Design and Construction of an Railway Crossing and Access Road to Enhance Safety at Railway Level Crossings (Design and Build)

Montenegro Ministry of Transport Specific Procurement Notice Request for Proposals Works Design and Build (Single-Stage RFP without Initial Selection) Purchaser: Ministry of Transport Project: Western Balkans Trade and Transport Facilitation Project Phase 2 (TTFP) Contract title : Design and Construction of a Railway Crossing and Access Road to Enhance Safety at Railway Level Crossings (Design and Build) Country: Montenegro Loan No.: TF0D2400 RFP No: MNE-WBTTFP- TF0D2400-G-RFP-26-2.2.3 Issued on: November 9, 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 and Construction of a Railway Crossing and Access Road to Enhance Safety at Railway Level Crossings (Design and Build). 2. The Ministry of Transport now invites sealed Proposals from eligible Proposers for the Design and Construction of a Railway Crossing and Access Road to Enhance Safety at Railway Level Crossings (Design and Build). The scope includes: a) Railway line Nikši-Podgorica - Construction of the Spu Railway Crossing with the reconstruction of the access roads; b) Railway line Nikši-Podgorica - Construction of the access road along the railway from the Sekulii road crossing to the drebaonik road crossing. 3. The procurement process will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Proposal (RFP) Design and Build (Single-Stage RFP without Initial Selection) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Seventh Edition, September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Proposers as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 5. Interested eligible Proposers may obtain further information from Ministry of Finance of Montenegro – Technical Service Unit, Attention: Mr. Mirko Lješevi, Senior Procurement Officer, at [email protected] during office hours 08:00 to 15:00 at the address given below . 6. The RFP Document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Proposers upon the submission of a written application to the email address below. The RFP document will be sent by email, free of charge. 6. 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. 7. The Proposal, both the Technical Part and the Financial Part, must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00h a.m. local time, on December 23, 2026. 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 December 23, 2026, 10:05h a.m., local time . The Financial Part shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public opening of the Financial Part, following the evaluation of the Technical Part of the Proposals. 8. All Proposals must be accompanied by a Proposal-Securing Declaration and (ii) Local Labour Method Statement. 9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Proposer’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the RFP document. 10. The address referred to above is: Ministry of Finance of Montenegro – Technical Service Unit Attention: Mr. Mirko Lješevi, Senior Procurement Officer Studentska 2a, first floor (left from the elevator), 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro Email: [email protected]