Transnet Announcement
Rail Branch Lines Concessions -
Request for Registrations of Interest
Transnet Limited (Transnet), South Africa's wholly state-owned rail freight, ports and pipelines network owner and operator, is preparing to offer concession opportunities for private rail operators on approximately 7 300 route km of branch lines situated at locations across South Africa.
About 4 000 km of these branch lines are currently operational, while the remainder are closed lines.
Some branch lines opportunities include options for adjacent property leases. All branch lines will remain in Transnet's ownership and are feeder lines to the country's core railway network which is owned and operated by Transnet Freight Rail, a division of Transnet.
Interested parties are invited to register with Transnet, their interest in operating any of these branch lines. The Registration of Interest (ROI) is non-binding and is not a pre-qualifying or competitive process.
The purpose of the ROI is to glean the extent and type of market interest in these opportunities.
The ROI phase will be followed, during 2010, by a detailed Expression of Interest (EOI) phase and thereafter, by a competitive phase in which a formal and binding Request for Proposals will be issued.
Information on the branch lines, the concessioning process and the terms and conditions of this ROI phase may be found from the 4th of June, 2010 on:
www.transnet.net/branchlines.aspx
ROI can only be submitted electronically by completing the electronic ROI form located on this website.
The deadline for submissions of ROI is 17:00 on Wednesday the 30th of June, 2010.
Questions may be submitted to: branchlines@transnet.net
Transnet will respond to questions by addressing them in the subsequent EOI phase.
Transnet reserves the right not to concessions any branch lines that have failed to attract viable levels of private sector interest during the ROI and EOI phases. Any such branch lines may be withdrawn from concessioning at the end of the EOI phase or held over for later consideration.
This announcement is published for information purposes and does not constitute an offer, commitment or obligation to concession any of the branch lines or to lease any adjacent properties.