CFR Infrastructure and Yapi (Turkey) can sign the 118.367.346 EUR contract
CFR Infrastructure and Yapi (Turkey) can sign the 580 million lei (118.367.346 EUR) contract with PNRR money for fast repairs on the Bucharest-Pitești train line, the Greek Aktor's appeal being rejected by the National Council for Settlement of Disputes (CNSC)
The PNRR contract to lift speed restrictions on the non-electrified Bucharest-Pitești line was put out to tender in August 2022, and CFR Infrastructură awarded the contract on 3 October to the Turkish builder Yapı Merkezi İnșaat ve Sanayi A.Ș with a bid of 584 million lei, compared to the railway company's estimate of 660 million lei. As early as May 2021, the company has started work to increase train speeds from 50 km/h. to 120 km/h, which is necessary to prepare the railway infrastructure before acquiring hydrogen trains, according to former state secretary in the Ministry of Transport Adrian Covăsnianu.
Aktor's appeal was rejected on the merits on Monday 27 November after a month and a half of analysis.
SRCF Bucharest has designated the winning bids in the public tender procedure for the replacement works of the track superstructure elements on the CF 101 Bucharest - Pitești line, an investment financed by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The bids submitted by Yapı Merkezi İnșaat ve Sanayi A.Ș for the 2 lots on the CF CHITILA - GOLEȘTI interval, related to the Bucharest - Pitești line, have been designated the winners.
- Lot 1: Chitila - Ciocănești (track II) and Ciocănești - Titu (track I and II), from km 10+600 to km 49+780 (current and direct lines from Săbăreni, Ciocănești and Ghergani stations). The winning financial offer: 257,322,902.95 lei (excluding VAT). Estimated value: 304,257,778.46 lei (excluding VAT)
- Lot 2: Titu - Călinești - Golesti (track I and II), from km 49+980 to km 95+000 (current and direct lines from Fusea, Mătăsaru, Găești, Leordeni and Călinești stations). The winning financial bid: 326,550,492.37 lei (excluding VAT). Estimated value: 386,627,248.36 lei (excluding VAT).
The aim of the work is to replace in turn the track superstructure components on the 196.7 km of the CF line in order to bring the line within the designed parameters, increase the maximum speed of passenger trains to 120 km/h, eliminate the costs caused by restrictions, increase the efficiency of the operation and maximise safety.
Under the two contracts, works will be carried out on a total length of 196.7 km of the CF, on the CHITILA - GOLEȘTI CF line, by replacing the following components of the track superstructure in turn: rail, switches and crossings, parts for switches and crossings, transition couplers, normal and special wooden sleepers (for switches and crossings and bridges), bridge counter rails, metal decking, tamped and un tamped for bridges, fully equipped concrete sleepers, elastic slabs for level crossings, small material, crushed stone, including works for the realisation of the track without joists", CFR Infrastructure sent.