# Construction of new railway section from Kriva Palanka to the border with Republic of Bulgaria, as part of Corridor VIII

- **Reference:** 20230032-04
- **Issuer:** [European Investment Bank](https://za.bidwunder.com/tenders/issuer/european-investment-bank.md)
- **Type:** Project procurement
- **Published:** 2025-11-28
- **Closing date:** 2027-01-20 11:00 CET
- **Sectors:** [Civil engineering](https://za.bidwunder.com/tenders/sector/F42.md), [Land transport](https://za.bidwunder.com/tenders/sector/H49.md)

## Summary

#### Overview
**The contract covers detailed design and construction of about 22.1 km of new single-track railway between Kriva Palanka and the Bulgaria border as part of Corridor VIII – Eastern Section.** Bidders with railway infrastructure and civil engineering capabilities (including tunnel and bridge construction) and experience with EU/EIB-funded projects should consider bidding.

#### Requirements
- Proven experience delivering large-scale railway design-build projects with tunnels and bridges
- Capability to perform earthworks, drainage, permanent way, retaining structures and interface works
- Ability to operate under EU-funded procurement regimes and meet reporting/compliance requirements
- Demonstrated multi-disciplinary coordination and capability to manage cross-border scope

#### How to Apply
- Submission deadline: 20 January 2027, 10:00
- Submission method: not specified in metadata
- Documents to submit: not specified
- Pre-qualifications/registrations: not specified
- Briefing session: not specified
- Where to obtain bid documents: not specified; no attached documents are available; the summary uses metadata only.

## Description

Construction of new railway section from Kriva Palanka to the border with Republic of Bulgaria, as part of Corridor VIII

The Contract covers the detailed design and construction of approximately 22.1 km of new single-track railway between Kriva Palanka and the border area with the Republic of Bulgaria, forming Section 3 of Railway Corridor VIII – Eastern Section. The railway will have a maximum design speed of 100 km/h. The Works include Kriva Palanka station, Zidilovo halt/station, 21 tunnels with a total length of approximately 8.5 km, 51 bridges/viaducts with a total length of approximately 5 km, permanent way, earthworks, drainage, retaining structures, access roads and associated civil and interface works. The cross-border tunnel and its functional area are excluded from this Contract.

## Published on

- [European Investment Bank](https://www.eib.org/en/about/procurement/call-projects-non-eu/20230032-04)

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