CENTRAL Communication Port (CPK), the company delivering Poland’s new hub airport and associated rail projects, has published its 2026-28 investment plan which includes contracts worth a total of Zlotys 40bn ($US 11bn) that will be tendered next year.
Published in order to assist contractors with the preparation of their bids and stimulate competition, according to CPK, the plan sets out a total of 92 contracts each worth over Zlotys 1m.
The largest rail contracts to be tendered next year include main construction works on the Warsaw - Łódź high-speed line, divided into three contracts for sections 3, 4 and 5 respectively. All three contracts will be tendered in Quarter 1 of 2026 and are each expected to be worth Zlotys 1-3bn.
With an estimated value of Zlotys 3-5bn, the main works contract for Section 6 is due be tendered in Quarter 2 of 2026, when CPK also plans to invite bids for a contract worth Zlotys 100-250m to design and build 2 x 25kV traction substations for the Warsaw - Łódź high-speed line.
Worth Zlotys 1-3bn each, two contracts will be tendered in Quarter 2 to undertake the detailed design and construction of subsystems for the high-speed line, one covering control and the other energy subsystems.
During Quarter 4 of 2026, CPK plans to tender a contract worth Zlotys 1-3bn for the construction of the station and platform hall at the new central airport, which is due to open in 2032.
This year, CPK is planning to tender contracts worth a total of Zlotys 30bn, and says that by the end of August tenders worth Zlotys 18bn had been launched. Those remaining to be launched by the end of 2025 include civil works on the first sections of the Warsaw - Łódź high-speed line.
“This year we awarded a Zlotys 2.2bn contract for the Łódź tunnel and announced a tender for the passenger terminal worth over Zlotys 5bn,” says CPK CEO, Dr Filip Czernicki.
“Both the rail and airport components are moving forward on schedule.”
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