DBFM contract Rijkswaterstaat and Coentunnel Company
23 4월 2008 - 1:40AM
PR Newswire (US)
ARNHEM, The Netherlands, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today
Rijkswaterstaat and Coentunnel Company B.V. signed the contract for
the "Capacity Expansion Coentunnel Route". This involves a
so-called DBFM-contract (Design, Build, Finance en Maintain) with a
duration of 30 years and a total value of approximately EUR 500
million. Characteristic for a DBFM-agreement is that the contractor
takes care of the design and realisation, as well as the financing
and maintenance. Coentunnel Company bears the financing of the
activities herself and receives her revenues out of the future
availability payments, based on the actual availability of the road
system for the road users. The activities consist of several
segments. First Coentunnel Company takes on the maintenance of the
existing Coentunnel route for 30 years as of the effective date.
The State of The Netherlands remains the owner and manager through
Rijkswaterstaat. Simultaneously Coentunnel Company will prepare and
realise the construction of a Second Coentunnel with access roads
and facilities. After the new tunnel is brought into use, the old
Coentunnel will be renovated, after which the Coentunnel route will
consist of 2 tunnels with a total of 8 traffic lanes. Coentunnel
Company B.V. consists of Arcadis, BESIX, CFE, Dredging
International, Dura Vermeer, TBI Bouw (represented by Haverkort
Voormolen) and Vinci. During the 2 year lasting tender procedure
the Dutch/Belgium/French consortium was assisted at financial level
by Rabobank and RebelGroup, while Clifford Chance rendered legal
assistance. DATASOURCE: ARCADIS NV CONTACT: For more information
you can call the communication department (not for publication), Mr
R. Lievaart of Rijkswaterstaat Noord Holland, tel.no.:
+31-(0)23-530-14-75 and/or Mr F. Keizer (tender manager Coentunnel
Company B.V.), tel.no.: +31-(0)20-491-98-18.
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