The state-run company Moldova’s Railways announces a bidding contest to buy freight cars based on the project that is supported financially by the EBRD, EIB and the EU, IPN reports.

A number of 12-15 new freight cars are to be purchased as a result of the bidding contest. There will also be chosen a contractor that will rehabilitate the locomotive depot in Basarabeasca. To exclude the human factor when taking decisions, the bidding will be conducted exclusively electronically. The program worked out by European IT specialists is designed to create optimal conditions for transparent and objective bidding.

To implement the restructuring and reorganization project, Moldova’s Railways took out a loan of €50 million from the EBRD. The project will be co-financed by the EIB with €52.5 million, while the European Union will offer a grant of €5 million through the Neighborhood investment Fund.

The goal of the project is to purchase locomotives, to rehabilitate the railway infrastructure, to implement the energy management information system at Moldova’s Runways and to simultaneously reform the whole railway sector.