RB Rail AS has received updated tender proposals from four bidders for the Rail Baltica project. Participants include Hitachi Rail GTS Deutschland GmbH from Germany, as well as the SKGN Baltics consortium, which includes Siemens Mobility OY Latvian Branch, Siemens Mobility GmbH, GRK Suomi OY, NRC Group Finland OY, and Kontron Transportation GmbH, representing Latvia, Germany, Finland, and Austria.
Updated bids were also submitted by the Indra Sistemas, S.A., and AŽD Praha S.R.O. consortium from Spain and the Czech Republic, as well as the ALSTOM – COBRA – FIMA association, which includes Alstom Transport SA, Alstom Baltics SIA, Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios S.A, and PS Fima KZA Krakow from France, Latvia, and Spain.
RB Rail AS is currently holding individual negotiations with each participant to refine their proposals and discuss potential optimizations of technical solutions and costs for the first phase of the global Rail Baltica project. Negotiations are expected to conclude in December, after which the company will begin preparations and launch the final stage of the procurement process.