Tricity Transit System
The Tricity Transit System Group was formed to submit a bid to build and operate the Ion rapid transit system in Waterloo Region, Ontario.[1] Tricity was one of three groups invited to bid on the system in February 2013.[2][3] Tricity's partners include: SNC Lavalin; EllisDon Capital; Fengate Capital Management; URS Canadian Operations; and Hatch Mott MacDonald.[1]
CTV News reported that Waterloo Region Councillor Jean Haalboom was the sole member of the planning committee to object to Tricity's bid, on the grounds that Tricity partner SNC Lavalin had a history of offering bribes to win bids, and had ties to Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.[4]
In 2012 seven groups of partners indicated an interest in bidding on the system.[5] In February Tricity and two other groups, GrandLinq and Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Transit Partners, were chosen as those which would be invited to submit proposals. In June the formal request for proposal was issued, and the three groups had until December to complete their bids.
CBC News reported, on February 28, 2014, that a staff report prepared for the Regional Municipality recommended the bid of competitor GrandLinq.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kieth Barrow (2013-12-18). "Three bidders vie for Waterloo LRT contract". International Railway Journal. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219002846/http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/north-america/three-bidders-vie-for-waterloo-lrt-contract.html?channel=535. Retrieved 2013-12-18. "THREE consortia have submitted bids to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, for the $C 536m ($US 505m) PPP contract to design, build, operate, and maintain the city's first light rail line."
- ↑ Charlotte Prong Parkhill (2013-02-27). "Region narrows down LRT consortiums". Waterloo Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219011001/http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/region-narrows-down%E2%80%88lrt-consortiums/. Retrieved 2014-12-18. "The three finalists were selected from seven consortiums that submitted their qualifications in November 2012. They operate under the names GrandLinq, Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Transit Partners and TriCity Transit System. Each group consists of several companies, including engineering, construction and finance firms."
- ↑ Paige Desmond (2013-12-17). "Region prepares to review bids for $536 million light rail transit construction in Kitchener and Waterloo". Kitchener-Waterloo Record. Archived from the original on 2013-12-18. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therecord.com%2Fnews-story%2F4275078-region-prepares-to-review-bids-for-536-million-light-rail-transit-construction-in-kitchener-and-wat%2F&date=2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-18. "The bidding consortia are called GrandLinq, Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Transit Partners and Tricity Transit System. Each group has local companies involved."
- ↑ [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkitchener.ctvnews.ca%2Fcouncillor-concerned-about-lrt-bidder-s-links-to-snc-lavalin-scandal-1.1172932&date=2013-12-18 "Councillor concerned about LRT bidder’s links to SNC-Lavalin scandal "". CTV News. 2013-02-26. Archived from the original on 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2013-12-18. """]. CTV News. 2013-02-26. Archived from the original on 2013-12-18. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkitchener.ctvnews.ca%2Fcouncillor-concerned-about-lrt-bidder-s-links-to-snc-lavalin-scandal-1.1172932&date=2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-18. "The multinational firm has been accused of ethical breaches, including giving alleged bribes worth millions of dollars to the family of deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi."
- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219015245/http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2013/week23/Thursday/13060601.htm "Progress continues on ION, the Region of Waterloo’s rapid transit service "". Exchange magazine. 2013-06-06. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-18. """]. Exchange magazine. 2013-06-06. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219015245/http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2013/week23/Thursday/13060601.htm. Retrieved 2013-12-18. "The three shortlisted teams – GrandLinq, Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Transit Partners, and Tricity Transit System -- will have approximately six months to prepare and submit their proposals. The short-listed teams are comprised of some of the most experienced companies building transit infrastructure in Canada."
- ↑ "LRT construction bid pegged at $532M: Average homeowner to pay $11 more annually to fund LRT". CBC News. 2014-02-28. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140303015349/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/lrt-construction-bid-pegged-at-532m-1.2554916. Retrieved 2014-11-06. "Waterloo Region staff's recommended bidder for the contract to design, finance, build, operate and maintain stage 1 of the region's ION light rail transit system says it can construct the system for $532.1 million, $13 million less than the region had originally budgeted for."
