Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-06-19
Buyer: Calea Ferata din Moldova (CFM)
Country: MD
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 34611000 | 45234100 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: The above named client intends to use part of the proceeds of a loan from/grant administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("the Bank") for the above named project. Additional financing details are as follows:
A loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank), grant administered by the Bank, co-financed by EIB to be administered by EIB and co-financed by EU NIF grant funds to be administered by EBRD.
The proposed project, which has a total estimated cost of 100 750 000,00 EUR, will require the procurement of the following:
Calea Ferata din Moldova (CFM, Moldovan Railways) intends using part of the proceeds of the above mentioned loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank for a project to conduct rehabilitation of ca 250 km railway section Bender-Basarabeasca-Etulia-Giurgiulesti.
Tendering for this railway section infrastructure rehabilitation is planned to be based on Design and Built by the Contractor arrangements and is expected to start in Q3 of 2018.
CFM hereby invites the interested companies who are qualified in the design and built of such works to attend a project presentation at which CFM is going to present the procurement and implementation strategy and collect the views of the prospective tenderers.
The presentation is planned for 8:00 on 20.6.2018 in CFM premises. The site visit is planned to start immediately after the presentation.
The railway inspection will be done going firstly on the route Chisinau-Bender-Basarabeasca-Etulia on the CFM's autonomous railway car, then by road to Giurgiulesti station, bypassing the territory of Ukraine (please note you need to be prepared for passport control procedure and have all necessary visas). The site visit will start from the Chisinau Central Railway Station, the attendants have to arrange their own transport to get there from CFM office.
The presentation and further communication will be delivered in English language with the translation to Russian.
Given the limited space in the autonomous railway car please make sure you register for the event to guarantee a place in the site visit. The contact details are below.
The applicable procurement rules are the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules which can be located at:
Levitskaia Elena, Calea Ferata din Moldova (CFM), Vlaicu Pircalab 48, Chisinau, MD2012, Moldova, Tel. +373 69012661  +373 (22) 83-46-20 — Email: grigore.condurache@railway.md — nzkds@railway.md; bureac@railway.md
Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from/grant administered by the Bank will be open to firms from any country.
The proceeds of the loan from, or Grant administered by, the Bank will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law or official regulation of the Client's country.
Tendering for this project will be conducted by e-procurement using the EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal (ECEPP). Interested suppliers, contractors and consultants should register on ECEPP in order to receive notifications via this link: