A consortium of FCC, China State Construction Engineering Corporation and Alstom has emerged as the lowest bidder for Dubai Metro’s Blue Line extension after revised bids were submitted on November 21, T&TI sister publication Meed reports.
The team submitted an offer of AED19.8bn after the project client, Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), asked bidders to submit proposals with alternatives to reduce the price.
The consortium’s price is nearly 18% lower than its original base offer of AED24.1bn submitted on October 8.
The RTA had received another round of updated offers a week earlier on November 14. That time the Limak/Mapa/CRCC team submitted the lowest bid with a price of AED21.7bn.
For the first round of revised offers on November 7, the group of China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group, Egypt’s Arab Contractors, the local Binladin Contracting Group and Spain’s CAF submitted the lowest-priced revised base offer of AED22.2bn.
The CTCE/Arab Contractors/Binladin/CAF group submitted the lowest base offer when the bids were first submitted on October 6.
The design-and-build contractor for the Blue Line will be responsible for all civil works, electromechanical works, rolling stock and rail systems. After completing the project, the contractor will assist with maintenance and operations for an initial three-year period.
The Blue Line will connect the existing Red and Green lines. It will have a total length of 30km – 15.5km underground and 14.5km above ground.
The line will have 14 stations, seven of which will be elevated. There will be five underground stations, including one interchange station, and two elevated transfer stations connected to the existing Centrepoint and Creek stations.
The scope of the contract also includes the supply of 28 driverless trains, the construction of a depot to accommodate up to 60 trains and the construction of all associated roads, facilities and utility diversion works.
This story was first reported by T&TI’s sister publication, Meed, on November 22.
