DB.KAB.22 154 kV Antalya – Göksu Underground Cable Connection

INVITATION FOR BIDS

REPUBLIC of TURKIYE

Employer: Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ)

Project: Türkiye - Transforming Power Transmission System Project (TPTS) - P508354

Contract Title: 154 kV Antalya – Göksu Underground Cable Connection.

Country: Türkiye

Loan No.: 9859-TR

RFB No: DB.KAB.22

Issued on: 03.11.2026

1. The Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Türkiye - Transforming Power Transmission System Project (TPTS), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contract for 154 kV Antalya – Göksu Underground Cable Connection (DB.KAB.22).

2. The Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the construction and completion of following Work: Supply of Goods (154 kV cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulated power cables and accessories, fiber optic cables and accessories), testing, transport, delivery, services required at customs and storage at site, engineering and design services, complete erection, construction, installation, supervision, commissioning, site testing and handing over in satisfactory operating condition including repair works for 7 years after Provisional Acceptance of 154 kV Antalya - Göksu Underground Cable Connection Works. The Bidders may review the qualification requirements at the following link: https://www.teias.gov.tr/tr-TR/ihaleler

3. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated September 2023”, and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from 

Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) General Directorate, Trade Department

Nasuh Akar Mah. Türk Ocağı Cad. No: 2, Floor: 15, Rooms No. 31 and 33/A

Çankaya – ANKARA / TÜRKİYE

Tel.: +90 312 203 85 06 – 85 09

Fax: +90 312 203 82 88

E-mail: alihuseyin.altunbas@teias.gov.tr – nur.kiris@teias.gov.tr

5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of US$ 200.- (V.A.T included). The method of payment will be direct deposit to specified account number. Upon payment of the fee (copy of the payment receipt should be attached to the written application), the Bidding Documents will be sent by the Employer to the applicant through email as an attachment file in electronic format.

Bank Name and Account Details:

US Dollar Account: Vakıfbank, Kızılay Branch

Account No.: 00158048000941781

IBAN No.: TR350001500158048000941781

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 8 December 2026 on 10:30 (Türkiye time). Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below 8 December 2026 on 10:30 (Türkiye time).

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Euros 400.000,- (fourhundredthousand Euros) or equivalent for Antalya-Göksu Underground Cable Connection (DB.KAB.22).

The exchange rate to be applied in conversion of the Bid Security Amount shall be the Selling Exchange rates officially published by the Central Bank of Türkiye (Döviz Satış) at 03.30 p.m. (Türkiye Time) on the applicable date (http://www.tcmb.gov.tr). The applicable date for the exchange rates shall be the date twenty-eight (28) days prior to the date of Bid Opening except when this date falls on an official holiday including Saturdays and Sundays in which case the applicable date shall be the last working day before twenty-eight (28) days prior to the date of Bid Opening.

8. The address referred to above is:

Address for Submission of Bids:

Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) General Directorate, Trade Department Nasuh Akar Mah. Türk Ocağı Cad. No: 2, Floor: 15, Room No. 53/B Çankaya / ANKARA

Address for Bid Opening:

Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) General Directorate, Trade Department Nasuh Akar Mah. Türk Ocağı Cad. No: 2, Floor: 15, Room No. 89 Çankaya / ANKARA