Three teams compete for USD1.9bn LRT project in Canada
The City of Edmonton in Canada has received three submissions for the Request for Qualifications in the tender for Edmonton Valley Line West Light Rail Transit (LRT) P3 project that closed on February 24, 2020.
The CAD 2.6 billion (USD 1.9 billion) design-build-finance (DBF) project is the second stage of the Valley Line LRT project in the city of Edmonton in the state of Alberta. The extension will span 14km between 102 Street and Lewis Farms, running from Mill Woods through downtown to the west end, with connections to LRT and bus routes covering the entire city.
The project is being retendered after two of three shortlisted teams withdrew their bids. The shortlisted teams were: Flatiron/AECON/Dragados Valley Line West Joint Venture, Urban Mobility Partners and WestLINK Group led by SNC-Lavalin Group. The teams that withdrew their bids are SNC-Lavalin Group and Urban Mobility Partners. The new tender was launched in January this year.
The City received submissions from the following three teams:
1. Aecon | Dragados Valley Line West Joint Venture (VLWJV), with the following Team Members and Guarantors:
- ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc.
- Aecon Concessions
- Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc.
- Architecture49 Inc.
- Dragados Canada, Inc.
- Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd.
- Klohn Crippen Berger
- Ledcor CMI Ltd.
- Platinum Engineering Ltd.
- SENER, SES Canada
- WSP Canada Inc.
2. Marigold Infrastructure Partners, with the following Team Members and Guarantors:
- Colas Infrastructure Canada GP
- Parsons Inc.
- Francl Architecture Inc.
- Fast + EPP
- Stantec Inc.
3. urbanTransit, with the following Team Members and Guarantors:
- Astaldi Canada Enterprises Inc.
- Salini-Impregilo S.p.A.
- FCC Construccion S.A.
- IBI Group Inc.
The City will evaluate each submission and determine its shortlist, which will be announced on March 12, 2020, following which, the RFP process will be launched. The contract signing, for now, is scheduled for December 2020. It is expected that it will take five to six years to complete the construction of the line.
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