Denver's RTD north metro line DB attracts four bidders
Denver's Light RailFour teams are bidding for the design and build contract of 18.5 mile North Metro line from downtown's Denver Union Station to State Highway 7 north of Denver, according to the Regional Transportation District (RTD).
The four competing teams are:
- A joint venture of Bechtel Corp. and Herzog Contracting Corp.
- A team led by Graham Contracting Ltd., which submitted an "unsolicited proposal" to RTD in February, and including Balfour Beatty Inc.
- North Metro Transit Solutions, a joint venture of Kiewit Corp., which is building Denver Union Station for FasTracks and the I-225 rail line, and Stacy and Witbeck Inc.
- URS Energy and Construction Inc.
RTD issued a request for proposals (RFP) on June 28 after determining that an unsolicited proposal from Canada's Graham Contracting Ltd. sent to RTD in February had merit.
RTD said a committee will review the four proposals and recommend the most qualified bidder to RTD's board of directors at the Nov. 5 meeting of the FasTracks Monitoring Committee.
The board is expected to make a final award at its Nov. 26 meeting.
RTD said in June that the latest cost estimate to build the entire line is $909 million.
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