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Държавно предприятие „Национална компания Железопътна инфраструктура“
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- Type
- Infrastructure manager — state enterprise; sole manager of the Bulgarian national rail network since 1 January 2002, under a long-term contract with the State
- Market · Region
- European Union · Bulgaria
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, AI inspection, Cybersecurity
Owns, operates and extends Bulgaria's 4,025 km railway network and lets national contracts.
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Owns, operates, renews and extends Bulgaria's 4,025 km of railway lines (3,001 km electrified, all 25 kV 50 Hz) and lets every national rail construction, signalling, electrification and track-materials contract. Beneficiary of the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021–2027, the Connecting Europe Facility and the Recovery and Resilience Plan; runs the TEN-T corridor programme on the Vidin–Sofia, Sofia–Plovdiv–Burgas and Sofia–Dragoman axes and the ERTMS rollout that goes with them.
- Type
- Infrastructure manager — state enterprise; sole manager of the Bulgarian national rail network since 1 January 2002, under a long-term contract with the State
- Where
- Bulgaria · Sofia
- Programmes
- Connecting Europe Facility, ERTMS / ETCS, TEN-T, Recovery and Resilience Facility
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, AI inspection, Cybersecurity
Structure
- funded by MTC — 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)
- regulated by ИАЖА / IARA — National safety authority and rail regulatory body: safety authorisation of the infrastructure manager, network access and charging supervision (active)
Who holds what here
- awarded voestalpine RS — Turnout parts supply to фьосталпине Рейлуей Системс България ООД (below the Atlas tender floor; carried as a relationship and in NRIC's award history) (active · since 2026-07-17)
- awarded Tesmec Rail — NRIC two catenary renewal installation maintenance vehicle sets — TESMEC RAIL S.R.L. (active · since 2026-05)
- awarded Hitachi Rail — ERTMS on the Voluyak–Dragoman section to Hitachi Rail GTS Austria GmbH with ЦЕНТРАЛНА ЕНЕРГОРЕМОНТНА БАЗА ЕАД (active · since 2025-09-26)
- awarded Plasser & Theurer — Specialised 1435 mm track machine set (ballast cleaner, regulator and duomatic tamper), with a continuous-action tamper and a four-wagon ballast train under separate contracts (active · since 2023-06-22)
- awarded STRABAG — Third lot of the Elin Pelin–Kostenets modernisation to Консорциум „Щрабаг Джи Пи Рейл 2017“ ДЗЗД, whose members TED names as the Bulgarian branches of Страбаг АГ, Страбаг Сп.з.о.о. and Щрабаг Рейл ГмбХ together with Джи Пи Груп АД (active · since 2020-07-16)
- Contract detail and values (4)$500m–1bn · $5–25mIn the European Union edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (8)
- ● 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)
- ● Изпълнителна агенция „Железопътна администрация“ (Railway Administration Executive Agency) · Agency site: national safety authority, interoperability and vehicle authorisation, rail regulatory body (licensing, network access, PSO economic-equilibrium tests) and passenger-rights enforcement body; contacts and mailboxes (published 2026 · 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) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Railway maintenance or service vehicles – Доставка, хомологация, обучение и пълна поддръжка на два комплекта подвижни жп превозни средства за контактна мрежа, contract-award notice — notice 334125-2026 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Railway construction works – Модернизация на железопътен участък Елин Пелин—Костенец, contract-modification notice (third lot) — notice 422063-2025 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Railway construction works – Проектиране и строителство на ERTMS за София – Драгоман – сръбска граница: жп участък Волуяк – Драгоман, contract-award notice — notice 689854-2025 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Railway maintenance or service vehicles – Доставка на комплект специализирани машини за работа по железния път (баластопресевна, планировъчна и траверсоподбивна машина), contract-modification notice — notice 532772-2024 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Crossing pieces – Доставка на стрелкови части, contract-award notice — notice 557563-2026 (checked 2026-09-13)
Tenders
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (21)
- Entry path
- Portals (4)
- Published contacts (8)
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12 sources · all primary
- ● 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)
- ● ДП Национална компания „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) · Контакти — Contacts: switchboard numbers by directorate and division, registry, head office address and office@rail-infra.bg (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● ДП Национална компания „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) · Профил на купувача — buyer profile page, pointing to the buyer profile in ЦАИС ЕОП (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● ЦАИС ЕОП (Centralised Automated Information System “Electronic Public Procurement”) · Buyer profile 1213 — ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“, the buyer profile printed on NRIC's own TED notices (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● ДП Национална компания „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) · Референтен документ на железопътната мрежа (Network Statement) 2025–2026, valid 14.12.2025–12.12.2026, and 2026–2027, valid 13.12.2026–11.12.2027 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Eurostat · rail_if_line_na — Length of electric and non-electric railway lines by nature of transport, Bulgaria (2024) (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)
- ● ДП Национална компания „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) · Референтен документ на железопътната мрежа 2025–2026 (Network Statement), version 07 of 7 July 2026, 91 pp — §2.3.1 network parameters at 31 December 2025, §2.3.3 operating points, §2.3.9 traction supply (published 2026-07-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Railway construction works – Реконструкция на гърловините и коловозното развитие на гара Своге, contract-modification notice of 6 June 2025 (BGN 18,147,697.76) — notice 368646-2025 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Substation construction work – Модернизация на тягова подстанция Хитрино с SCADA и 10 години поддръжка, contract-modification notice of 10 September 2024 (BGN 11,651,549.74) — notice 543287-2024 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Substation construction work – Модернизация на тягова подстанция Бойчиновци с SCADA и 10 години поддръжка, contract-modification notice of 30 September 2024 (BGN 16,257,669.22; repeated on 572524-2025 of 2 September 2025) — notice 586829-2024 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Rolling-stock refurbishment services – Междинни и капитални планови ремонти на релсови самоходни специализирани машини (РССМ), two years, contract-award notice of 10 December 2025 (selec-w, BGN 9,999,881.01) — notice 819627-2025 (checked 2026-09-13)
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