Postponed to 15/05/2024 the deadline of the open invitation to tender for the detailed design and construction of a new railway section from Kriva Palanka to the border with Republic of Bulgaria, as part of Corridor VIII. The new railway section (section 3) consists of 23.4 km of single-track line with 22 tunnels (about 9 km, including the reconstruction of the border Deve Bair tunnel), 52 bridges/viaducts (about 5 km), railway station in Kriva Palanka, new station/halt in Zhidilovo. The Border tunnel at the end of Section 3 has a total length of 2,350 m. The Macedonian reconstructed part of this tunnel will be 1,150 m long. The remaining 1,200 m of the tunnel will be the responsibility of Bulgaria, and does not form part of this project. Click here for bid/tender documents. Duration of the contract is 1,826 days. Contact Ministry of Finance, Central Financing and Contracting Department (CFCD), Skopje, tel +32 2 299 11 11, email cfcd@finance.gov.mk. Visit https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/224116-2024 and https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/156996-2024. Ref.n. NEAR/SKP/2023/EA-OP/0158. 16/24.
