Industry players wake up to ECRL news

By Naveen Sachdev

  China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) has received a total of 1,321 submissions from CIDB-registered companies for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

  The submissions come from construction companies nationwide who are eyeing the 40 per cent civil works portion of the RM44 billion ECRL project following a Pre-Qualification (Pre-Q) exercise to identify potential subcontractors.
  Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) and CCCC in a joint statement said participation from the G7 category of CIDB-rated companies topped the list with 859 submissions or 65 per cent.
  ECRL’s main contractor, CCCC, received the submissions during the Pre-Q exercise on May 29 and 30, 2019.

  Both MRL and CCCC said the number of submissions in the Pre-Q exercise is a further endorsement of the improved ECRL project as its rail network would traverse the East Coast states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang as well as Negri Sembilan, Selangor, and the Federal Territory of Putrajaya.
  “The level of enthusiasm shown by Malaysian construction companies in particular from the G7 CIDB rating companies augurs well with the increase in civil works participation for local contractors from 30 per cent to 40 per cent of the ECRL project as per the inking of the supplementary agreement between MRL and CCCC on April 12, 2019,” it said.
  The 640-km rail network is scheduled for completion by December 2026 and will link Kota Bharu to Putrajaya in about four hours.
  MRL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Minister of Finance Incorporated, is the project and asset owner of the ECRL.

  The company urges local industry players especially contractors to proactively seize any opportunities to participate in the project not just as contractors but also as suppliers, consultants and other relevant scopes.
  “The participation of local contractors will not just act as a stimulus to the local construction sector but will also serve as a catalyst in the transfer of knowledge and technology in view of the ECRL project being among the most challenging engineering and construction projects in Malaysia,” said MRL chief executive officer Datuk Seri Darwis Abdul Razak.
  Following the Pre-Q exercise, MRL will be working closely with CCCC in the evaluation and shortlisting process of 1,321 construction companies as potential tenderers of the ECRL’s civil works packages.
  Companies that are successful in the shortlisting will be notified in writing by CCCC, it said.

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