PUTRAJAYA: A Request For Information (RFI) exercise is being carried out to check the feasibility of implementing a public-private partnership (PPP) model for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (KL-S'pore HSR) project, says Anthony Loke.
"At the moment, we are open to any companies, we are not limiting it.
"This is why the RFI is being conducted. The RFI is basically to ask for proposals from any private companies on the feasibility of implementing the HSR project based on," the Transport Minister told a press conference at the ministry's headquarters here on Wednesday (July 12).
"So, by having a RFI, of course we can have more detailed proposals," he said, adding that a few companies have approached the ministry to show their interest.
"With the RFI, they can have access to documents that have been conducted by MyHSR Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyHSR Corp) and studies that were done before.
"They can purchase those reports but with conditions of non-disclosure.
"They can study those reports and come up with a proposal to the government through MyHSR Corp," he said, adding that this was just at the feasibility stage on whether the PPP model can work.
"We are not going to award anything yet," he said.
"There are a few companies, as mentioned in the media, that have shown that they are interested, but I do not want to pre-empt any particular company.
"Our role is to gather information and proposals. At the end of the day, the evaluation and assessment will be conducted by our professionals in MyHSR Corp," said Loke.
The RFI exercise marks the government's initiative to reactivate the KL-S'pore HSR project.
