Deadline for Bogota metro proposals extended

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co

18/09/2019 21:52

BOGOTA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Five consortiums now have until
Oct. 3 to present their proposals for the first line of Bogota's
metro system, whose value is estimated at 14 trillion pesos
($4.1 billion), the city's metro company said on Wednesday.
    Proposals were initially meant to be in by Sept. 24, but the
deadline was extended after requests from several of the
pre-qualified bidders, the metro company, Empresa Metro de
Bogota (EMB), said in a statement.
    The extension will not affect the date for the awarding of
the contract to build the 24-km (15-mile) elevated line, which
is set for Oct. 21, EMB said.
    A total of 29 companies from China, Italy, Mexico, Germany,
the Netherlands, Spain, France, Brazil and other nations are
part of the five consortiums.
    The metro, promised by city officials for decades, is
considered key to taming traffic on Bogota's congested and
chaotic roadways. It is meant to complement the city's
Transmilenio system of buses.
    Bogota, which has more than 9 million residents, will
provide some 30% of the subway funding. The remainder will come
from the national government.
    One consortium is comprised of Mexico's Carso
Infraestructura y Construccion  GCARSOA1.MX , FCC Concesiones de
Infraestructura S.L.U. and Promotora del Desarrollo de América
Latina, S.A. de C.V.
    Another includes Mexico's ICA Constructora  ICA.MX ,
Germany's Siemens Project Ventures  SIEGn.DE , Controladora de
Operaciones de Infraestructura, S.A. DC.UV., Power China
International Group Limited and Strukton Integrale Projecten
B.V.
    The third includes Italy's Impregilo International
Infraestructures  IPGIN.UL , Acciona Construcción S.A., Ansaldo
STS S.P.A. and Hitachi Rail Italy S.P.A.
    China's China Harbour Engineering Company Limited and Xi'an
Metro Company Limited make up the fourth consorium.
    South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd
 000720.KS  is part of the fifth consortium, along with
Concesiones Colombia S.A.S., Construcciones y Auxiliar de
Ferrocarriles CAF Colombia S.A.S., and STOA S.A.R.

 (Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra
Writing by Julia Symmes Cobb
Editing by Leslie Adler)
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