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View all search resultsMRT Jakarta to launch tender for $3b east-west line in Q4
The tender will prioritize Japanese firms, as the project is being financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with cofinancing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Traffic-free: Commuters ride the MRT at Setiabudi, South Jakarta, on Jan. 5, 2023. (JP/Sylviana Hamdani)
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ity-owned PT MRT Jakarta will open an international tender for stage 1 in the first phase of its east-west line in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The 24.5-kilometer stretch, which will connect Tomang in West Jakarta with the Bekasi city district of Medan Satria in West Java, accounts for more than a quarter of the planned east-west line and will require a projected investment of Rp 50 trillion (US$3.1 billion).
MRT Jakarta construction director Weni Maulina said the company had recently signed a contract with the Japan Management Consultant Association (JMCA), which would act as the project’s tender consultant.
“God willing, by the fourth quarter, possibly October or November, we’ll announce the tender, and it will be international,” Weni said at an MRT Jakarta press forum on Thursday, as quoted by Kumparan.
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The tender would prioritize Japanese firms, as the project is being financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with cofinancing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
However, local companies will be allowed to participate through joint operations with selected Japanese contractors.
