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Two international consortia have been shortlisted by the ACT Government to build the Capital Metro light rail project from Gungahlin to the city.
ACTivate group and the Canberra Metro group have been named in the final shortlist to build the $600 million project.
The two consortia contain some of the world's most respected construction companies, including Mitsubishi, Downer EDI, the German train operator DB International and light rail operator Keolis.
Minister for Capital Metro Simon Corbell said he was confident one of the two consortia would be able to deliver the project.
"These are globally recognised consortia who have decades of experience in delivering light rail," he said.
"The ACTivate and CanberraMetro consortia include globally recognised names experienced in civil construction, in railway operations, in service delivery for urban rail services.
"This bodes very well for the successful delivery of the Capital Metro project."
Mr Corbell said the successful bidder would be selected in early 2016.
"These two successful consortia will now proceed through to the request for proposal stage," he said.
"We will be asking them detailed bids based on the request for proposal.
"We'll be looking very closely at issues like local jobs, making sure they support local jobs and local suppliers, making sure they deliver strong safety outcomes, as well as a very efficient and competitive price for Canberra's first light rail project."
Both consortia will deliver two bids for the project.
One bid will detail the Gungahlin to the City proposal and the second will detail the city to the Russell extension.
"These consortia will not just be constructing light rail in Canberra, they will also be providing the rolling stock and providing the operations for an approximate 20-year term," Mr Corbell said.
"These are big companies, big banks and big organisations wanting to invest in our city, create jobs and deliver us a light rail service that we need for future growth and development."
Companies bidding for the light rail project as part of each consortia:
| Canberra Metro | ACTivate |
|---|---|
| Pacific Partnerships (lead respondent) | Downer EDI Works (lead respondent) |
| Mitsubishi Corp | Plenary Origination |
| Aberdeen Infrastructure Investments | Bombardier Transportation Australia |
| John Holland | Keolis Downer |
| DB International | Keolis SA |
| Leighton Contractors | Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia |
| CAF | Aurecon Australasia |
| Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | Cox Architecture |
| Itochu Australia | |
| Partners Group AG |
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