Metro Manila Subway Tender

Scope The Metro Manila Subway Line 9. formerly known as the Mega Manila Subway is an underground rapid transit line currently under construction in Metro Manila Philippines. The 36-kilometer 22 mi line which will run northsouth between Quezon City Pasig Makati Taguig and Pasay consists of 15 stations between the Quirino Highway and FTI stations. It will become the countrys second direct airport rail link after the NorthSouth Commuter Railway with a branch line to Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The lines groundbreaking took place on February 27 201956 and construction began the following December. It will be partially opened in 2022 and fully operational by 2025. Expected to cost PHP227 billion equivalent to 4.5 billion in 2017 dollars the line is the most expensive transportation project undertaken by the Duterte administration. Much of its cost is covered by a loan provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA the first part of a 104.5-billion-yen loan was signed in March 2018.The new Pesos 370.1bn US 7.19bn 35km line will run from Quezon City to Ninoy Aquino International Airport and will consist of 15 underground stations. The line is forecast to carry 370000 passengers a day in the first year of full operation when it opens in 2027.The Metro Manila Subway is designed to connect with other urban rail transit services in the region. Riders may transfer to LRT Line 1 MRT Line 3 and MRT Line 7 at the North Avenue Common station which is also currently under construction. Other connections include the existing LRT Line 2 and PNR Metro Commuter Line as well as the planned Makati Intra-city Subway and MRT Line 8. A loan agreement was signed between President Duterte and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in November 2017.17 On 16 March 2018 Japan signed the first part of a 104.5-billion-yen approx. US957 million loan for the subway.9 In November 2018 OC Global a Japanese consortium consisting of Oriental Consultants Global Co. Ltd. Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. Katahira Engineers International Pacific Consultants Co Ltd. Tonichi Engineering Consultants Inc. and Metro Development Co. Ltd. was awarded the PHP 11 billion contract to build the line.1819It is planned to begin partial operations by 20229 with three stations Qurino Highway Tandang Sora and North Avenue open.20 In June 2018 soil testing was conducted along the alignment. Massive TBMs will be employed for the project. In line with this DOTR PNR and JICA personnel inspected actual tunnel boring machines in Japan estimated to arrive in May 2019.On February 25 2019 a Japanese-Filipino consortium consisting of Shimizu Corp. Fujita Corp. Takenaka Civil Engineering Co. Ltd. and EEI won the design-and-build contract for the first three stations or its partial operability section.10 months after the projects groundbreaking construction begun its clearing phase in Valenzuela on December 21