Specific Procurement Notice
Request for Bids
Plant
Design, Supply and Installation
(Two-envelope Bidding Process, Without Prequalification)

Employer: Ministry of construction, transport and infrastructure
Project: Serbia railway sector modernization (SRSM) project
Contract title: Replacement of light signals on railway level crossings
Country: Republic of Serbia
Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: 9221YF/CFA CRS 1015 02 D
RFB No: SER-SRSM-RFB-PLANT-24-70-1
Issued on: August 26, 2024
1. The Republic of Serbia (hereinafter called “Borrower”) has received financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (the “Bank”) toward the cost of the Serbia railway sector modernization (SRSM) project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contracts for Replacement of light signals on railway level crossings. This contract will be jointly financed by the Agency Francaise de Development (AFD). Bidding process will be governed by the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.
2. The Ministry of construction, transport and infrastructure (MCTI) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for:
- Lot 1: Design, Supply& Installation of Replacement of light signals on railway level crossings, SER-SRSM-RFB-PLANT-24-70-1/1
- Lot 2: Design, Supply& Installation of Replacement of light signals on railway level crossings, SER-SRSM-RFB-PLANT-24-70-1/2
Scope of work includes signaling and safety works, installation of horizontal and vertical traffic signalization, with minor supporting civil works and all other eventual works necessary for successful completion of services. Total number of RLCs in scope is 98 RLCs for Lot 1 and 116 RLCs for Lot 2. Locations of RLCs are scattered throughout the territory of the Republic of Serbia. Detail locations are provided in the bidding document.
The construction period is:
- Lot 1: 12 months
- Lot 2: 12 months
No margin of preference is applicable.
3. Bidders may Bid for one or several contracts, as further defined in the bidding document. Bidders wishing to offer discounts in case they are awarded more than one contract will be allowed to do so, provided those discounts are included in the Letter of Bid.
4. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated July 2016, revised November 2017, August 2018 and November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Central Fiduciary Unit of the Ministry of Finance and inspect the bidding documents from 09:00 to 15:00 hours at the address given below.
6. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of EUR 50.00 or equivalent in Serbian Dinars (RSD) based on the selling exchange rate published by the National Bank of Serbia on the date of payment.
Domestic Bidders shall make payment to the Government Treasury Account no.:
840-745128843-36- Other budget revenues of the Republic, with reference to the model approval number 97 41601, with obligatory Purpose of payment: SER-SRSM-RFB-PLANT-24-70-1, payment code 253
Foreign Bidders shall make payment according to following payment instructions:
FIELD 32A: VALUE DATE-EUR-AMOUNT
FIELD 50K: ORDERING CUSTOMER
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(INTERMEDIARY) DEUTSCHE BANK AG., F/M
TAUNUSANLAGE 12
GERMANY
FIELD 57A:
(ACC.WITH BANK) NBSRRSBGXXX
NARODNA BANKA SRBIJE(NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA-NBS)
BEOGRAD,KRALJA PETRA 12
SERBIA
FIELD 59: /RS35840000000000273086
(BENEFICIARY) REPUBLIC OF SERBIA-BUDGET
KRALJA MILANA BR.14
BEOGRAD
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FIELD 70: DETAILS OF PAYMENT Ref: SER-SRSM-RFB-PLANT-24-70-1
Bank/transfer charges are on bidder's account. Kindly mark in instruction for payment.
The document will be sent by e-mail.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before October 7, 2024, 12:00 noon, local time. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on October 7, 2024, 12:15 p.m. local time. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.
8. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration in the form and in compliance with the conditions indicated in the bidding document.
9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
10. The addresses referred to above are:
Office for inquiry and issuance of the bidding document:
Attn: Dejan Jeremić, Procurement Specialist
Uzun Mirkova 3, Gallery Floor, PIU Office
Tel: +381 11 765 2565
11000 Belgrade
To: dejan.jeremic@mfin.gov.rs
Cc: ljiljana.dzuver@mfin.gov.rs
Cc: larisa.puzovic@mgsi.gov.rs
The Bid submission and opening address is:
Serbia Railway Sector Modernization (SRSM) Project
Attn: Dejan Jeremić, Procurement Specialist
Uzun Mirkova 3, Gallery Floor, PIU Office
11000 Belgrade
Republic of Serbia