Korea Rail Network Authority Wins 10 Billion KRW Contract for Morocco High-Speed Rail Design Services

First Entry into African High-Speed Rail Market, Overcoming Competition from France and Others

Morocco High-Speed Rail Section 3 Route Map / Provided by Korea Rail Network Authority.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] The Korea Rail Network Authority announced on the 10th that it has been selected as the final successful bidder for the 10 billion KRW-scale "Morocco High-Speed Rail Section 3 (Nouacer?Marrakech) Basic and Detailed Design Service" ordered by the Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCF, Office National des Chemins de Fer).

This project is a large-scale infrastructure project connecting Tangier, the northernmost point of Morocco and the gateway to Europe, to Agadir on the southwestern coast. The Authority will be responsible for designing the 203 km section from Nouacer to Marrakech.

This project is the Authority's first high-speed rail project won in Africa. It formed a consortium with domestic Dohwa Engineering and local CID, successfully winning the bid by competing against French engineering firms already established locally. The task will commence immediately upon final contract signing and continue for 24 months. Among the three sections of the entire project, Sections 1 and 2 were awarded to French companies INGEROP and SETEC, respectively.

The Authority's consortium leveraged its accumulated high-speed rail project management experience to submit a differentiated technical proposal and deployed top experts as proposal personnel, receiving higher technical scores than competitors and securing the contract.

Kim Han-young, Chairman of the Authority, said, "Winning this project has become an opportunity to widely showcase Korea's technological capability to export high-speed rail design to the world," adding, "We expect this to serve as a stepping stone for additional bids in the upcoming Polish high-speed rail project." He emphasized, "The Authority will continue to do its best to serve as a platform supporting domestic companies' entry into overseas markets."

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