By Sharen Kaur
sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on April 7, 2012
Malaysia is expected to award a RM950 million contract for system
works for the Ampang light rail transit (LRT) line extension
project to a consortium led by the UK’s Invensys plc.
Prasarana had awarded the system works contract for the Kelana Jaya LRT line extension and monorail system to Thales on a direct negotiated basis because of the system.
sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on April 7, 2012
Malaysia is expected to award a RM950 million contract for system
works for the Ampang light rail transit (LRT) line extension
project to a consortium led by the UK’s Invensys plc.
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Government sources said the contract is expected to be awarded within the next one month and will help strengthen bilateral trade ties between Kuala Lumpur and London.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to visit Malaysia next week.
Invensys is a global engineering and information technology group.
Its consortium partners are Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd, which is 70 per cent owned by the UK’s Balfour Beatty plc – an infrastructure giant with strong finances, and Ingress Corp Bhd.
Engineering group Ingress, which posted a pre-tax profit of RM31.05 million in fiscal year 2011, also owns 30 per cent of Balfour Beatty Rail.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to visit Malaysia next week.
Invensys is a global engineering and information technology group.
Its consortium partners are Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd, which is 70 per cent owned by the UK’s Balfour Beatty plc – an infrastructure giant with strong finances, and Ingress Corp Bhd.
Engineering group Ingress, which posted a pre-tax profit of RM31.05 million in fiscal year 2011, also owns 30 per cent of Balfour Beatty Rail.
Eight companies had bid for the LRT job with prices ranging between RM950 million and RM1.45 billion.
Tender for the contract closed on June 16. The Invensys-led consortium was the lowest bidder.
The other bidders were Posco-Sojitz-Thales, Colas-CMC Engineering-Thales, George Kent-China Railway-Thales, Samsung-LG-Thales,SNC Lavalin-WW Engineering-Bombardier,Siemens-Scomi Engineering and Ansaldo-Emrail-Leighton.
The Invensys-led consortium was among four contenders which did not make it to the final round after the bid close. The others were SNC-WW, Siemens-Scomi and Ansaldo-Emrail-Leighton.
Invensys had also failed to be pre-qualified as a bidder for the Klang Valley Sungai Buloh-Kajang My Rapid Transit project by MRT Corp.
According to the sources, the government had reviewed the bids and extended the validity of the contracts to May 27 2012.
The systems contract was due to be awarded by end-February.
Tender for the contract closed on June 16. The Invensys-led consortium was the lowest bidder.
The other bidders were Posco-Sojitz-Thales, Colas-CMC Engineering-Thales, George Kent-China Railway-Thales, Samsung-LG-Thales,SNC Lavalin-WW Engineering-Bombardier,Siemens-Scomi Engineering and Ansaldo-Emrail-Leighton.
The Invensys-led consortium was among four contenders which did not make it to the final round after the bid close. The others were SNC-WW, Siemens-Scomi and Ansaldo-Emrail-Leighton.
Invensys had also failed to be pre-qualified as a bidder for the Klang Valley Sungai Buloh-Kajang My Rapid Transit project by MRT Corp.
According to the sources, the government had reviewed the bids and extended the validity of the contracts to May 27 2012.
The systems contract was due to be awarded by end-February.
Business Times reported last December that Prasarana Negara Bhd favoured Posco-Sojitz as it had submitted the second lowest bid, at about RM1.1 billion, and offered to use the Communication-Based Train Control(CBTC) Signaling System supplied by Thales.
French-based Thales’ CBTC technology has been in use since 1985 and the system has been proven on 53 projects around the world.
French-based Thales’ CBTC technology has been in use since 1985 and the system has been proven on 53 projects around the world.
Prasarana had awarded the system works contract for the Kelana Jaya LRT line extension and monorail system to Thales on a direct negotiated basis because of the system.
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