LRT system operator Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) has confirmed that a British-Malaysian joint venture has been awarded the contract for the LRT extension project.

According to a statement by Prasarana today, the letter of award was issued to the CMC-Colas-Uniway (CCU) consortium to the sum of RM673.9 million.

azlan“The job entails the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of system works for the Kelana Jaya Line Extension project,” read the statement.

The project, announced in Budget 2009, involves extending the Kelana Jaya line by 17 kilometres to Putra Heights through 13 new stations.

The award comes just one day after Singaporean daily Straits Times speculated in a report that the CCU consortium would be given the award.

The report states that the although an open tender was called, CCU was tipped to win despite its bid being RM60 million higher than the lowest bidder.

Based on this report, Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua had called on the government to explain the situation or risk causing a mockery of the federal government’s open tender system.

The lucrative tender had attracted numerous major international players including Bombardier, Colas, Thales, Siemens, Invensys and among others.