The California High-Speed Rail Authority has launched the bidding process for phase one of its Track and Systems contract, valued at $1.6 billion.
The request for qualifications seeks bidders for a design-build-maintain contract, which would involve the design, construction, and testing of trackwork, electrification, signalling, train control and other railway systems across the 118-mile route between Merced and Bakersfield in the Central Valley of Calif., according to Global Railway Review.
The contract will also include a 30-year maintenance term for both the underlying civil works and track and systems work, which would include construction of necessary maintenance facilities.
The project work would be issued through multiple Notices to Proceed (NTP), ranging from San Francisco to the Central Valley.
The statements of qualifications are due in September 2019, and requests for proposals in October. Proposals will be submitted in April 2020.
