S$52.8 million contract for Malaysia-Singapore rail to be shared equally

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The S$52.8 million contract sum for the Malaysia-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link study will be shared equally between the two countries, revealed Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew.

Singapore's share will amount to S$26.4 million.

The architectural and engineering consultancy study contract was awarded to a consortium consisting AECOM Singapore Pte Ltd, AECOM Perunding Sdn Bhd and SA Architects Sdn Bhd.

Under the contract, the consultant will develop feasible alignment options for the RTS Link and carry out a detailed engineering design of the adopted option; the option to be adopted will be decided by the Singapore-Malaysia Joint Ministerial Committee for Iskandar Malaysia.

The seven other companies that had submitted bids for the contract were Arup Singapore Pte Ltd, CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, Egis Rail from France, Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd, Meinhardt Infrastructure Pte Ltd, Mott MacDonald Pte Ltd and TY Lin International Pte Ltd.

Their bids ranged from around S$28 million to more than S$60 million.