Client
- Egyptian National Railway
- World Bank
Project Description
The Egyptian National Railways (ENR) manged a modernization plan including a rail track improvement program. The first operation launched in 2008 was a 200 km complete track renewal for Cairo/ Aswan line.
MENA Rail / Consortium Role
- 2008 – 2010 MENA Rail in partnership with Transurb (Belgium) – Design
- Assisted the client in the preparation of bidding documents for the works contract for the execution of the track renewal operation.
- Assisted in the preparation of a pre-qualification document and assistance to Egyptian National Railway (ENR) in the process of pre-qualification of bidders.
July 2009- March 2011 MENA Rail in partnership with Transurb (Belgium) – Procurement
- Provided assistance to ENR for the preparation and negotiation of the track renewal project.
- Provided assistance to ENR in the process of prequalification of bidders.
- Provided assistance to ENR in the preparation of a bidders’ conference and in clarification of the bidding documents.
- Provided assistance to ENR in the evaluation of the bids and contract award and finalization.
April 2011 – July 2014 MENA Rail in partnership with DB International (Germany)- Construction Supervision
- Provided the client with the local support and logistics advisory.
- Assured safety of works, and deviations from drawings.
- Assured that standards and timelines are respected.
- Provided quality control and acceptance of working equipment and machinery.
- Provided supervision during work.
- Provided quality control on site.
