Victorian Acting Premier Jacinta Allan has announced that the final bids for the AUD 6 billion (USD 4.5 billion) Melbourne Tunnel and Stations Public Private Partnership (PPP) have been received, and are being assessed by the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority.
The bids are from three shortlisted consortia that include some of the biggest construction companies in Australia and around the world. A contract for the PPP is expected to be awarded by the end of the year, in time for construction on the Tunnels and Stations package to begin in 2018.
• Continuum Victoria – comprising Acciona Infrastructure, Ferrovial Agroman, Honeywell, Downer EDI and Plenary Origination
• Cross Yarra Partnership – comprising Lendlease Engineering, John Holland, Bouygues Construction and Capella Capital
• Moving Melbourne Together – comprising Pacific Partnerships, CPB Contractors, Ghella, Salini Impregilo, Serco and Macquarie Capital
Their proposals include more than 100,000 pages of detailed plans to build the 9 km Metro Tunnel and 5 new underground stations at Arden, Parkville, CBD North, CBD South and Domain.
At the same time, early works on the AUD 10.9 billion (USD 8.2 billion) mega-project have received formal planning approval, and will ramp up over the coming months.
“The bids are in, early works are approved and we’re getting on with building the Metro Tunnel – to run more trains, more often right across Melbourne. The best construction firms in Australia and around the world are lining up to build the biggest rail project in Victoria’s history,” Jacinta Allan said.
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