Construction and Real Estate

Colorado-based ARCADIS U.S., Inc. has been awarded by the California High-Speed Rail Authority a $71.86 million contract award to manage construction of the rail from Fresno toward Bakersfield.

The design and consultancy firm contended against four other teams for Construction Package 2-3, which stretches around 65 miles from south of Fresno to one mile north of the Tulare-Kern county line.

Under the contract, ARCADIS will deliver engineering and consulting other services for the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the contractor that will be chosen to design and develop the Valley rail section.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/arcadis-receives-71-million-construction-management-contract-275.php

Computer and Related Services

India-based, Information technology other services company, Mindtree has secured a digital testing services framework contract worth between £15-25 million from BBC.

Mindtree will provide services to deliver and assist the testing of digital products, applications and services that are owned by or licensed to the BBC and, where relevant, its associates, as per the contract award.

The products to be tested consists applications and websites that functions on digital and broadcast platforms, such as desktop computers, mobile devices, the cloud, integrated digital TV, internet protocol TV, terrestrial, cable and satellite TV and the web.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/mindtree-bags-pound25-million-digital-testing-contract-274.php

Energy and Related Services

Malaysia’s national oil and gas company, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) group’s subsidiary PRPC Refinery and Cracker Sdn. Bhd. has awarded Petrofac, an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract award worth $500 million for a refinery package in Petronas’ Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.

The scope of work under the competitively tendered lump-sum EPCC contract includes three sulphur recovery units, two sour water stripping unites, a liquid sulphur storage units, two amine regeneration units, and a sulphur solidification package unit.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/petrofac-secures-500-million-malaysian-rapid-refinery-contract-273.php

Construction and Real Estate

Norway-based Aker Solutions has contract awarded DNV GL a global frame agreement to set up the way for better technology merger, more adequate project execution and extensive cost savings. The frame agreement deals the following business sections: Subsea, Umbilicals, Engineering and Maintenance, Modifications and Operations (MMO) in Aker Solutions’ business.

Discovering smart solutions, introducing and streamlining the value chain is vital to target the cost issue in the industry. The recent contract facilitates a framework for technology assistance that delivers us the chance to work closely with one of the dominant technology providers and developers in the industry.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/dnv-signs-global-frame-agreement-aker-solutions-272.php

Construction and Real Estate

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen five companies to execute architecture and engineering other services at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The contracts award will initially support work at the center’s Lewis Field Campus in Cleveland and Plum Brook Station campus in Sandusky, Ohio.

Following are the five selected firms: K2M Design Inc., Cleveland; Sigma Associates, Inc., Barr & Prevost and AEC-Emersion Joint Venture, Columbus, Ohio; and Ross Barney Architects, Inc., Chicago.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/nasa-awards-glenn-research-centerrsquos-architecture-work-contracts-271.php

Transport and Related Services

A Finmeccanica Company, DRS Technologies, Inc., has been awarded a contract award worth more than $175 million to facilitate logistics support to the U.S. Air Force’s Halvorsen 25K Aircraft Cargo Loaders across the globe.

The Air Force signed DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. a ten-year IDIQ contract for depot-level overhaul, program engineering support and parts management in support of the aircraft cargo loader.Read  complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/drs-technologies-gets-175-million-usaf-halvorsen-aircraft-loadertransporter-overhaul-programnbsp-270.php

Construction and Real Estate

The University of Cambridge awarded Vital Energi Utilities a contract award to develop its main infrastructure heat network.

Under the contract, Vital Energi is to be accountable for the design, supply and installation of the main spine of the district heating pipe network for the first stage of the North West Cambridge Development in England after securing the £2.98m contract.

An integrated energy centre with the district heating network will distribute heat energy to the 3,000 homes on the development site and will stretch to 6 km and deliver 20 MW of heating when all stages are done.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/vital-energi-bags-pound298m-heat-network-contract-269.php

Transport and Related Services

BAE Systems, a defence company has been awarded by Britain’s navy a contract award worth $584 million (£348 million,436 million euros), to build three ships.

