Design and Construction of Infrastructure & Superstructure Works including Electrification under the Eastern Türkiye Middle Corridor Railway Development (ETMIC) Project, with three Lots

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Proposals Works (Design and Build) ( Two-envelope Bidding Process Without Initial Selection)

Employer: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments

Project: Eastern Türkiye Middle Corridor Railway Development Project (ETMIC - P179128)

Contract title: Design and Construction of Infrastructure & Superstructure Works including Electrification under the Eastern Türkiye Middle Corridor Railway Development (ETMIC) Project

Country: Türkiye

Loan No.: 9753-TR

RFP No: AYGM-ETMIC-2026-YAP 01/1-2-3

Issued on: October 2026

1.The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Eastern Türkiye Middle Corridor Railway Development Project (ETMIC) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for Design and Infrastructure & Superstructure Works for Eastern Türkiye Middle Corridor Railway Development Project (ETMIC) Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3. The Project will be financed jointly by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (the “Co-Financier”, and together with the World Bank, the “Financier”). The procurement process will be conducted in accordance with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, which shall apply to and prevail over the procurement requirements of all co-financier. The Project will finance Preparation of detailed engineering designs for all construction and installation works within the scope of the Project, which are expected to be conducted under a design-build (DB) implementation approach, aiming at improving infrastructure quality outcomes and accelerating physical progress by integrating these interdependent functions under the same provider. Design and Infrastructure & Superstructure (Superstructure, Signaling, Telecommunication and Electrification) Works, which are anticipated to be completed in 4 years construction period for Rehabilitation of Lot 1- Rehabilitation of infrastructure and superstructure and Electrification of the line from Divrii to Erzincan (156 km), Lot 2- Rehabilitation of infrastructure and superstructure and Electrification of the line from Erzincan to Erzurum (223 km), Lot 3- Rehabilitation of infrastructure and superstructure of the line from Erzurum to Kars (208 km) and Electrification of the line from Erzurum to Georgia Border (288 km). 2.The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments intends to apply a portion of the loan proceeds toward payments under the contract(s) for the "Design and Construction of Infrastructure and Superstructure Works, including Electrification" subdivided into three Lots. 3.The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments now invites sealed Proposals from eligible Proposers for the Design and Construction of Infrastructure & Superstructure Works including Electrification subdivided into the three lots below. Proposers may submit Proposal for one or more lot(s). Lot 1- Rehabilitation Works for Divrii – Kars – Georgia Border Railway Line – Section 1 (Divrii – Erzincan Corridor) Lot 2- Rehabilitation Works for Divrii – Kars – Georgia Border Railway Line – Section 2 ( Erzincan – Erzurum Corridor) Lot 3- Rehabilitation Works for Divrii – Kars – Georgia Border Railway Line – Section 3 (Erzurum – Kars Corridor) 4.The procurement will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Proposals (RFP) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Proposers. 5.Interested eligible Proposers may obtain further information from Serkan UÇAR, Head of Railways Construction Department -AYGM (General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments), irfan.kurnaz@uab.gov.tr, Telephone: [contact details removed] and inspect the RFP Document during office hours 09:00 to 17:00 hours (Turkiye time) at the address given below. Read-only version of the RFP document may also be viewed on the Employer’s website https://aygm.uab.gov.tr/ihaleler 6.The RFP Document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Proposers upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Turkish Lira 10,000 (ten thousand) to the Employer’s bank account indicated below. Prospective Proposers who have bank accounts in currencies other than Turkish Lira may request their bank to make the transfer of the fee in Turkish Lira. A copy of the transfer/payment receipt should be attached to the application. Information of bank account that payment will be done is given below.

For remittance in Turkish Lira:

Account Name: T.C. Ulatrma ve Altyap Bakanl – Merkez Saymanlk Müdürlüü

Account No: TR67 0000 1001 0000 0350 1540 29

Bank Name: T.C. Merkez Bankas (Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye)

Bank address: Ankara ubesi (Ankara Branch), Ankara

The RFP document will be sent by the Employer to the Proposer either through email as an attachment file in PDF format or by providing a download link via email. 7.A single-stage, two envelope RFP process will be used, and the Proposal will consist of (i) the Technical Part, without any reference to prices; and (ii) the Financial Part, as detailed in the RFP Document. The Technical and Financial Parts of the Proposals shall be submitted simultaneously in two separate sealed envelopes. 8.The Proposal, both the Technical Part and the Financial Part, must be delivered to the address below on or before 22.12.2026 – 14:30. Electronic Procurement will not be permitted. Late Proposals will be rejected. The Technical Part of the Proposals will be publicly opened in the presence of the Proposers’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 22.12.2026 – 14:45. The Financial Part shall remain unopened and will