Tender for Eastern Türkiye Middle Corridor Railway Development Project to be held on December 22

The General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments, affiliated with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, published the tender notice on the matter in the Official Gazette. Bidders will submit sealed offers for the design and construction of infrastructure and superstructure works, including electrification, for the ETMIC Project.

The project will consist of the Divriği-Kars-Georgian Border Railway Line, made up of the Divriği-Erzincan, Erzincan-Erzurum and Erzurum-Kars corridors. The 156-kilometer Divriği-Erzincan line and the 223-kilometer Erzincan-Erzurum line will undergo infrastructure and superstructure rehabilitation and electrification. The 208-kilometer Erzurum-Kars line will be rehabilitated in its infrastructure and superstructure, while the 288-kilometer line from Erzurum to the Georgian border will be electrified.

The guarantee amount is 2.5 million dollars for the first section and 2.75 million dollars for the second and third sections. Technical and financial bids must be submitted in two separate envelopes by 14:30 on Tuesday, December 22, to the Railway Construction Department Presidency of the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments. Bids submitted after this date will not be accepted. The technical part of the bids will be opened at the same address on December 22 at 14:45.