Prasarana may award LRT3 jobs worth RM2b by next year
Firm to dish out more contracts first before identifying target cost next year, says CEO
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PRASARANA Malaysia Bhd expects to dish out more tenders worth close to RM2 billion for the Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3) project before finalising its target cost next year.
Chief executive officer Datuk Seri Azmi Abdul Aziz said the company would award one last big tender by year-end and smaller ones through to next year.
“We will see by next year the target cost of the project. So far, there is one big tender left to be awarded and we hope to do it by year-end.
“After awarding all the tenders previously, we are happy that work for the project has begun,” he said at the launch of the SMILE programme, here, yesterday.
Prasarana, the project owner of LRT3, has dished out RM7.4 billion worth of tenders so far. According to reports, the project cost was expected to be around RM9 billion,
Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SunCon) is the bigger winner so far after it received a letter of award worth RM2.18 billion from Prasarana.
The contract, which boosted SunCon’s outstanding order book to RM6.5 billion, is its largest single project in 36 years.
Other tender winners include Mudajaya Group Bhd, WCT Hold- ings, CRRC-Tegap Dinamik JV, TRC Synergy and Gabungan AQRS Bhd.
Meanwhile, SMILE is Prasarana’s initiative to further enhance the quality of its services, in line with its mission of be- coming a world-class public transport service provider.
Other than fostering closer relationship with customers, Azmi said the programme also aimed to nurture a friendly culture among employees.