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Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s.
Live now: 2 tenders, largest ZSSK class 361 and 362 locomotives overhaul ($25–100m); holds relationships with Škoda Group, DOPSYS, Metrostav.
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- Type
- National operator — state-owned joint-stock company, the national passenger carrier; IČO 35914939, seat Rožňavská 1, Bratislava
- Market · Region
- European Union · Slovakia
- Open tenders
- 2
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, AI inspection
Runs Slovak passenger services and owns fleet; 2025–26 procurement includes 16 battery-electric EMUs with option on 20 more.
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Runs Slovak public rail passenger services and owns and maintains the fleet. Its 2025–26 procurement covers 16 battery-electric multiple units with an option on 20 more, a class 671/951 and class 757 ETCS retrofit programme, two new technical-hygiene maintenance depots at Košice and Žilina, sleeping and couchette car renewal, and framework overhauls of the class 361, 362, 660/661 and 671 fleets.
- Type
- National operator — state-owned joint-stock company, the national passenger carrier; IČO 35914939, seat Rožňavská 1, Bratislava
- Where
- Slovakia · Bratislava
- Programmes
- Connecting Europe Facility, ERTMS / ETCS
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, AI inspection
Structure
- controlled by MD SR — Ministry holds the rail section that contracts public passenger rail services; ZSSK is the state-owned national passenger carrier (active)
- operates for MD SR — Rail public passenger services under Regulation (EC) 1370/2007; the ministry gave notice in December 2025 of competitive tendering for regional packages from December 2029 and December 2030 (active)
- regulated by Dopravný úrad — Licensing, single safety certificates, vehicle authorisation and registration, and train-driver licensing for Slovak railway undertakings (active)
Who holds what here
- awarded ŽOS Trnava — ZSSK Bmz coach R2 revision repair — ŽOS Trnava, a.s. (active · since 2026-04)
- awarded ŽOS Trnava — ZSSK class 671 electric unit overhaul — ŽOS Trnava, a.s. (active · since 2026-04)
- awarded Škoda Group — ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION a.s. on the 16 battery-electric multiple units and on the electric multiple unit purchase raised to (active · since 2025-12-03)
- awarded DOPSYS — ZSSK technical-hygiene maintenance depot Košice — DOPSYS, s.r.o. (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded Metrostav — ZSSK technical-hygiene maintenance depot Košice — Metrostav Slovakia a. s. (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded RODMA — ZSSK technological equipment management four depots — RODMA, s.r.o. (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded RODMA — ZSSK technical-hygiene maintenance depot Žilina — RODMA, s.r.o. (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded STRABAG — ZSSK technical-hygiene maintenance depot Žilina — STRABAG s.r.o. (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded TSS Grade — ZSSK technical-hygiene maintenance depot Košice — TSS GRADE, a.s. (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded ŽOS Trnava — ZSSK 16 battery-electric units 20 option — ŽOS Trnava, a.s. (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded ŽOS Trnava — ZSSK couchette cars modernisation night services — ŽOS Trnava, a.s. (active · since 2025-11)
- awarded DOPSYS — ZSSK ETCS Level 2 class 671 and 951 — DOPSYS, s.r.o. (active · since 2025-08)
- awarded Škoda Group — ZSSK electric multiple unit purchase value raised — ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION a.s. (active · since 2021-09)
- awarded ŽOS Trnava — ZSSK electric multiple unit purchase value raised — ŽOS Trnava, a.s. (active · since 2021-09)
- Contract detail and values (1)$100–500mIn the European Union edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (19)
- ● Dopravný úrad · Divízia dráh a dopravy na dráhach — licensing, safety certification, vehicle authorisation and registration, driver licences, regulation of access to rail infrastructure and charging, passenger rights, market monitoring and state technical supervision; desk nsat@nsat.sk (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ministerstvo dopravy Slovenskej republiky · Slovensko získalo z Bruselu vyše 141 miliónov eur na modernizáciu dopravy — CEF award incl. Vydrník–Spišská Nová Ves modernisation at about EUR 100m, ERTMS/ETCS on 23 ZSSK CARGO freight locomotives and ETCS on 29 ZSSK passenger vehicles; nearly 8 per cent of the cohesion allocation (published 2025-07-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ministerstvo dopravy Slovenskej republiky · Železničná doprava — the ministry's rail section: state administration of railways, infrastructure operation contracts, public service transport