The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has indefinitely postponed considering bids for construction of the subway system’s Orange Line western extension.
MRTA governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas on Tuesday revealed that the Supreme Administrative Court had yet to rule on a bidding dispute and that the MRTA had to wait for the court’s decision before it could open the bid envelopes.
A selection committee and the MRTA had asked the court to revoke a Central Administrative Court order instructing the MRTA to stick with the old bidding criteria for the Orange Line extension.
The court order followed a petition in September by one of the potential bidders, Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), who claimed the new bidding terms could lead to unfair…