The three Offshore Patrol Vessels would be utilised to combat terrorism, piracy and smuggling in the waters around Britain as well as securing the nation’s interests overseas.

The 90-metre (295 feet) vessels will be constructed at the conductor’s facilities in the Scottish city of Glasgow.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/bae-systems-gets-584-million-shipbuilding-contract-268.php

QinetiQ, the defence, aerospace and security company has been awarded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) a five-year, £33 million contract award to facilitate simulation training to the UK military.

Air and land mission training has been provided by QinetiQ for the last five years at Air Battlespace Training Centre at RAF Waddington in Lincoln, assisted by sub-contractors such as Boeing and Plexsys.

This recent contract will check the company carry on to deliver the training programme, officially known as Distributed Synthetic Air Land Training 2 (DSALT2). Front-line personnel gets the training formerly they are positioned on operations.

According to QinetiQ, the programme will be conformed over the lifetime of the contract to fulfill the future functional needs of the military. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/qinetiq-bags-pound33-million-uk-mod-simulation-contract-267.php

Transport and Related Services

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) will invest approximately $1.66 billion (SFr 1.5 billion) on refurbishing stations, restoring infrastructure and gaining new rolling stock for Ticino, Switzerland’s southernmost canton by 2020.

Alstom supplied the first of eight ETR 610 tilting trains, which will move into operations between Zürich and Milan in December, was named Ticino at contract award a ceremony in Lugano on August 7. Simultaneously, the recently remodeled historic part of Lugano station was inaugurated by SBB CEO Mr Andreas Meyer and the mayor of Lugana Mr Marco Borradori. The construction of a new main ticket hall began in February and set for completion in 2016.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/sbb-fund-166-billion-ticino-rail-network-266.php

The Indian rail market worth ranging $11.6 billion (Rs 700 billion) is now available to global manufacturers and investors, following cabinet approval for so-called Foreign Direct Invesment (FDI).

Foreign participation allowed by FDI in a range of activities consisting high-speed, suburban corridor schemes, signalling, and infrastructure projects, as well as rolling stock manufacturing, but it eliminates investment in rail functions and safety. Instructions to foreign investors interested in FDI are being sustained and will be announced soon. It is expected that the inculcation of foreign funds and technology will boost the execution of big projects tender such as the long anticipated scheme to construct electric and diesel locomotive factories at Madhepura and Marhoura respectively in the eastern state of Bihar. Requests for proposals (RFP) to construct the two factories are expected to be published soon.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/india-permits-foreign-investment-rail-market-265.php

Defence and Security

An advanced technology provider of security and detection systems, Decision Sciences International Corporation (DSIC) has been awarded a contract  by Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) to assist the reclamation of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear complex with the appliance of DSIC’s radical muon tracking detectors.

The initial contract award states, DSIC will design, manufacture and supply a detector and tube arrays that apt into the power plant building. The detector will be component of Toshiba’s entire Fukushima Complex project to regulate the location and condition of the nuclear fuel inside the plant. The information given by the detectors will support Toshiba in forming a secure and effective remediation plan.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/toshiba-awards-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-complex-project-dsic-264.php

Construction and Real Estate

As part of the continuing attempt to improve state roadways and deal congestion, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) approved a contract award for construction to broaden FM 3097 (Horizon Road) in Rockwall.

Ed Bell Construction Company has been awarded with a contract of $9.3 million. The project covers widening the existing road from two to four lanes between FM 470 (Ridge Road) and Tubbs Street.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/ed-bell-construction-co-receives-93-million-horizon-road-widening-contract-263.php

Technology and Equipment

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey (OCS) has awarded a prime contract award to Leidos, a national security, health and engineering solutions company to deliver hydrographic surveying services.

The overall contact value goes to $250 million for all awardees and has a five-year period of performance, the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was awarded under the NOAA/OCS Hydrographic Surveying other Services contract. Leidos is one among the eight awardees entitled to compete for work orders under the contract.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/noaa-awards-contract-worth-250-million-hydrographic-survey-262.php

Finance and Related Services

Emirates District Cooling LLC (Emicool) has inked a $245 million facility for 12-year with Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB)

The company’s current debt and also fund expansion plans will be largely refinanced by the recent deal.

