NTA announced that eight consortia have bought the updated documents for the tender for operating the Red Line in the Tel Aviv light rail project. Bidders must submit their bids by 23 March, 2017. The winning consortium will be able to accompany the construction of the Red Line over four years, which should assist it in operating the line. NTA sees the LRT system and its stations and stops as a universal system which can be utilized by everyone.
The tender terms were changed following requests by foreign bidders not to hold more than 50% of the consortium that operates the line.
The change in the tender followed consultation with the Antitrust Commissioner, who allowed Israeli public transport operators to participate in the tender as consortium leaders, in partnership with foreign rail companies.
Among the companies that have expressed interest in the tender are Israeli bus company Egged, together with Chinese firms CCEC and Shenzhen Metro; the other major Israeli bus company Dan, together with SNCF of France; Kavim, a third Israeli bus company, together with Transport for London; and a partnership of German rail company Deutsche Bahn and Israeli firm Keystone Engineering.
French company Systra is the winner of the NTA – Metropolitan Mass Transit System tender for planning three metro lines in the greater Tel Aviv area, with a budget of NIS 30 million (USD 8 million).
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