General Procurement Notice

The above named client intends to use part of the proceeds of a loan from, or Grant administered by, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ('the Bank') for the above named project. Additional financing details are as follows:

a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank), Grant administered by the Bank, Co-financed, from Client's own funds towards the cost of the above named project
EBRD Financing: EUR 205.0 m
EIB Financing: EUR 350.0 m
AfD Financing: EUR 50.0 m
Government Contribution: EUR 144.0 m
TC Grant: EUR 2.68 m
USES TOTAL: EUR 751.68 M

The proposed project, which has a total estimated cost of 751,680,000.00 EUR, will require the procurement of the following:

• Up to EUR 205 million sovereign loan to the Government of Egypt (“GoE” or the “Borrower”) to finance the infrastructure rehabilitation of CML 1 forming part of a total investment programme of EUR 751.1 million that includes co-finance from the European Investment Bank (“EIB”) and the Agence Francaise de Developpement (“AFD”).
  The loan will finance the (i) rehabilitation of track and power infrastructure, signalling, telecommunications and centralised control systems on CML 1 (ii) rehabilitation of electromechanical systems in related station facilities and (iii) introduction of an Enterprise Resource Planning System (“ERP”) for the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation (“ECM”) which will support the implementation of the PSC through the integration of different modules of cost accounting, asset management, resource and safety monitoring into a formula based compensation model.

Tendering for the above contracts is expected to begin on 02/09/2019.

Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from/ grant administered by the Bank will be open to firms from any country.


The proceeds of the loan from, or Grant administered by, the Bank will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law or official regulation of the Client's country.

Tendering for this project will be conducted by e-procurement using the EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal (ECEPP). Prospective participants who have registered in ECEPP and expressed an interest in the contract may access the documents and may request clarification and further information from the client through ECEPP. Non-registered firms should register on ECEPP in order to receive notifications via this link:

https://ecepp.ebrd.com/delta/viewNotice.html?displayNoticeId=9080376

Other Information:
Tendering for the above contracts is expected to begin in the [4th quarter 2019].

Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank will be subject to the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the Bank's loan will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law of official regulation of the Purchaser's country.

Client Address:
Mohamed El Azab Shrief
National Authority for Tunnels (NAT)
National Authority for Tunnels (NAT)
Ramses Building - , Ramses Square, Cairo, 11522, Egypt
Tel. +201016873111 - +201157678138 Fax: +202/25742950, Email: NatPldLine1MD@gmail.com