Design, Supply and Installation of Equipment to Enhance Safety at Railway Level Crossings

Montenegro Ministry of Transport

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids Plant Design, Supply& Installation (Without Prequalification)

Purchaser: Ministry of Transport

Project: Western Balkans Trade and Transport Facilitation Project Phase 2 (TTFP)

Contract title: Design, Supply and Installation of Equipment to Enhance Safety at Railway Level Crossings

Country: Montenegro

Loan No.: TF0D2400

RFP No: MNE-WBTTFP- TF0D2400-G-RFB-26-2.2.2.

Issued on: November 2, 2026

1. The Montenegro has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Western Balkans Trade and Transport Facilitation Project Phase 2, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Design, Supply and Installation of Equipment to Enhance Safety at Railway Level Crossings. Bidders may Bid for one or both contracts, as further defined in the bidding document. Bidders wishing to offer discounts in case they are awarded more than one contract will be allowed to do so provided those discounts are included in the Letter of Bid. 2. The Ministry of Transport now invites sealed Bids from eligible Biders for the Design, Supply and Installation of Equipment to Enhance Safety at Railway Level Crossings. The scope includes Increasing the safety level, reconstruction and improvement of 22 level crossings on the Podgorica–Nikši railway line and Podgorica - Bar railway line.

Increasing the safety level, reconstruction and improvement of 22 level crossings on the Podgorica–Nikši railway line and Podgorica - Bar railway line

LOT 1

No. Railway level crossing Position of RLC at km railway line (chainge) Railway line

1. Klievo 2+082 Nikši - Podgorica

2. Dabovii 14+364 Nikši - Podgorica

3. Poar -Ostrog 17+114 Nikši - Podgorica

4. Šobajii 21+014 Nikši - Podgorica

5. Bare Šumanovia 22+681 Nikši - Podgorica

6. Slap 26+426 Nikši - Podgorica

7 . Sekulii 34+938 Nikši - Podgorica

8. Kopito Petrovia 36+588 Nikši - Podgorica

9. Krušice 37+595 Nikši - Podgorica

10. Ljutotuk 38+209 Nikši - Podgorica

11 . Martinii 39+013 Nikši - Podgorica

12. Prentina glavica 40+255 Nikši - Podgorica

13. Podglavica 42+118 Nikši - Podgorica

14. Burum 42+906 Nikši - Podgorica

15. Šunjine 44+715 Nikši - Podgorica

16. Prielje 45+879 Nikši - Podgorica

17. Donje šume 46+765 Nikši - Podgorica

18. Laze Radevi 48+124 Nikši - Podgorica

19. Duklja 51+586 Nikši - Podgorica

20. Zagori 2 52+689 Nikši - Podgorica

LOT 2

No. Railway level crossing Position of RLC at km railway line (chainge) Railway line

1. Cijevna 411+670 Podgorica - Bar

2. Mahala 414+241 Podgorica - Bar

3. The procurement process will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Seventh Edition, September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 30 % and for the Bid cost: 70 %. 5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Finance of Montenegro – Technical Service Unit, Attention: [contact details removed], Senior Procurement Officer, at tsu@epa.org.me during office hours 08:00 to 15:00 at the address given below . 6. The request for bid document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the email address below. The bidding document will be sent by email. 7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 a.m. local time, on December 16, 2026 as specified in PDS ITP 23.1. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on December 16, 2026, 10:05h, local time . All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.

8. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration

9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

10. The address referred to above is

Ministry of Finance of Montenegro – Technical Service Unit

Attention: [contact details removed]

Studentska 2a, first floor (left from the elevator), 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

Email: tsu@epa.org.me