Julius Berger, 9 Others Jostle for Fourth Mainland Bridge

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Ten companies, including Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, which is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), have been shortlisted from the 32 firms which offered to construct the Fourth Mainland Bridge in Lagos.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Aramide Adeyoye and the Director-General, Office of Public-Private Partnerships, Mr Ope George, said in a joint statement on Friday that the next step will be to evaluate the 10 bids and make a further decision.

According to them, the 32 companies, which responded to the call for Expression of Interest (EOI) for the construction of the bridge, were all eligible for the job.

The 10 shortlisted firms include CCECC Nigeria Limited; CGGC-CGC Joint Venture; China Harbour Engineering Company Limited; China State Construction Engineering Corporation Nigeria Limited and IC ICTAS Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

Others are Julius Berger Nigeria Plc; Mota-Engil and CCCC Consortium; Mutual Commitment Company Limited; Power Construction Corporation of China and Ingenieros Consultores, S.A., through Makais Energy.

“Following the issuance of a request for qualification to the 32 shortlisted and eligible respondents to the Expression of Interest, we are pleased to announce that the Lagos State Government has received a total of 10 responses to the request for qualification (the applications) from the applicants”.

“The Lagos State Government will now proceed to evaluate the applications in line with the evaluation criteria set out in the request for qualification and, thereafter, announce the successful pre-qualified bidders, who shall be eligible for participation in the next stage of the selection/bidding process, being the request for proposals stage,” the statement said.

Business Post recalls that under the immediate past administration of former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the contract for the construction of the Fourth Mainland Bridge was awarded to a consortium.

However, when works were delayed, the deal was revoked, necessitating the need for the fresh bids for the job.