By Sharen Kaur
sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on April 19 2011
CMC Engineering Sdn Bhd and UK's Colas (CMC-Colas) may win a contract worth some RM700 million for electro-mechanical (E&M) system for the Kelana Jaya light rail transit (LRT) extension line.
Business Times understands that Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd (Prasarana) is evaluating the three bids it had received for the contract, ranging from RM690 million to RM890 million.
Tenders closed recently and Prasarana may award the contract by early May, sources close to the company said.
Prasarana, a unit of the Minister of Finance Inc, is the asset owner and operator of the LRT Ampang and Kelana Jaya lines.
The source said CMC-Colas is the front runner as it had submitted the lowest bid and is committed to the technical requirements.
CMC is founded by Datuk Abdul Rahman Yusof, formerly general manager of Sapura's Uniphone business.
The two other bidders are Hartasuma Sdn Bhd-Bombardier Inc and Ingress Corp Bhd-Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd.
The source said tenders for the E&M system for the Ampang Jaya line will close on May 16 and have attracted eight bidders.
They are Scomi Engineering Bhd-Siemens AG, Hartasuma-Bombardier-SNC Lavalin, Ingress-Invensys Rail Systems-Balfour Beatty, Leighton Emrail Sdn Bhd-Ansaldo STS, CMC-Colas, George Kent (M) Bhd-Thales and two Korean consortiums, each led by Daewoo Engineering and Samsung Engineering.
It is learnt the contract is worth about RM1.5 billion as it would involve re-signalling of the existing lines between Sentul, Bukit Jalil and Ampang, stretching 27km.
Meanwhile, the source said Prasarana may delay the open tender for supply of trains for the Ampang Jaya line to June.
Zulkifli Mohd Yusoff, Prasarana group director of project development division, said last month that the tender would be called in April.
The contract is to supply 20 train sets consisting of six-car trains (120 cars), worth more than RM1 billion.
It will attract foreign firms such as Alstom, Siemens, Rotem Korea, ZELC China, Marubeni Japan, CAF Spain and PT Inka Indonesia, who may partner Scomi, Hartasuma, co-founded by Tan Sri Ravindran Menon, and SMH Rail Sdn Bhd, a railway engineering company.
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sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on April 19 2011
CMC Engineering Sdn Bhd and UK's Colas (CMC-Colas) may win a contract worth some RM700 million for electro-mechanical (E&M) system for the Kelana Jaya light rail transit (LRT) extension line.
Business Times understands that Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd (Prasarana) is evaluating the three bids it had received for the contract, ranging from RM690 million to RM890 million.
Tenders closed recently and Prasarana may award the contract by early May, sources close to the company said.
Prasarana, a unit of the Minister of Finance Inc, is the asset owner and operator of the LRT Ampang and Kelana Jaya lines.
The source said CMC-Colas is the front runner as it had submitted the lowest bid and is committed to the technical requirements.
CMC is founded by Datuk Abdul Rahman Yusof, formerly general manager of Sapura's Uniphone business.
The two other bidders are Hartasuma Sdn Bhd-Bombardier Inc and Ingress Corp Bhd-Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd.
The source said tenders for the E&M system for the Ampang Jaya line will close on May 16 and have attracted eight bidders.
They are Scomi Engineering Bhd-Siemens AG, Hartasuma-Bombardier-SNC Lavalin, Ingress-Invensys Rail Systems-Balfour Beatty, Leighton Emrail Sdn Bhd-Ansaldo STS, CMC-Colas, George Kent (M) Bhd-Thales and two Korean consortiums, each led by Daewoo Engineering and Samsung Engineering.
It is learnt the contract is worth about RM1.5 billion as it would involve re-signalling of the existing lines between Sentul, Bukit Jalil and Ampang, stretching 27km.
Meanwhile, the source said Prasarana may delay the open tender for supply of trains for the Ampang Jaya line to June.
Zulkifli Mohd Yusoff, Prasarana group director of project development division, said last month that the tender would be called in April.
The contract is to supply 20 train sets consisting of six-car trains (120 cars), worth more than RM1 billion.
It will attract foreign firms such as Alstom, Siemens, Rotem Korea, ZELC China, Marubeni Japan, CAF Spain and PT Inka Indonesia, who may partner Scomi, Hartasuma, co-founded by Tan Sri Ravindran Menon, and SMH Rail Sdn Bhd, a railway engineering company.
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