Istanbul North Rail Crossing Project (INRAIL)

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE İSTANBUL NORTH RAIL CROSSING PROJECT GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Project ID No.: P509952 The Republic of Türkiye has applied for financing in the amount of US$ 2.0 billon equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of the İstanbul North Rail Crossing Project. This project will be jointly co - financed by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, Islamic Development Bank and OPEC Fund for International Development. The total amount of financing will be US$ 6.75 billion. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, which is the Implementation Agency of the Project, intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for works, and consulting services to be procured under this project. The project will include the following components: Component 1. Design, Infrastructure, and Superstructure Construction Works This component will finance goods, works and services to deliver the following outputs: • Preparation of detailed engineering designs for all construction and installation works, which will be conducted under a Design-Build implementation approach (FIDIC Yellow Book). This is expected to improve infrastructure quality outcomes and accelerate physical progress by integrating these interdependent functions under the same provider. • Construction of 122.3 km of double-track main line connecting the Çayırova and Çatalca stations and 4.7 km of single-track connections to this mainline, totaling 127 km of electrified, fully signalized high-speed railway infrastructure with a top design speed of 160 km/hr. Component 2. Design Supervision and Construction Supervision Services This component comprises the provision of consulting services to review all design and supervise construction/installation works under Component 1, including supervision of the procurement process for Design-Build civil works contracts. These services will review design and supervise installation, and construction works across the full length of the project line, i.e. covering all construction phases and contracts. Component 3. Project Implementation and Oversight Support and Project-level Support to Alleviate Labor Market Gender Gaps Component 3 will enhance project implementation by mobilizing a Project Management Consultant to provide direct implementation support to Implementing Agency, and by engaging an independent Project Implementation Oversight Consultant to support both Implementing Agency and Project Lenders. In addition, a set of qualified individual consultants will be recruited to complement through targeted, task-specific expertise. A brief description of the works and consulting services to be procured through open international competitive procurement: 1. Works and electrification (Design-Build) of 122.3 km of double-track main line connecting the Çayırova and Çatalca stations and 4.7 km of single-track connections to this mainline, 2. Design, supply and installation of signaling, and telecommunication works of the lines 3. Consulting services for Project Management to provide direct implementation support to Implementing Agency and capacity building. 4. Consulting services for construction supervision of all works contracts 5. Consulting services for implementation oversight, including technical support and quality assurance to help meet Implementing Agency and lenders’ requirements. The Project Plan presently envisages the following key packages through open international competitive procurement: Tentative Publication of Sl. Particulars of high value Procurement Specific Procurement No Procurement Category Notice Month/year Works and Electrification (Design- Build) Lot1: 28.49 Km Works April 2026 Construction Period: 5 years plus 2 years DNP Works and Electrification (Design- Build) Lot2: 25.76 Km Works April 2026 Construction Period: 5 years plus 2 years DNP 1 Works and Electrification (Design- Build) Lot3: 32.15 Km Works April 2026 Construction Period: 5 years plus 2 years DNP Works and Electrification (Design- Build) Lot4: 39.49 Km Works April 2026 Construction Period: 5 years plus 2 years DNP Design, Supply & Installation of 2 Signaling and Telecommunications Works April 2026 Works for the Entire INRAIL 3 Consulting March 2026 Construction Supervision Consultant Services 4 Project Management Consultant Consulting March 2026 Services 5 Project Implementation Oversight Consulting March 2026 Consultant Services Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank and other co-financiers conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (September 2025) and will be open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. The World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available on the World Bank’s external website and on the free accessible web site of Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments (https://aygm.uab.gov.tr) and/or one of the newspapers of national circulation in the Republic of Türkiye and/or official gazette. Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of works, and consulting services for the abovementioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Implementing Agency at the address below: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments - Department of Railways Construction Name: Serkan UÇAR, Head of Railways Construction Department Address: Hakkı Turayliç Caddesi No:5, Emek 06500, Ankara, Türkiye, Floor: 6 Room:616 Telephone: +90 312 203 17 40 Email: irfan.kurnaz@uab.gov.tr Web Address: https://aygm.uab.gov.tr