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Министерство на транспорта и съобщенията
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- Type
- National rail HQ — government ministry; transport policy, managing authority of the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021–2027, and the contracting authority for the rail public service contract and the state's rolling-stock purchases
- Market · Region
- European Union · Bulgaria
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Track & civil, Electrification
Sets Bulgarian transport policy and directly procures the national rail public service contract.
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Sets Bulgarian transport policy, hosts the managing authority of the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021–2027 and the rail share of the national Recovery and Resilience Plan, and buys directly: the three-lot rail public service contract awarded in February 2026 at EUR 1,396,324,281 and the zero-emission electric multiple units delivered to БДЖ are the Ministry's own procurements, not the operator's.
- Type
- National rail HQ — government ministry; transport policy, managing authority of the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021–2027, and the contracting authority for the rail public service contract and the state's rolling-stock purchases
- Where
- Bulgaria · Sofia
- Programmes
- Connecting Europe Facility, TEN-T, Recovery and Resilience Facility, ERTMS / ETCS
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Track & civil, Electrification
Structure
- funds НКЖИ / NRIC — NRIC is a beneficiary of the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021–2027, whose managing authority sits in the Ministry; rail projects under the programme stood at contracted and over paid by April 2026 (active · since 2021)
Who holds what here
- awarded Alstom — 35 single-deck zero-emission EMUs with 15 years of maintenance, to КОНСОРЦИУМ БУЛЕМУ — TED names ALSTOM TRANSPORT SA and Alstom Ferroviaria SpA among its members; БДЖ states the vehicles are Alstom Coradia Stream sets and put the first two into service on 1 September 2026 (active · since 2025-04-25)
- awarded Škoda Group — 20 single-deck zero-emission EMUs with 15 years of maintenance, — TED names Шкода Транспортейшън а.с. and Шкода Вагонка а.с. as members of the winning consortium (active · since 2024-09-04)
- Contract detail and values (3)$500m–1bn · $100–500mIn the European Union edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (5)
- ● „БДЖ — Пътнически превози“ ЕООД · БДЖ пуска в движение първите два влака „Алстом“ (first two Alstom Coradia Stream EMUs in service from 1 September 2026; contract signed by the Ministry with consortium BULEMU under the Recovery and Resilience Plan; 35 units, 6 cars, 325 seats, 160 km/h, ETCS) (published 2026-08-31 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Европейски структурни и инвестиционни фондове / Програма „Транспортна свързаност“ (Managing Authority, Transport Connectivity Programme) · Нови договори за 69 млн. евро и стабилен напредък по Програма „Транспортна свързаност“ (ninth Monitoring Committee, Varna) (published 2026-06-11 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● ДП Национална компания „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) · За нас — About us: sole manager of the Bulgarian rail infrastructure since 1 January 2002; structure and EU programme beneficiary status (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Министерство на транспорта и съобщенията (MTC) — Bulgaria – Railway locomotives and rolling stock – Доставка на 20 броя едноетажни нулевоемисионни електрически мотрисни влака (min 300 seats) с 15-годишна поддръжка, contract-award notice — notice 536275-2024 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Министерство на транспорта и съобщенията (MTC) — Bulgaria – Railway locomotives and rolling stock – Доставка на 35 броя едноетажни нулевоемисионни електрически мотрисни влака (min 200 seats) с 15-годишна поддръжка, contract-award notice, negotiated procedure without a call for competition — notice 283353-2025 (checked 2026-09-13)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rail public service contract three lots | Awarded | over $1bn | Published February 2026 |
| 20 zero-emission EMUs Škoda | Awarded | $100–500m | Published September 2024 |
| 35 zero-emission EMUs КОНСОРЦИУМ БУЛЕМУ | In execution | $500m–1bn | Published May 2025 |
| 10 HVO-capable multiple units | Cancelled | $100–500m | Date February 2026 |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (4)
- Entry path
- Portals (4)
- Published contacts (2)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the European Union edition · See a fully open example
5 sources · all primary
- ● Министерство на транспорта и съобщенията (Ministry of Transport and Communications) · Ministry site — transport policy, Recovery and Resilience Plan, Transport Connectivity Programme 2021–2027, Connecting Europe Facility (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● ЦАИС ЕОП · Buyer profile 5592 — Министерство на транспорта и съобщенията, the buyer profile and mailbox printed on the Ministry's own TED notices (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Commission · Bulgaria's recovery and resilience plan — €6,174m grants; €533 million for transport decarbonisation (new electric rolling stock for sub-urban and inter-regional rail, a new section of the Sofia metro, zero-emission urban vehicles); €92 million for transport digitalisation (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Европейски структурни и инвестиционни фондове / Програма „Транспортна свързаност“ (Managing Authority, Transport Connectivity Programme) · Нови договори за 69 млн. евро и стабилен напредък по Програма „Транспортна свързаност“ (ninth Monitoring Committee, Varna) (published 2026-06-11 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● „БДЖ — Пътнически превози“ ЕООД · БДЖ пуска в движение първите два влака „Алстом“ (first two Alstom Coradia Stream EMUs in service from 1 September 2026; contract signed by the Ministry with consortium BULEMU under the Recovery and Resilience Plan; 35 units, 6 cars, 325 seats, 160 km/h, ETCS) (published 2026-08-31 · checked 2026-09-13)
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