Ontario, Canada regional transportation authority Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario (IO) have released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for an FDBOM (finance, design, build, operate, maintain) procurement for the Hamilton B-Line Light Rail Transit project.
The project scope outlined in the RFQ includes 6.8 miles of new, dedicated LRT between McMaster University and Queenston Circle; 14 stops along the Main Street/King Street corridor; connections to the Hamilton bus network and nearby Hamilton GO Transit Centre regional/commuter rail station; procurement of an LRV fleet; and securing an LRV operations, maintenance and storage facility.
IO and Metrolinx will evaluate RFQ submissions to prequalify project teams that have “the appropriate experience and financial ability to complete the sizable and complex project.” Qualified teams will be invited to respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP) in a timeline planned for summer 2017.
Representatives say the Hamilton LRT project is “exemplary of Ontario's commitment to establishing an integrated transit system throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.”
Interested companies can click HERE to register and download the RFQ.