Procurement – The West Link Project
The procurements of construction contracts for the West Link Project. Five of the contracts are based on a geographical division of the route. In addition there will be an overall contract for rail, electronics, signaling system and telecom works (BEST).
The West Link Project and Olskroken grade-separated junction are part of the West Swedish Package – an infrastructure initiative consisting of roads and railways in Sweden funded through joint investment by the region and central government. The West Link is an approximately 8 km double-track railway, of which just over 6 km will be constructed in a tunnel through central Gothenburg. Three new stations will be built in the city at Gothenburg Central Station, Haga and Korsvägen. Five of the contracts, Olskroken, Centralen, Kvarnberget, Haga and Korsvägen, are based on a geographical division of the route. In addition there will be an overall contract for the works called "BEST", which in Swedish stands for rail, electronics, signaling system and telecommunication.
Procurement procedures
This is how the procurement procedures of The West Link project will be conducted.
The procurements with preliminary times will be published in the Swedish Transport Administration's procurement plan.
The procurements will be carried out as negotiated procurements in accordance with the Law on Procurement within the Areas of Water, Energy, Transportation and Postal Services (LUF) with a selection from the qualifications system TransQ.
Advance publicity relevant to each procurement along with information regarding each selection code will be published in the European public procurement journal Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the Swedish Transport Administration's procurement system Kommers and publicly accessible Swedish procurement databases, such as Allego and Opic.
Changes in the methods of procurements in 2024
During 2024, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) will change its working methods and requirements for prequalification systems in procurements.
Today, Trafikverket uses TransQ.
The change takes place gradually during the year.
From 15th September 2024, the TransQ system will not be used any longer in Trafikverket’s procurements.
This will mean that the suppliers must monitor Trafikverket’s procurements in the procurements system Kommers Annons Trafikverket.