Posted by meb at February 12th, 2007

Samsun Metropolitan Municipality has concluded an international tender for consultancy and supervision services of construction of 15-km long first stage of the Light Metro system of the city.
Samsun Municipality Rail Systems Department Manager Akın Üner told EkoTürk correspondent that Turkish-French consortium of YÜKSEL PROJE AŞ and LOUIS BERGER SAS has won the tender at a price of EUR 2,335,050, beating the other contender Metropolitan Milanese of Italy’s bid price of EUR 3,082,000.
Akın Üner said the winners have been invited to sign the work contract on February 13, and preparations for the tender dossiers of the construction tender will be started immediately, afterwards. The tender is planned to be launched in the second half of the year.
In last May, the municipality had secured a 20-year EUR 65 million credit with a 5-year grace period from the European Investment Bank for the construction works of 15-km long first phase of the project which would cost an estimated total of EUR 130 million.
The municipality had provided another $30 million foreign loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) for its Light Rail System Project’s first phase works.
A credit agreement is expected to be signed between the sides in upcoming days.
At present, the secured credits total EUR 89 million. The municipality will get another EUR 25 million credit from unspecified sources. The remaining EUR 15 million in the project financing is planned to be met by own funds of the municipality.
The first phase works of the project include the light rail line between the city center and the Ondokuzmayıs University Campus complete with 15 passenger stations.
The second phase of the project will include 28-km long city center-Kutlukent route at an estimated cost of $345 million.
The engineering services of the project covering architectural, static, electrical, and mechanical designs and feasibility studies had been untertaken by YÜKSEL PROJE company.

source: The New Anatolian

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