Bulgaria – Road-inspection services – “Определяне на изпълнител за провеждане на оценка на въздействието върху пътната безопасност на обекти от републиканската пътна мрежа, по две обособени позиции: Обособена позиция №1: „Републикански път I-2 „Русе-Шумен“ в участъка от км 1+583 до км 133+794“ Обособена позиция №2: „Републикански път I-7 „Силистра – АМ „Тракия“ в участъка от км 0+160 до км 245+872“

The subject of the public procurement for OP 1 includes a description of the activities, as follows: According to the Regulation on the procedures for managing the safety of road infrastructure, the Road Safety Impact Assessment has a scope and content according to Annex No. 2 of the Regulation, as follows: 1. General information: • location - on the main route along the route and on possible alternative roads; • seasonal characteristics and climatic conditions - precipitation, fog, average annual temperature; • seismic activity - degree of seismicity according to the seismic zoning of Bulgaria and seismic coefficient; • existing situation - gauge, intersections/junctions, road facilities; • existing transport load - data from a census point. 2. Data and elements for the road safety impact assessment: • data on the sections with a concentration of road accidents for the last 3 years - identification of the types of road accidents, block diagram of road accidents, hypotheses for probable causes of road accidents; • calculation of accident rates – relative accident rate indicator, accident density, severity indicator; • analysis of the current state of road safety in the considered regional road network and the "do nothing" scenario - analysis of the traffic flow in relation to the Regulatory Framework (geometry, longitudinal slopes, visibility, intersections), analysis of road accidents in relation to the traffic flow (direct route, road intersections); • objectives of the planned road in terms of road safety – short-term alternatives, medium-term alternatives, long-term alternatives; • route selection and traffic patterns – alternative routes to the existing one, is it possible to redirect traffic; • possible impacts on the existing network (e.g. exits, intersections or road junctions, railway crossings); • road users, including vulnerable road users – pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists; • availability of a sufficient number of safe parking areas - availability,...