NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd. and the Ministry of Transport have reached a compromise with the Ministry of Finance on the question of the Greater Tel Aviv light rail tenders. This new procurement strategy will make it possible to meet the original timetable for the project of October 2021. The new agreement also includes a commitment by the Ministry of Finance to increase the budget for the project if gaps emerge between the tender bids and the NIS 2.5 billion (EUR 644.5 million) estimate for the work given in 2014.
Under the new agreement, the signals tender for the Tel Aviv region red line will be issued by 15 May, following by a larger tender by early August, which will include the electrification, railways tracks, information, and communications systems. The second tender also includes public address information for passengers, security systems, command and control systems, and low-tension systems.
In addition, a tender will be published for civil work on the railway line, including pipelines and channels to be used later for laying cables and communications and electrification equipment. The tender will be directed at the local market.
Currently, Shikun u’Binui Solel Boneh Infrastructures Ltd. and Danya Cebus Ltd. are performing civil work on the line.
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