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Publish Date : 04-Apr-2016

Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRTCorp) wishes to announce thatthe Underground Works Package for the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line has been awarded to MMC Gamuda KVMRT (T) Sdn Bhd (MGKT).

The sum of the contract is RM15.47 billion. This is the largest work package for the construction of the SSP Line. The award was made following a One Stop Procurement Committee (OSPC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak. The Underground Works Package involves the design, construction and completion of tunnels, underground stations and associated structures such as portals and escape shafts for the SSP Line's 13.5km underground alignment from the Jalanlpoh North Escape Shaft to the Desa Waterpark South Portal.

MRT Corp Chief Executive Officer Dato' Sri Shahril Mokhtar said the successful contractor for the Underground Works Package had a proven track record in carrying out tunnelling and other underground worksin the challenging geology of the Klang Valley. "The working relationship between MRT Corp and MGKT began with the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line. This good relationship can now continue with the 5SP Line/' he said.

Shahril said as with all work packages, the successful tender was selected on the basis of best evaluated tender, where it was evaluated on technical and commercial criteria. This meant that the successful tender might not always be the one with the lowest price.

"Nevertheless, for this tender, I can reveal thatthe best evaluated tender had the best score for the technical evaluation and also had the lowest price," he said. MGKT was one of five companies shortlisted during a pre-qualification exercise carried out in June 2015. The other four shortlisted companies were China Railway Group Limited (CREC), China Communications Construction Company Limited, Taisei Corporation and Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company Limited.

However, only MGKT, CREC and China Communications Construction Company Limited submitted tenders. MRT Corp will be issuing the Letter of Award to the successful contractor in the near future. This award is the third major civil and infrastructure works package to be awarded for the SSP Line.

Earlier, Work Package V202 for the construction and completion of the viaduct guideway and other associated works for a 4.5km stretch of the SSP Line elevated guideway from Persiaran Dagang to Jinjang had been awarded to Ahmad Zaki Sdn Bhd. The contract sum was RM1.44 billion. Subsequently, Work Package V201 for the construction and completion of the viaduct guideway and other associated works for a 4.9km stretch of the SSP Line's elevated alignment from Sungai Buloh to Persiaran Dagang was awarded to Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd. The contract sum was RM1.21 billion.

The SSP Line is 52.2km in length, of which 13.5km will run underground. It will have 37 stations, 11 of them underground stations. In total there are 66 work packages being tendered for the construction of the SSP Line. They are 10 viaduct guideway packages, one underground works package, two depot work packages, 10 station work packages, and 15 multi-storey park and ride work packages. The remaining tenders are for Advance Works, Connectivity, Systems, Designated Suppliers and Designated Contractors.

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