13 consortia vie for new airport project<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Thirteen consortia made up of 15 foreign
\nand 39 local firms, including an Indonesian company, have bid for
\nanother major contract at Malaysia's second international airport
\nproject, officials have announced.<\/p>\n
Two French firms and others from Germany, South Korea, Japan,
\nIndonesia and Saudi Arabia are in Malaysian-led groups
\nshortlisted, said Jamilus Hussein, managing director of the Kuala
\nLumpur International Airport Bhd. (KLIAB).<\/p>\n
The deal to build an international departure and arrival
\nterminal for the new airport is to be awarded at the end of
\nFebruary.<\/p>\n
This is the second largest of the 54 remaining contracts at
\nthe new nine-billion ringgit (US$3.6 billion) airport at Sepang,
\n50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital.<\/p>\n
The new airport is Malaysia's largest infrastructure project
\nand is partly financed by a $640-million soft loan from Japan.<\/p>\n
Officials said the lowest bid of 556 million ringgit ($222.4
\nmillion) came from a Malaysian-Japanese consortium led by listed
\nUEM (M) Bhd. with Japanese partners Takenaka Corp., Sato Kogyo
\nCo. Ltd. and Mitsui Co. Ltd.<\/p>\n
Malaysian companies Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd. and Ho Hup
\nConstruction Co. Bhd., both listed on the local bourse, were also
\npart of the consortium.<\/p>\n
Citra<\/p>\n
A group comprising Malaysian-based Citra Muda Sdn. Bhd.,
\nBinaan Setegap Sdn. Bhd. and Readybuilt Sdn. Bhd. as well as
\nIndonesian partner Konsortium Citra Kontraktor Nusantara
\nsubmitted the highest tender of 829.2 million ringgit ($331.7
\nmillion).<\/p>\n
Among leading listed Malaysian firms in the running are
\nMalaysia Resources Corp. Bhd. which partnered French company SAE
\nInternational and others, Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd., which
\nteamed up with Japanese-based Tokyu Construction Co. Ltd. and Nam
\nFatt Bhd., which led French firm Technip among others.<\/p>\n
KLIAB had stipulated that the bids must come from groups with
\nat least 70 percent local equity.<\/p>\n
Among the other foreign firms in the running are German-based
\nHoctief Aktiengesellschaft and Australian-based Leighton
\nContractors, which have teamed up with local partners.<\/p>\n
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd.,
\nDaewoo Corporation and Sangyong Engineering and Construction Co.
\nLtd. and Japanese Obayashi Corporation are among the others.<\/p>\n
The biggest package for the Sepang project was awarded early
\nlast month to a consortium led by Malaysia's Pernas Engineering
\nand Construction (Perspec) Sdn. Bhd. and Japan's Taisei Corp.<\/p>\n
The Perspec group, which also included Japan's Kajima Corp.,
\nShimuzu Corp. and Hazama Corp., clinched the deal to build the
\nmain terminal building, contact pier and baggage handling system
\non a tender price of 1.741 billion ringgit.<\/p>\n
Officials said five packages to build two runways and aircraft
\nparking areas would be tendered out next.<\/p>",
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