The Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS has announced that four international candidates have submitted applications for participation in the procurement of the first stage of design and construction of the energy subsystem for the Rail Baltica Global Project.

The candidates are the following: 

• The partnership Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios S.A. (Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios S.A. and Elecnor Servicios y Proyectos S.A.U.) from Spain;
• The association of legal entities ALSTOM-BMGS-GE-Torpol (BMGS AS, Bombardier Transportation Baltics SIA, ALSTOM Transport SA, GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, TORPOL S.A.) from Latvia, France and Poland;
• The association of legal entities STC Baltic Electrification (COLAS RAIL AS, Siemens Mobility GmbH, Siemens Mobility Oy Latvijas filiāle, TSO SAS) from France, Germany and Latvia;
• Yapı Merkezi İnşaat ve Sanayı A.Ş. from Turkey.

International applicants are required to submit technical and financial proposals by the end of 2022. The second stage of procurement for the design and construction of the energy subsystem and the submission of proposals will be held in the first half of 2023. The contract will be signed by the end of 2023.