Bids invited for Borders railway contract

Transport for Scotland has invited three large construction organisations to bid for the contract to build the Borders Railway.

These organisations include seven of Europe’s largest construction and financial companies and include:

• BAM (BAM UK Ltd)
• IMCD (Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, Iridium Concesiones de Infrastructuras SA, Carillion Construction Ltd)
• New Borders Railway (Fluor Limited, Miller Construction (UK) Ltd, Uberior Infrastructure Investments (Lloyds Banking)

John Swinney, cabinet secretary for finance & sustainable growth at Transport Scotland said: “I am encouraged by the strong UK and European interest received from the construction and financial industry and look forward to a competitive dialogue process which will introduce real competition to the rail market, encourage innovation and drive best value for money.

“This milestone takes us another step closer to providing timetabled passenger train services to communities along the route for the first time in over 40 years. Helping to create further opportunities for Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable growth in south east Scotland and provide a safer, quicker and greener mode of transport are key aims of this Government.”

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