The final tenders from the three shortlisted bidders were given to the council on 10 April 2013. These are currently being assessed against a set of detailed criteria focusing on both quality and value of money.
The three shortlisted bidders (in alphabetical order) are listed below, along with contact details for each bidding consortium:
- Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics, Egis Projects consortium, comprising equity members Balfour Beatty plc, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Egis Projects,
Ged Hewitt – ged.hewitt@bbcel.co.uk - Merseylink consortium, comprising equity members Macquarie Capital Group Limited, Bilfinger Project Investments Europe Limited, Vialia Sociedad Gestora de Concesiones de Infraestructuras S.L. and FCC Construcción S.A.,
George Moir – george.moir@civil.bilfinger.co.uk - MGL consortium, comprising equity members BAM Nuttall, Hochtief PPP Solutions GmbH and Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras S.A.
William Bradbury – william.bradbury@hochtief-concessions.com
The construction joint ventures for each of the consortiums bidding for the Mersey Gateway Project are outlined below:
Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics, Egis Projects consortium
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited and Bouygues Travaux Publics S.A.
Merseylink consortium
Samsung C&T Corporation, FCC Construcción S.A. and Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited.
MGL consortium
Dragados, BAM Nuttall and HOCHTIEF Solutions AG.

