By Sharen Kaur
sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on October 1, 2012
EVALUATION ONGOING: DRB-HICOM frontrunner for railway track works, sources say
MASS Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) will award soon several jobs worth over RM1.5 billion, inclu-ding a contract for track works, for the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MY Rapid Transit (SBK MRT) project, people familiar with the matter say.
For the track works, which is estimated to be worth some RM850 million, it is understood that the frontrunner is DRB-HICOM Bhd-Mitsubishi.
There are three shortlisted bidders for the job, which include Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd and Leighton-Lion Pacific.
A source close to MRT Corp said the evaluation is still ongoing after the award of the contract (for track works) was deferred last month (September).
On September 13, MRT Corp announced the award of five work packages worth RM3.47 billion for the SBK MRT project.
This follows the conclusion of the One-Stop Procurement Committee (OSPC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak.
The contracts are for the sup-ply of train sets, signalling, power supply and depot equipment.
MRT Corp was also expected to award the contract for track works then.
Business Times reported that MRT Corp had requested the bidders (for track works) to re-submit their commercial clarification, including the final price, to lay tracks between Sungai Buloh and Kajang, totalling 41.5km.
Although the stretch from Sungai Buloh to Kajang involves 51km, the job excludes the 9.5km underground tunnel work awarded to the MMC Gamuda JV at RM8.2 billion.
The bidders had resubmitted their bids in mid-September following the request from MRT Corp.
"MRT Corp will be transparent. It will not favour any one party. The group with the best proposal and technical know-how, including strong financing, will be awarded," the source.
Meanwhile, for the five work packages announced last month, it is learnt that Canada's Bombardier Inc last Friday received a Letter of Award for the signalling contract worth RM281 million.
The other winners are Siemens AG, which won two jobs worth RM1.6 billion, Japan's Meidensha Corp, which won a RM459 million job for power supply, and UEM Construction Sdn Bhd, which won a job valued at RM951 million to build viaduct guideway from Taman Mesra to Kajang station.
It is unclear if the three groups also received their respective Letter of Awards last Friday.
For the track works, which is estimated to be worth some RM850 million, it is understood that the frontrunner is DRB-HICOM Bhd-Mitsubishi.
There are three shortlisted bidders for the job, which include Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd and Leighton-Lion Pacific.
A source close to MRT Corp said the evaluation is still ongoing after the award of the contract (for track works) was deferred last month (September).
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This follows the conclusion of the One-Stop Procurement Committee (OSPC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak.
The contracts are for the sup-ply of train sets, signalling, power supply and depot equipment.
MRT Corp was also expected to award the contract for track works then.
Business Times reported that MRT Corp had requested the bidders (for track works) to re-submit their commercial clarification, including the final price, to lay tracks between Sungai Buloh and Kajang, totalling 41.5km.
Although the stretch from Sungai Buloh to Kajang involves 51km, the job excludes the 9.5km underground tunnel work awarded to the MMC Gamuda JV at RM8.2 billion.
The bidders had resubmitted their bids in mid-September following the request from MRT Corp.
"MRT Corp will be transparent. It will not favour any one party. The group with the best proposal and technical know-how, including strong financing, will be awarded," the source.
Meanwhile, for the five work packages announced last month, it is learnt that Canada's Bombardier Inc last Friday received a Letter of Award for the signalling contract worth RM281 million.
The other winners are Siemens AG, which won two jobs worth RM1.6 billion, Japan's Meidensha Corp, which won a RM459 million job for power supply, and UEM Construction Sdn Bhd, which won a job valued at RM951 million to build viaduct guideway from Taman Mesra to Kajang station.
It is unclear if the three groups also received their respective Letter of Awards last Friday.
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