contracts, rail liberalisation and the special building authority for railway structures (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Železnice Slovenskej republiky · Podmienky používania železničnej siete 2027 (network statement, file sietove-vyhlasenie-2027-f.pdf, 84 pages, in force from 14 December 2025 for timetable year 2027, 13 December 2026 to 11 December 2027). Locations for the figures and desks this file draws from it, because the PDF uses subsetted fonts that defeat text extraction: the Kontakty table is in Section 1 (Oddiel 1), printed pages 15 to 19 (PDF pages 16 to 20) — Ministry of Transport and Dopravný úrad desks on printed page 15, ŽSR one-stop shop on 16, CLaO secretariat and the expertise and infrastructure departments on 17, Železničná energetika and Železničné telekomunikácie on 18; the gauge shares are in Section 2 under Rozchod železničných tratí, printed page 25 (PDF page 26); the lines equipped with ETCS are in Section 2 under Systémy riadenia dopravy / Vlakový zabezpečovací systém, printed page 30 (PDF page 31) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s. · Verejné obstarávanie — ZSSK is a sector contracting entity under §9(1) of Act 343/2015 Coll.; Sekcia obstarávania a nákupu runs procurement; ÚVO profile and the electronic purchasing system (ENS) supplier list (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 861299-2025 — prior information notice under Regulation (EC) 1370/2007, Verejné služby v preprave cestujúcich — competitive tendering of a regional rail package in Trenčiansky and Žilinský kraj (Žilina–Rajec, Čadca–Makov, Žilina–Púchov/Trenčín, Liptovský Hrádok/Liptovský Mikuláš–Žilina, Žilina–Čadca/Skalité, Čadca–Skalité state border, Kraľovany–Trstená), six years from 14 December 2030 (published 2025-12-24 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 861495-2025 — prior information notice under Regulation (EC) 1370/2007, Verejné služby v preprave cestujúcich — competitive tendering of rail public passenger services, six years from 9 December 2029 (published 2025-12-24 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 863269-2025 — prior information notice under Regulation (EC) 1370/2007, Verejné služby v preprave cestujúcich — competitive tendering of rail public passenger services, eight years from 14 December 2030 (published 2025-12-24 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 817691-2025 — contract-award notice, Obstaranie nových hybridných elektrických jednotiek pre regionálnu dopravu — 16 battery-electric multiple units with an option on 20 more; total EUR 331,935,052 against an estimate of EUR 312,300,000; ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION a.s. and ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; purchase contract 4600008661/VS/2025 of 3 December 2025 (published 2025-12-10 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 338137-2026 — contract-award notice, Revízne opravy R2 a Neplánované opravy osobných vozňov radu Bmz; framework maximum and BT-720 value of the tender both EUR 9,192,657.69; ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; framework 4600008923/RKsZ/2026 of 24 April 2026, term 48 months, negotiated procedure with prior call (published 2026-05-18 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 422879-2026 — contract-modification notice, Nákup elektrických jednotiek; total contract value raised from EUR 175,486,702.51 to EUR 182,923,864.49; ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION a.s. and ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; purchase contract 4600005955/VS/2021 of 9 September 2021 (published 2026-06-19 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 336863-2026 — contract-award notice, Vykonávanie opráv EPJ radu 671; framework agreement with a maximum value of EUR 27,386,396.26 over 48 months; ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; framework 4600008917/RKsZ/2026 of 24 April 2026 (published 2026-05-18 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 573635-2025 — contract-award notice, Inštalácia systému ETCS do vozidiel ZSSK Push-Pull 951 a EJ radu 671 — ETCS Level 2 into 9 EJ671 units and 10 RV951 driving trailers with an option on 10 more EJ671; total EUR 23,199,987 against an estimate of EUR 21,130,000; DOPSYS, s.r.o.; contract 4600008612/VS/2025 of 21 August 2025 (published 2025-09-03 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 810567-2025 — contract-award notice, Modernizácia ležadlových vozňov pre nočnú dopravu; total EUR 35,998,500 against an estimate of EUR 36,533,333; ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; contract 4600008609/VS/2025 of 10 November 2025 (published 2025-12-05 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 846443-2025 — contract-award notice, Technicko-hygienická údržba železničných koľajových vozidiel pre stredisko Košice; total EUR 178,979,000 (highest tender EUR 179,163,923.71); Metrostav