Iraq Transport Economic Corridors (ITREC)

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE (GPN) REPUBLIC OF IRAQ Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Public Municipalities (MOCHPM) Roads & Bridges Directorate (RBD) IRAQ TRANSPORT ECONOMIC CORRIDORS PROJECT (ITREC) Project ID No.: P510293 The Republic of Iraq has applied for financing in the amount of US$900 million equivalent from the World Bank (WB) toward the cost of the Iraq Transport Economic Corridors Project (ITREC) and intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The Project will be implemented by the Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Public Municipalities (MOCHPM) through the Roads & Bridges Directorate (RBD), in close coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and other relevant government entities. The Project Development Objective is to enhance the connectivity, resilience, safety, and institutional sustainability of Iraq's priority road transport infrastructure and create jobs in transport and related sectors. The project comprises the following components: Component 1: Safe and Resilient Road Infrastructure (estimated US$848.65 million IBRD; US$41 million private capital mobilization). Finances the construction, rehabilitation, and performance-based operation and maintenance of priority road corridors, delivered through Output and Performance-Based Road Contracts (OPBRCs), comprising: Greenfield construction of the initial 100 km Baghdad–Samarra section of Expressway 2 (E2) (US$726 million); Rehabilitation and 5-year performance-based maintenance of the 84 km R9B section of Expressway 1 (E1) (US$30 million); Rehabilitation and maintenance of about 72 km of priority roads in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Sulaymaniyah–Chamchamal–Kirkuk Road and the Girsheen–Suhaila road, including construction of the Girsheen Interchange (US$77.65 million); and Piloting of road safety features and enforcement support on E1-R9B and other priority segment