13 consortia vie for new airport project
13 consortia vie for new airport project
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Thirteen consortia made up of 15 foreign and 39 local firms, including an Indonesian company, have bid for another major contract at Malaysia's second international airport project, officials have announced.
Two French firms and others from Germany, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia are in Malaysian-led groups shortlisted, said Jamilus Hussein, managing director of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Bhd. (KLIAB).
The deal to build an international departure and arrival terminal for the new airport is to be awarded at the end of February.
This is the second largest of the 54 remaining contracts at the new nine-billion ringgit (US$3.6 billion) airport at Sepang, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital.
The new airport is Malaysia's largest infrastructure project and is partly financed by a $640-million soft loan from Japan.
Officials said the lowest bid of 556 million ringgit ($222.4 million) came from a Malaysian-Japanese consortium led by listed UEM (M) Bhd. with Japanese partners Takenaka Corp., Sato Kogyo Co. Ltd. and Mitsui Co. Ltd.
Malaysian companies Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd. and Ho Hup Construction Co. Bhd., both listed on the local bourse, were also part of the consortium.
Citra
A group comprising Malaysian-based Citra Muda Sdn. Bhd., Binaan Setegap Sdn. Bhd. and Readybuilt Sdn. Bhd. as well as Indonesian partner Konsortium Citra Kontraktor Nusantara submitted the highest tender of 829.2 million ringgit ($331.7 million).
Among leading listed Malaysian firms in the running are Malaysia Resources Corp. Bhd. which partnered French company SAE International and others, Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd., which teamed up with Japanese-based Tokyu Construction Co. Ltd. and Nam Fatt Bhd., which led French firm Technip among others.
KLIAB had stipulated that the bids must come from groups with at least 70 percent local equity.
Among the other foreign firms in the running are German-based Hoctief Aktiengesellschaft and Australian-based Leighton Contractors, which have teamed up with local partners.
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd., Daewoo Corporation and Sangyong Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. and Japanese Obayashi Corporation are among the others.
The biggest package for the Sepang project was awarded early last month to a consortium led by Malaysia's Pernas Engineering and Construction (Perspec) Sdn. Bhd. and Japan's Taisei Corp.
The Perspec group, which also included Japan's Kajima Corp., Shimuzu Corp. and Hazama Corp., clinched the deal to build the main terminal building, contact pier and baggage handling system on a tender price of 1.741 billion ringgit.
Officials said five packages to build two runways and aircraft parking areas would be tendered out next.