JRTT announces 12 new WTO tenders for Shinkansen highspeed rail-line construction

Japan’s public organisation in charge of construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure, the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) published an updated of its main procurement plan for the remainder of fiscal year 2016.  In terms of new construction MLIT-linked JRTT’s focus has been on the development of new Shinkansen high-speed railways in the past years, notably on the Hokuriku Shinkansen and the Hokkaido Shinkansen lines. In the update, 12 tenders under the WTO Agreement on Public Procurement were added, bringing the total of scheduled open competitive tenders for construction to 24 this year.  

Branch

Tender title

Tender planned in

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Awara Yubinaka bridge and viaduct construction

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Sakai bridge and viaduct construction

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Sakai-Maruoka bridge and viaduct construction

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Maruoka-Harue bridge and viaduct construction

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Sabae-Hashitate bridge and viaduct construction

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Shinkansen Oshima Tunnel (Mt. Daiba) and adit

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Shinkansen Oshima Tunnel (MInamiuzura) and adit

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Shinkansen Oshima Tunnel (Kitauzura) and adit

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Shinkansen Yotei Tunnel (HIrafu) and adit

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Hosotsubo bridge and viaduct construction

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Awara Kanazu  bridge and viaduct construction

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Fukui bridge and viaduct construction

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Echizen-Mitsuya bridge and viaduct construction

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Takefu bridge and viaduct construction

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Nangoshi bridge and viaduct construction

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Echizen-Hirabayashi bridge and viaduct construction

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Osaka

Hokuriku shinkansen Fukayama Tunnel,  bridge and roadbed and viaduct construction

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Shinkansen Oshima Tunnel (Upper fork) and adit

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Shinkansen Uchiura Tunnel (Shizukari) and adit

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Shinkansen Asasato Tunnel, roadbed (Shizukari)

4th quarter (Jan-Mar)

Kyushu

Kyushu Shinkansen (West Kyushu) Isahaya tunnel and bridge

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Kyushu

Kyushu Shinkansen (West Kyushu) Hirayama bridge and viaduct

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Kanto-Koshinetsu

Chuo-shinkansen: Central Alps Tunnel and bridge

3rd quarter (Oct-Dec)

Kanto-Koshinetsu

Chuo-shinkansen: Emergency exits

1st quarter 2017 (April-June)

More details and other prospective tender notices are published regularly on JRTT’s website

 

Source: JRTT

Published: October 2017

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