【路透社 20141201】中国公司拟再次竞标墨西哥高铁项目

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【原文标题】China plans to big again for Mexico high-speed rail project

【中文标题】中国公司拟再次竞标墨西哥高铁项目

【文章来源】路透社

【原文链接】http://www.cnbc.com/id/102226267

SHANGHAI/MEXICO CITY, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China plans to tender again for Mexico's $3.75 billion high-speed rail project after the Latin American nation abruptly cancelled its earlier win, one of the firms in a Chinese-led consortium that had bid and a source close to the bid said.

根据参与竞标的公司和消息人士透露，中国将再次竞标价值37.5亿美元的墨西哥高铁项目。此前，墨西哥取消了中国的中标结果。

Mexico revoked the contract awarded to the consortium made up of China Railway Construction Corp , CSR Corp and four other Mexican firms on Nov. 7 after opposition lawmakers claimed it was fixed. The consortium's bid was uncontested.

墨西哥11月7日取消了由中国铁建、中国南车和四家墨西哥本地公司组成的联合体的项目协议。中方在上次的竞标中没有对手。反对党议员指责投标过程被操纵。

The Latin American nation said it would re-run the tender in late November under the same terms.

墨西哥曾宣布在11月底以相同的条款重启竞标。

Local media also later reported that one of the Mexican firms in the consortium, Grupo Higa, owned a $7 million house that the Mexican president's wife was in the process of acquiring. Mexico's first lady said she would give up the house.

当地媒体随后报道称，墨西哥总统夫人曾把名下价值700万美元的房产注册在这四家墨西哥公司之一的Grupo Higa公司。而总统夫人随后则表示将放弃该房产。

"Whether we will continue to bid with CRCC, that's a definite yes," said the official from CSR's publicity department, who only wanted to be identified by his surname Xu, on Friday.

中国南车宣传部的许（音译）姓官员称：“我们肯定还将与中国铁建共同竞标。”

A separate source close to the Chinese bid said CRCC was definitely going to tender again.

另一位业内知情人士称，中国铁建肯定会再次参加竞标。

Xu declined to say whether the Mexican partners would remain in the consortium, but said "small adjustments made to consortiums are very normal".

许（音译）并没有说明中国公司是否仍将与该四家墨西哥公司合作，但称“有所改动是很正常的。”

CRCC did not reply to calls for comment from Reuters on Monday. The company said after the cancellation of the contract that it was "exceptionally shocked" by the decision and that it was looking at taking legal action to protect its rights.

中国铁建并没对路透社的报道作出回应。该公司曾在墨西哥宣布取消首次竞标经过时，称“对于结果的取消表示‘十分震惊’，将采取法律途径维护本公司的权益。”

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