Mersey Gateway shortlist revealed

RSSThe shortlist of three bidders for the US$942million (£600m) plus Mersey Gateway Project in North West England has been revealed.

The first bidder is the 1146 Balfour Beatty, 979 Bouygues Travaux Publics, 2376 EGIS Projects consortium.

The second bidder is Merseylink consortium, comprising equity members:

• 2378 Macquarie Capital Group

• 2516 Bilfinger and Berger Project Investments

• Vialia Sociedad Gestora de Concesiones de Infraestructuras

• 1340 FCC Construcción

Completing the bidding trio is MGL consortium, comprising equity members:

• 3932 Galliford Try Investments

• 981 Hochtief PPP Solutions 

• Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras

The shortlisted consortia were selected by Halton Borough Council from expressions of interest received from six groups in December 2011. The selection has been based on the published pre-qualification criteria where the shortlisted bidders were awarded the highest scores.

Councillor Rob Polhill, Leader of Halton Borough Council, said: "We have attracted world class construction groups that have come together to compete for this prestigious contract. I look forward to announcing the eventual winner and the commencement of construction later next year."

Steve Nicholson, director of the Mersey Gateway Project, said: "We set out to limit the procurement process to three bidding groups and we have maintained this approach so that we can reduce bid costs whilst running an effective competition.”