Emicool is a joint venture of Dubai Investments PJSC and Union Properties PJSC.

The refinancing facility was signed in the presence of Abdulaziz Bin Yagub Al Serkal, .tender chairman of Emicool, Dr. Adnan Chilwan, CEO of Dubai Islamic Bank and Adib Moubadder, CEO of Emicool, and DIB executives.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/emicool-gets-245-million-refinancing-facility-dib-261.php

Construction and Real Estate

German Rail (DB) has awarded a €312m contract award to a joint venture of Ed Züblin and Hochtief to build the 4270m Rastatt tunnel as part of the project to enhance the Karlsruhe – Basle corridor for 250km/h operation.

The twin-bore tunnel will be linked every 500m by transverse tunnels. The construction work is considered technically challenging because of the geological and hydrological conditions and the shallow depth to a maximum of 20m. According to DB by using special materials and measures such as temporary embankments, soil stabilization or soil freezing, the most critical sections are definitely manageable.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/db-awards-euro312-million-rastatt-tunnel-construction-project-258.php

Construction and Real Estate

Oiltanking Beaumont L.P, a third-party terminal business news situated in the Beaumont/Port Arthur industrial complex in Texas awarded CB&I a contract worth more than $49 million.

The work under the project includes the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of 12 internal floating-roof crude oil storage tanks at Oiltanking’s terminal in Beaumont about 150 km east of Houston.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/oiltanking-awards-49-million-storage-tank-contract-texas-port-facility-257.php

Other Services

Lime Energy (LIME) announced that it has been awarded a contract award worth $180 million of new utility program business.

The recent award speculates modified and new deals with four separate utilities that facilitate, in different cases, for contract extensions, modifications to partner program budgets, and territory expansions, covering, in one case, the addition of a program budget to provide LED measure adoption.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/lime-energy-wins-180-million-utility-program-255.php

Construction and Real Estate

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced on Wednesday, that a $65.8 million contract award for construction of a critical floodgate in Plaquemines Parish has been awarded to Kiewit-Pittman, a Metairie-based joint venture formed of Kiewitt Louisiana Co. and M.R. Pittman Group, provided the cost among the six bidders competing for the project.

The amount will also be utilized for the demolition of the present structure in Empire as part of the New Orleans to Venice/Non-Federal Levee (NOV/NFL) projects.

The project is scheduled for completion by July 2017.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/army-corps-awards-658-million-floodgate-project-plaqueminesnbsp-249.php

Technology and Equipment

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded BAE Systems a contract award worth around $335 million to assist form its intelligence products, especially in support of the agency’s Map of the World project.

The work under the contract comprises of assistance in developing the collection, maintenance and utilization of geospatial intelligence data and products. The MoW project is likely to serve as the backbone for the agency’s intelligence analysis and collection efforts, and reflects the agency’s move from static maps to dynamic ones.

According to the strategy document released by the agency, scheduled to be completed by 2020, the project would ultimately permit NGA’s partners and customers to visualize and access integrated intelligence information proportionate to geographic appearances of the planet.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/bae-systems-receives-335-million-contract-map-world-project-248.php

Transport and Related Services

German regional operator Metronom after succeeding a Europe-wide tender, has been selected for a contract to manage the Eastern Lower Saxony Electric Network (ENNO) for 10 years from December 2015 by the Lower Saxony Transport Authority (LNVG).

The contract treats 2.1 million train-km per year on the Hannover – Wolfsburg and Hildesheim – Braunschweig – Wolfsburg routes and is scheduled to be signed following the end of a statutory 10-day appeal duration on August 15.

Metronom already performs regional other services on various routes in northern Germany, covering Hamburg – Bremen and Hamburg – Uelzen – Hanover – Göttingen. Last month, Metronom has been awarded by LNVG, a two-year extension to carry on operating Hamburg – Cuxhaven regional services until December 2017.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/metronom-bags-lower-saxony-electric-network-contract-247.php