Two go through for airport station

After evaluating the applications of five candidates in the first stage of the international tender, two companies have been recognised as eligible for the second stage in terms of professional competences and ability: Aecom Inocsa S.L.U and a partnership of suppliers Prosiv.

In the second stage they are to prepare and submit a technical and financial offer to the procurement commission, which consists of representatives of a joint venture between Baltic States RB Rail AS, the Latvian Ministry of Transport, project implementer Eiropas Dzelzceļa Līnijas and Riga international airport, who will evaluate the submitted bids according to their time schedule and the energy efficiency of the building.

“The new Rail Baltica railway line will enable a new economic corridor to emerge. This will not only generate strong integration within the regional market but will involve the Baltic states ever more closely in supply chains of European and global significance,” commented Herald Ruijters, the European Commission director of DG MOVE, responsible for investment in innovative and sustainable transport.

The railway station is to be connected at the same height with the airport's expanded terminal, which is scheduled for completion in 2022. The expected fee for the design work is to come to app. EUR 2.2 mln, with the project itself then to be carried out over 17 months.