Two more joint ventures involving local companies have been set up to bid for the contract of project delivery partner (PDP) to oversee the civil works portion of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project.
The YTL group has teamed up with the SIPP group to bid for the contract, while the other JV that intends to take part in the tender is the one between Naza Group and China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC).
Currently, there are two joint ventures already bidding for the contract: Gamuda Bhd-Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) and a four-party consortium comprising IJM Corp Bhd-Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SunCon)-Jalinan Rejang Sdn Bhd-Maltimur Resources Sdn Bhd.
The tender for the project delivery partner job to oversee the civil works portion of the HSR project opened in November. It was scheduled to close at the end of January. However, it has been extended by another two weeks until 14 February at the request of some of the bidders and following changes to the scope of work.
Among the criteria for prospective bidders is that they must have managed projects as a project delivery partner, with railway-related work experience and HSR expertise. With regards to the HSR expertise, the companies can team up with a foreign consultant. Gamuda-MRCB is said to have partnered with Systra as its railway specialist consultant. The IJM-Suncon-Maltimur-Jalinan consortium has teamed with Italferr and YTL-SIPP is believed to have teamed up with AECOM.
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