Slovakia a. s., TSS GRADE, a.s. and DOPSYS, s.r.o.; contract 4600008727/VS/2025 of 17 December 2025 (published 2025-12-19 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 182379-2026 — contract-modification notice for the Košice technical-hygiene maintenance depot contract (published 2026-03-17 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 834796-2025 — contract-award notice, Pracoviská THU – zabezpečenie správy a servisu technologických zariadení; notice total EUR 21,860,165.76 against an estimate of EUR 18,884,586, with the BT-720 value of the tender at EUR 10,930,082.88; RODMA, s.r.o., with Inšpekcia Dozor Overovanie, s.r.o. in organisation-name-subcontractor; contract of 11 December 2025 covering the technical-hygiene maintenance centres at Nové Zámky, Zvolen, Humenné and Vrútky (published 2025-12-16 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 850022-2025 — contract-award notice, Technicko-hygienická údržba železničných koľajových vozidiel pre stredisko Žilina; total EUR 64,312,462.13 against an estimate of EUR 64,569,672.02 (highest tender EUR 73,760,139.10); STRABAG s.r.o. and RODMA, s.r.o.; contract 4600008726/VS/2025 of 17 December 2025 (published 2025-12-19 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 184378-2026 — contract-modification notice for the ZSSK Žilina technical-hygiene maintenance depot contract, total EUR 64,312,462.13 (published 2026-03-17 · checked 2026-09-13)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZSSK class 361 and 362 locomotives overhaul | Open | $25–100m | Published August 2026 |
| ZSSK ETCS Level 2 ATO into 757 locomotives | Open | $5–25m | Closes October 2026 |
| ZSSK class 660/661 electric units overhaul | Bids closed | $25–100m | Published August 2026 |
| ZSSK air-conditioning service repair rail vehicles | Bids closed | $5–25m | Bids closed September 2026 · award expected |
| ZSSK signalling turnouts track power servicing | Bids closed | $5–25m | Bids closed September 2026 · award expected |
| ZSSK 16 battery-electric units 20 option | In execution | $100–500m | Awarded December 2025 |
| ZSSK electric multiple unit purchase value raised | In execution | $100–500m | Awarded September 2021 |
| ZSSK sleeping cars purchase ten-year service | In execution | $100–500m | Awarded November 2025 |
| ZSSK technical-hygiene maintenance depot Košice | In execution | $100–500m | Awarded December 2025 |
| ZSSK ETCS Level 2 class 671 and 951 | In execution | $25–100m | Awarded August 2025 |
| ZSSK class 671 electric unit overhaul | In execution | $25–100m | Awarded April 2026 |
| ZSSK technological equipment management four depots | In execution | $25–100m | Awarded December 2025 |
| ZSSK class 813/913.0 diesel units modernisation | In execution | $25–100m | Awarded December 2025 |
| ZSSK couchette cars modernisation night services | In execution | $25–100m | Awarded November 2025 |
| ZSSK technical-hygiene maintenance depot Žilina | In execution | $25–100m | Awarded December 2025 |
| ZSSK Bmz coach R2 revision repair | In execution | $5–25m | Awarded April 2026 |
| ZSSK radios and event recorders fleet | In execution | $5–25m | Awarded August 2026 |
Withheld in the free surface
- Procurement structure
- Award history (13)
- Entry path
- Portals (3)
- Published contacts (4)
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18 sources · all primary
- ● Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s. · Verejné obstarávanie — ZSSK is a sector contracting entity under §9(1) of Act 343/2015 Coll.; Sekcia obstarávania a nákupu runs procurement; ÚVO profile and the electronic purchasing system (ENS) supplier list (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie · Profil zadávateľa — Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s. (contracting-authority profile 9090, IČO 35914939, Rožňavská 1 Bratislava) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ministerstvo dopravy Slovenskej republiky · Slovensko získalo z Bruselu vyše 141 miliónov eur na modernizáciu dopravy — CEF award incl. Vydrník–Spišská Nová Ves modernisation at about EUR 100m, ERTMS/ETCS on 23 ZSSK CARGO freight locomotives and ETCS on 29 ZSSK passenger vehicles; nearly 8 per cent of the cohesion allocation (published 2025-07-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ministerstvo dopravy Slovenskej republiky · Ministerstvo dopravy investuje do bezpečnejších železníc ďalších 135 miliónov eur z európskych zdrojov — CEF award: Spišská Nová Ves–Spišské Tomášovce EUR 96.7m, Košice–Čierna nad Tisou EUR 27.3m incl. the Ruskov traction substation and Barca turnouts, EUR 11m for rail safety, and over EUR 5m each to ZSSK and ZSSK Cargo for ETCS (published 2025-11-05 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 817691-2025 — contract-award notice, Obstaranie nových hybridných elektrických jednotiek pre regionálnu dopravu — 16 battery-electric multiple units with an option on 20 more; total