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Article: Landbridge PQs out, rebids in for SRO upgrade: Riyadh on course to award the concession by Q3 2006.(Saudi Railways Organisation)(prequalification)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- April 22, 2005
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State-owned Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) and its advisory team have invited inter national companies to respond by mid-August to the request for prequalification (RFQ) on the planned Saudi landbridge project, which will link the Red Sea coast with the Gulf via a new freight and passenger railway line. The release of the RFQ documents coincided with the submission of revised commercial offers on 20 April to SRO for the upgrade of its existing lines between Riyadh and Dammam (MEED 4:2:05).
More than 100 local and international companies have already expressed interest in the landbridge project and are due to submit their RFQ documents on 15 August, according ...