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Spain’s Council of Ministers authorised Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) to tender, through Adif, the contract for the maintenance, cleaning, gardening and waste management of Haramain stations on the high-speed line linking Mecca and Medina cities.
EUR 52.2 million (VAT not included) is the estimated value of the project and has an execution period of 54 months. According to Adif, the tendered services have a value of EUR 60 million.
The tender for the maintenance of the stations is divided into two lots. The first one covers the maintenance of station facilities and their external areas, including preventive and corrective maintenance actions to ensure the reliability and availability of the different facilities – ventilation, plumbing, the medium and low voltage electrical system, etc.
The second lot includes cleaning services for the station buildings and external buildings – fire station, mosque, heliport, etc. – as well as sidewalks, roads and land included in the station premises, and gardening and management services.waste.
Adif is part of the consortium who won the contract to build Haramain high-speed line and in this phase of commercial operation, the company is in charge of the management and maintenance of the stations, traffic management and traffic safety.The costs associated with this contract will be financed by revenue from the customer, the Saudi Arabia Railways.
The Haramain stations are in Mecca, Jeddah, King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and the city of Medina connected by a 450 km railway line.
Adif is part of the consortium that was awarded the contract for the design, construction, maintenance and operation the Mecca – Medina high speed railway line (Haramain line). At the beginning of 2012, a EUR 6.74 billion contract was awarded to Al-Shoula, a Spanish-Saudi consortium (88% Spanish share and 12% Saudi share). The consortium was created by Renfe (a 26.9%), Adif (21.5%) and Talgo (17.5%) with the remaining share of 34.1% on Spanish side being owned by Dimetronic, Indra and Ineco. Under the consortium, the Saudi part was represented by Al-Shoula and Al-Rosan. |