EUR 331,935,052 against an estimate of EUR 312,300,000; ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION a.s. and ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; purchase contract 4600008661/VS/2025 of 3 December 2025 (published 2025-12-10 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 589975-2026 — contract notice, Zvýšenie bezpečnosti montážou ETCS do LOK 757 — supply, installation and approval of ETCS Level 2 Baseline 4 with ATO into 10 class 757 diesel locomotives; estimated EUR 9,321,750 over 36 months; participation deadline moved from 3 September to 12 October 2026 (published 2026-08-26 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 422879-2026 — contract-modification notice, Nákup elektrických jednotiek; total contract value raised from EUR 175,486,702.51 to EUR 182,923,864.49; ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION a.s. and ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; purchase contract 4600005955/VS/2021 of 9 September 2021 (published 2026-06-19 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 846443-2025 — contract-award notice, Technicko-hygienická údržba železničných koľajových vozidiel pre stredisko Košice; total EUR 178,979,000 (highest tender EUR 179,163,923.71); Metrostav Slovakia a. s., TSS GRADE, a.s. and DOPSYS, s.r.o.; contract 4600008727/VS/2025 of 17 December 2025 (published 2025-12-19 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 773335-2025 — contract-award notice, Nákup a 10 ročný servis lôžkových vozňov; total EUR 90,280,000 against an estimate of EUR 90,287,360; ŽOS Vrútky a.s.; purchase contract 4600008689/VS/2025 of 10 November 2025 (published 2025-11-21 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 850022-2025 — contract-award notice, Technicko-hygienická údržba železničných koľajových vozidiel pre stredisko Žilina; total EUR 64,312,462.13 against an estimate of EUR 64,569,672.02 (highest tender EUR 73,760,139.10); STRABAG s.r.o. and RODMA, s.r.o.; contract 4600008726/VS/2025 of 17 December 2025 (published 2025-12-19 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 810567-2025 — contract-award notice, Modernizácia ležadlových vozňov pre nočnú dopravu; total EUR 35,998,500 against an estimate of EUR 36,533,333; ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; contract 4600008609/VS/2025 of 10 November 2025 (published 2025-12-05 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 862842-2025 — contract-award notice, Modernizácia dieselových motorových jednotiek 813/913.0; total EUR 30,855,000; Železničné opravovne a strojárne Zvolen, a.s.; contract 4600008778/VS/2025 of 22 December 2025 (published 2025-12-24 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 336863-2026 — contract-award notice, Vykonávanie opráv EPJ radu 671; framework agreement with a maximum value of EUR 27,386,396.26 over 48 months; ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; framework 4600008917/RKsZ/2026 of 24 April 2026 (published 2026-05-18 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 573635-2025 — contract-award notice, Inštalácia systému ETCS do vozidiel ZSSK Push-Pull 951 a EJ radu 671 — ETCS Level 2 into 9 EJ671 units and 10 RV951 driving trailers with an option on 10 more EJ671; total EUR 23,199,987 against an estimate of EUR 21,130,000; DOPSYS, s.r.o.; contract 4600008612/VS/2025 of 21 August 2025 (published 2025-09-03 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 834796-2025 — contract-award notice, Pracoviská THU – zabezpečenie správy a servisu technologických zariadení; notice total EUR 21,860,165.76 against an estimate of EUR 18,884,586, with the BT-720 value of the tender at EUR 10,930,082.88; RODMA, s.r.o., with Inšpekcia Dozor Overovanie, s.r.o. in organisation-name-subcontractor; contract of 11 December 2025 covering the technical-hygiene maintenance centres at Nové Zámky, Zvolen, Humenné and Vrútky (published 2025-12-16 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 558834-2026 — contract-award notice, Zvýšenie bezpečnosti železničnej dopravy dodaním a inštaláciou rádiostaníc a BlackBoxov do železničných koľajových vozidiel; two lots, total EUR 9,799,050 (lot values EUR 4,960,710 and EUR 5,177,970); NEXTRAIL a. s. on both; contracts of 5 August 2026 (published 2026-08-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 338137-2026 — contract-award notice, Revízne opravy R2 a Neplánované opravy osobných vozňov radu Bmz; framework maximum and BT-720 value of the tender both EUR 9,192,657.69; ŽOS Trnava, a.s.; framework 4600008923/RKsZ/2026 of 24 April 2026, term 48 months, negotiated procedure with prior call (published 2026-05-18 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union · TED notice 545153-2026 — contract-award notice, Opravy hnacích a hnaných dvojkolesí; EUR 4,639,168; RUDOS RUŽOMBEROK, s.r.o. (published 2026-08-06 · checked 2026-09-13)
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