391 million euros (484.84 million euros with Φ.

– RAIL CONNECTION OF THE 6TH PORT OF THESSALONIKI PORT & CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBURBS OF WEST THESSALONIKI amounting to 53.5 million euros (66.34 million euros including VAT.

The Chairman of the Board Christos Vinis, CEO of ERGOSE, stressed: “We are moving forward with steady steps in the design and implementation of the six national projects, which give a developmental breath and change the transport map in our country. We strategically utilize the method of the with the aim of designing perfect technical projects and, at the same time, to accelerate their maturation and construction processes “.

K. Ketsietzis