Slovakia – Railway signalling works – ŽSR, ETCS L2 v úseku ŽST Varín (mimo) - ŽST Vrútky nákl. st.

The subject of the contract titled „ŽSR, ETCS L2 in the section ŽST Varín (out) - ŽST Vrútky freight st.“ is: - preparation and delivery of project documentation at the level of construction design and project construction in the details of the executive project including geodetic surveying, - ensuring related engineering activities, the result of which will be the provision of a legally valid decision on the construction design and verification of the construction project (including the provision of extension of their validity if necessary; and in the event that the decision on the construction design loses its validity, ensuring the issuance of a new legally valid decision on the construction design and verification of the construction project), - ensuring the property-legal settlement of landowners by permanent expropriation or establishment of a real burden, and this for the purpose of the construction design, or in the case of newly identified owners resp. owners as of the date of submission of the application for building completion, if necessary, - carrying out construction works, - ensuring related engineering activities during the execution of construction works, the result of which will be the provision of a legally valid completion certificate resp. legally valid completion certificates, - preparation and delivery of project documentation of the actual construction, (hereinafter also as „subject of the contract“ in the appropriate grammatical form). The contract is awarded on the basis of the task from the Resolution of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 604/2025 of 3 December 2025 on the proposal of the Action Plan to Increase the Safety of Railway Transport in Slovakia. The aim is to implement and introduce the ETCS L2 BL3 system or a higher version in the section ŽST Varín - Výh. Paludza in parts ŽST Varín (out) - ŽST Vrútky freight st., ŽST Vrútky freight st. (out) - ŽST Ľubochňa (out), ŽST Ľubochňa - ŽST Liptovská Teplá (out), ŽST Liptovská Teplá - Výh. Paludza, including integration into existing station and line safety devices, telecommunications infrastructure and traffic control systems for traffic control personnel. This contract relates to the section ŽST Varín (out) - ŽST Vrútky freight st.. Currently, in the line section ŽST Varín (out) - ŽST Vrútky freight st. in ŽST Vrútky there is a relay safety device and in ŽST Vrútky n. s. an electrodynamic, electromechanical safety device with a relay part operated by local dispatchers, on the line Vrútky - Varín there is a decentralized bidirectional relay automatic block. The contracting authority, within the implementation of the subject of the contract, requires that the ETCS L2 BL3 system or a higher version be designed into the existing railway infrastructure in such a way that it requires only the necessary interventions into the existing railway network and its technological devices. The main principle is the maximum use of the current infrastructure and existing safety devices, while new technological components of the ETCS L2 BL3 system or a higher version will be integrated in a way that minimizes construction modifications and operational restrictions. The proposed solution is to ensure the implementation of the ETCS L2 BL3 system or a higher version with backward compatibility with lower ETCS versions BL2 and BL3 in accordance with the interoperability requirements according to the currently valid TSI CCS, while the scope of construction and technological modifications will be limited to those necessary for the functionality of the ETCS system, mainly the installation of track components, the establishment of control components and the provision of data communication. The proposed ETCS L2 BL3 technology or a higher version must fully respect and take into account the current station safety devices, line safety devices, and crossing safety devices. When designing and implementing the subject of the contract, emphasis must be placed on maintaining the continuity of railway operations, minimizing interventions in the existing infrastructure and optimizing investment costs while achieving the required level of safety, reliability and interoperability of the railway network. A detailed description of the subject of the contract is given in the tender documents (hereinafter also as "SP").