By Sharen Kaur
sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on June 22, 2011
CMC Engineering-Colas-Uniway, a Malaysian and British group, has edged other contenders to land a RM673.9 million contract to build a light rail transit (LRT) extension after it met all of the tender conditions.
The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of system works, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd said in a statement issued yesterday.
The Kelana Jaya LRT line will be extended by another 17km from the Kelana Jaya station to Putra Heights. It will travel through 13 new stations.
Last week, Business Times reported that the contract will be given to the Hartasuma Sdn Bhd-Bombardier Inc-SNC Lavalin consortium.
Sources close to Prasarana said the consortium was voted out as Bombardier is still facing penalty for late delivery of 35 four-car sets worth RM1.2 billion to Prasarana. Bombardier officials could not be reached for comment.
The third bidder, Ingress Corp Bhd-Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd, lost out because it had put in a bid which did not fulfil financial conditions, the source said.
The team was also not selected because Balfour Beatty, in a joint venture with Ansaldo Systems, currently have issues interfacing and integrating the systems' portion for the Ipoh-Padang Besar double-tracks, he added. Balfour officials could not be reached for comment.
The source said the contract was given to CMC-Colas-Uniway as their proposal had complied with all the conditions of the tender issued late last year.
"The team met the full financial conditions, and also the technical requirements such as interfacing and integration for the system, to ensure 100 per cent performance of the train services," he said.
The government and Prasarana were in favour of Colas, a leader of the UK and French railway construction market, because of its railway expertise.
Colas, which has a yearly turnover of about e12 billion (RM52 billion) is a major European player in design and engineering of large-scale complex railway infrastructure projects.
It is believed that Hartasuma-Bombardier-Lavalin, CMC-Colas and Ingress-Balfour Beatty’s final price for the contract was RM920 million, RM750 million and RM610 million, respectively.
Their proposals include the pricing for linear induction motor rail system, which enables fully automated driverless train operation.
-ENDS-
sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on June 22, 2011
CMC Engineering-Colas-Uniway, a Malaysian and British group, has edged other contenders to land a RM673.9 million contract to build a light rail transit (LRT) extension after it met all of the tender conditions.
The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of system works, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd said in a statement issued yesterday.
The Kelana Jaya LRT line will be extended by another 17km from the Kelana Jaya station to Putra Heights. It will travel through 13 new stations.
Last week, Business Times reported that the contract will be given to the Hartasuma Sdn Bhd-Bombardier Inc-SNC Lavalin consortium.
The third bidder, Ingress Corp Bhd-Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd, lost out because it had put in a bid which did not fulfil financial conditions, the source said.
The team was also not selected because Balfour Beatty, in a joint venture with Ansaldo Systems, currently have issues interfacing and integrating the systems' portion for the Ipoh-Padang Besar double-tracks, he added. Balfour officials could not be reached for comment.
The source said the contract was given to CMC-Colas-Uniway as their proposal had complied with all the conditions of the tender issued late last year.
"The team met the full financial conditions, and also the technical requirements such as interfacing and integration for the system, to ensure 100 per cent performance of the train services," he said.
The government and Prasarana were in favour of Colas, a leader of the UK and French railway construction market, because of its railway expertise.
Colas, which has a yearly turnover of about e12 billion (RM52 billion) is a major European player in design and engineering of large-scale complex railway infrastructure projects.
It is believed that Hartasuma-Bombardier-Lavalin, CMC-Colas and Ingress-Balfour Beatty’s final price for the contract was RM920 million, RM750 million and RM610 million, respectively.
Their proposals include the pricing for linear induction motor rail system, which enables fully automated driverless train operation.
-ENDS-
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