The three international engineering companies who submitted their financial offers are Spanish international general contractor Tecnicas Reunidas; Dohwa Engineering Co, a South Korea-based multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm; and Parsons International & Co., an engineering, construction and technical and management services firm.
The lowest offer was made by Dohwa Engineering Co at RO106.8 million, while the second lowest bid was quoted by Tecnicas Reunidas at RO165.08 million. The highest price was quoted by Parsons International & Co. at RO185.97 million.
In August last year, five short-listed international companies submitted their technical offers for Oman railway’s PMC contract. Around 29 companies had evinced interest when the international tender for the PMC contract was floated in June 2013 by the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MoTC).
The MoTC recently appointed Italferr, the Italian State Railways Group’s engineering firm, that will provide consultancy services for preliminary design of the railway project.
Speaking to reporters, Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salim al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications, recently said that the tender for selecting the PMC is with the Tender Board for evaluation and is expected to be awarded shortly.
He said, "The PMC is much required now as its role will be to review the preliminary design. It is clear that the preliminary design consultant is moving fast and has started submitting the drawings for the first segment. We need PMC to review and approve the designs and hope it will be appointed very soon."
Once appointed, the PMC firm will provide overall project management consultancy services for the railway project, including the review of the design of the railway network and the contract process.
