PKP PLK: 2016 tenders totalled PLN 7.3 billion, more on the way for 2017

Polish State Railways announced on Wednesday that it had issued tenders for infrastructure development, thus far this year, worth PLN 3.3 billion, and that an additional PLN 4 billion in tenders would be conducted during the remainder of the year, according to a report in the Polish press. The total value of the tenders for the infrastructure investment program for 2015-2016, the company said, has increased to PLN 25 billion. Apart from completing current contracts agreed upon earlier in 2015 and 2016, PKP PLK announced that, during the remainder of this year, it will execute previously-issued tender procedures and will invite tenders in two upcoming proceedings, the first being “development implementation of construction projects in the area of LCS Radom,” beginning on November 30, 2016. The second would be “reconstruction of track systems, with associated infrastructure on railway line E59 [in] Lower Silesia, on December 16, 2016” the statement said. These two projects have a combined value of just over PLN 1 billion. In 2017, PKP PLK intends to issue contracts worth approximately PLN 22 billion, including the 16 largest contracts worth over PLN 15 billion. The railway infrastructure investment program, planned for implementation through 2023, has a total value of PLN 66.4 billion, the company said.