MASS Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has awarded the automatic fare collection (AFC) work package for the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line to Indra Sistemas and Rasma Corporation Consortium.

The consortium is made up of the Spanish public-listed multinational consulting and technology company Indra Sistemas S.A. and Malaysian company Rasma Corporation Sdn Bhd.

Indra Sistemas holds 80% equity in the consortium while the remaining 20% is held by Rasma Corporation.

In a statement, MRT Corp said the decision to award Work Package SSP-SY-207 for the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of the AFC to the consortium was made following a One-Stop Procurement Committee (OSPC) meeting chaired by Finance Minister II Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani.

The work package is worth RM152.9mil.

Congratulating the consortium for its successful bid, MRT Corp chief executive officer Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar said the AFC was an important component in the construction of the SSP Line.

“Today’s award is significant as it marks another step forward in the development of Klang Valley MRT Project’s second MRT line. Also, this is the last of the seven systems work packages to be successfully awarded for the SSP Line,” he said.

Shahril says the selection was based on the best evaluated tender that comprised the technical and commercial scores. Indra Sistemas and Rasma Corporation Consortium, the successful bidder, also quoted the lowest price. — filepic

Shahril said the successful bidder was among five consortiums which participated in the tender for the work package.

He said the selection was based on the best evaluated tender that comprised the technical and commercial scores.

“In view of this, the successful tender may not necessarily be that of the lowest price.

“However, I am pleased to say that for this tender, the successful bidder also quoted the lowest price,” he added.

The AFC system comprised all software inclusive of necessary licences, fare medias, AFC central computer, station accounting computers, automatic fare gates, ticket vending machines, office ticket processor, cash-handling system and other related works.

The system will also be combined with the Integrated Cashless Payment System for the Klang Valley’s public transport system.

With the award, the number of work packages awarded by MRT Corp for the SSP Line stood at 23.

They comprise eight advance work packages, four for viaduct, one for underground, seven for systems, two for designated supplier and one for depot.