📋 Tender Overview
Scope :
As a continuation of the Greater Cairo Metro Line No. 4 Phase 1 Project, the objective of this project is to meet transportation demand, mitigate traffic congestion, and improve air pollution in the Greater Cairo Area by constructing a new metro (approximately 19 km in length) in the south-west of Greater Cairo and in the city center of Cairo. This project will contribute to the achievement of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) Goals 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure), 11 (Sustainable cities and communication), and 13 (Climate action).
The Special Terms for Economic Partnership (STEP)* scheme will apply to the Japanese ODA loan for this project, and Japanese systems and trains will be installed at the metro being constructed under the project.
* STEP refers to special assistance terms for promoting the visibility of Japanese aid through a transfer of outstanding Japanese technology and expertise to developing nations. The main contract is Japan tied and subcontracting is general untied. The main agreement partner must generally be a Japanese company, an overseas subsidiary of a Japanese company, or a joint venture between a Japanese company and the borrowing country where the Japanese company is the lead partner, although under certain conditions a joint venture between a Japanese company (which is the lead partner of the joint venture) and an affiliated company (as accounted under the equity method) of a Japanese company may be the main agreement partner.
As a continuation of the Greater Cairo Metro Line No. 4 Phase 1 Project, the objective of this project is to meet transportation demand, mitigate traffic congestion, and improve air pollution in the Greater Cairo Area by constructing a new metro (approximately 19 km in length) in the south-west of Greater Cairo and in the city center of Cairo. This project will contribute to the achievement of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) Goals 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure), 11 (Sustainable cities and communication), and 13 (Climate action).
The Special Terms for Economic Partnership (STEP)* scheme will apply to the Japanese ODA loan for this project, and Japanese systems and trains will be installed at the metro being constructed under the project.
* STEP refers to special assistance terms for promoting the visibility of Japanese aid through a transfer of outstanding Japanese technology and expertise to developing nations. The main contract is Japan tied and subcontracting is general untied. The main agreement partner must generally be a Japanese company, an overseas subsidiary of a Japanese company, or a joint venture between a Japanese company and the borrowing country where the Japanese company is the lead partner, although under certain conditions a joint venture between a Japanese company (which is the lead partner of the joint venture) and an affiliated company (as accounted under the equity method) of a Japanese company may be the main agreemen
