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    Cross-border missing rail links - where do we stand? (2024CE160AT172)

    European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy

    Cross-border missing rail links - where do we stand? (2024CE160AT172)

    1. Competition notice published

      Mar 17, 2025 9:59 AMMarch 17, 2025 9:59 AM

    2. Change in competition

      Apr 2, 2025 5:48 AMApril 2, 2025 5:48 AM

    3. Supplier selection

      Nov 21, 2025 12:00 AMNovember 21, 2025 12:00 AM

    4. Contract signed

      Dec 12, 2025 12:00 AMDecember 12, 2025 12:00 AM

    5. Result notice published

      Dec 15, 2025 8:25 AMDecember 15, 2025 8:25 AM

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    Belgium: Tenders/European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy/Cross-border missing rail links - where do we stand? (2024CE160AT172)

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    The European Commission, DG DEFIS - Defence Industry and Space, has entered into an agreement with DB ENGINEERING & CONSULTING GMBH and MULTICRITERI-MCRIT AIE for the delivery of business and administrative consulting and related services. The services involve a comprehensive analysis of cross-border rail links, including an update on previously identified promising connections and an extension of the analysis to Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia). The contract has a duration of 18 months and a final value of 280,000 EUR. Seven bids were received for this contract.

    Result

    Winners
    • DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH
    • MULTICRITERI-MCRIT AIE
    Number of bids
    7
    Contract value
    €280,000

    About the bid

      In 2018, the European Commission published a comprehensive analysis of the existing cross-border transport connections and missing links on the internal EU borders (https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/studies/cb_rail_connections_en.pdf). The underlying assumption was that more cross-border railway passenger transport could enhance mobility and economic development in the border regions, and the study was a first step in the direction of enhancing the possibilities of higher cross-border mobility. The study provided an inventory of all cross-border rail connections along the EU and EFTA internal land borders, containing maps and data on the operational status, technical aspects, and stakeholders of each connection. It also analysed the viability, network relevance and investment need and funding opportunities of possible new railway connections. Now, seven years later, there is a need to revive and put the findings of this study to the test. More importantly, the study will enlarge the geography of the old study and involve the Western Balkan countries as well. So, the overall purpose of this contract is twofold. Firstly, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the most promising cross-border transport connections, that were identified in a study in 2017, to establish how and to what extent these connections have developed. Secondly, to extend the scope of analysis to another geographic area, namely all countries belonging to Western Balkan (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia). Those countries shall have - just as the study of 2017 did for the EU internal borders - their cross-border connections screened and suggestions be made for where best missing links could be considered for future investments.

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      regio-contracts@ec.europa.eu
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      CSM1, rue Père de Deken 23, B-1040 Brussels

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    Contracting authority
    European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy
    Title
    Cross-border missing rail links - where do we stand? (2024CE160AT172)
    Type
    ResultPrequalification
    Main code
    79400000Business and management consultancy and related services
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    60200000Railway transport services
    71241000Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
    71311230Railway engineering services
    Estimated value
    €300,000.00
    Duration
    18 months

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