# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=rail-track-welding-and-grinding 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Rail track welding and grinding" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/f8c7f67e-ca37-48db-8e30-9db55183c806/rail-track-welding-and-grinding" last-updated: 2026-10-11T21:37:06.805568+00:00 --- # Rail track welding and grinding VBZ tenders rail welding, grinding and measurement work across its network and connected third-party railways. Lot 1 covers new-build welding and manual reprofiling. Lot 2 covers maintenance welding, manual and machine grinding and reprofiling, and route measurements including track infrastructure. Both lots run from 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2029. Award criteria include total price, measured noise during practical testing, sustainability of travel distance and use of efficient hybrid service vehicles. The offer deadline is 12 November 2026 at 17:00 CET; the public notice does not state a contract estimate. - Status: open - Country: CH - Buyer: Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) - Submission deadline: 2026-11-12T17:00:00+01:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/679229-2026 - Source checked: 2026-10-11T21:35:39.045914Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "f8c7f67e-ca37-48db-8e30-9db55183c806", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-11T21:37:06.805568+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-11T21:35:39.045914Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/f8c7f67e-ca37-48db-8e30-9db55183c806/rail-track-welding-and-grinding", "locale": "en", "title": "Rail track welding and grinding", "summary": "VBZ tenders rail welding, grinding and measurement work across its network and connected third-party railways. Lot 1 covers new-build welding and manual reprofiling. 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