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The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) has opened the commercial proposals for a contract covering the design and build of Riyadh Metro’s Line 7.

Contractors submitted their commercial proposals on 31 January.

In February, MEED reported that RCRC had started post-tender clarifications with bidders for the project.

The project involves constructing a metro line linking the Qiddiya Entertainment City development, King Abdullah International Gardens, King Salman Park, Misk City and Diriyah Gate.

The line will be about 65 kilometres (km) long, of which 47km will be underground and 19km will be elevated. It will have 19 stations, 14 of which will be underground and five above ground.

According to sources close to the project, the consortiums are:

• Alstom (France) / Webuild (Italy) / Nesma (local) / China Harbour Engineering Company
• Siemens (Germany) / FCC (Spain) / Orascom Construction (Egypt) / Shibh Al-Jazira Contracting Company (local)
• Hitachi Rail (Japan) / L&T (India) / Albawani (local) / Kalyon (Turkiye) / Cengiz (Turkiye) 
• CRRC (China) / Mapa (Turkiye) / Limak (Turkiye)

In February, MEED exclusively reported that firms were preparing bids for a contract covering the project management consultancy services for the construction of Riyadh Metro Line 7.

MEED understands that RCRC had allowed firms until March to submit their proposals.

Riyadh Metro’s first phase features six lines with 84 stations. The RCRC completed the phased roll-out of the Riyadh Metro network when it started operating the Orange Line in January this year.

Construction has also begun on the next phase of Riyadh Metro, the Line 2 extension.

In July last year, MEED exclusively reported that RCRC had awarded an estimated $800m-$900m contract for the project.

The contract was awarded to the Arriyadh New Mobility Consortium, led by Italy’s Webuild. 

The group also includes India’s Larsen & Toubro, Saudi Arabia’s Nesma & Partners and France’s Alstom.

Line 3, also known as the Orange Line, stretches from east to west, from Jeddah Road to the Second Eastern Ring Road, covering a total distance of 41km. 

The line spans 8.4km, of which 1.3km is elevated and 7.1km is underground. It includes five stations – two elevated and three underground.

It will run from the current terminus of Line 2 at King Saud University (KSU) and continue to new stations at KSU Medical City, KSU West, Diriyah East and Diriyah Central – where it will interchange with the planned Line 7 – before terminating at Diriyah South.