The federal government awarded the consortium headed by Mota-Engil México the construction and design of 30.70 kilometers (km) of section I of the Querétaro-Irapuato train, the Apaseo El Grande industrial zone–Querétaro industrial zone section, the sub-section from km 5+600 to km 36+300, and the construction of viaducts.
According to the minutes of the ruling by the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) , the proposal they submitted was for six billion 579 million 444 thousand 251.17 pesos, without Value Added Tax (VAT) .
The second successful bid was from Gami Engineering and Installations in partnership with Construcciones Urales , with nine billion 184 million 328 thousand 226.47 pesos; however, it did not reach the required number of points over the lowest bid.
The contract signing will take place on August 22, and the construction period will begin on the 28th of the same month and end on June 29, 2027 .
For this competition, the ARTF registered 11 bidders, of which only the aforementioned met the requested requirements.
It’s worth remembering that the Querétaro-Irapuato train is expected to have four stations and two terminals: Querétaro, Apaseo el Grande, Celaya, Villagrán/Cortázar, Salamanca, and Irapuato. The 107.8 km stretch has been divided into four construction phases.
This passenger train will cost 98 billion 749 million 837 thousand 130 pesos , and like the AIFA-Pachuca and Mexico-Querétaro trains, the annexes to its technical, legal, economic studies and cost-benefit analysis calculation reports were reserved by the Mexican government for five years.
Mota-Engil was also awarded the construction of sections 1 and 5 of the Maya Train, the rehabilitation of the Coatzacoalcos-Palenque railway section, as well as the expansion of the Port of Callao, due to the new contract by DP World , a global logistics company that operates in Peru, among others.
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