# Bombardier named preferred bidder for $4.5B Egypt monorail project

Bombardier Transportation was named preferred bidder for a €3 billion ($4.5 billion) monorail project in Egypt, including design-and-build and a potential 30-year operations and maintenance deal, in partnership with Orascom Construction and the Arab Contractors.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-05-28
- Where: Cairo and Giza, Egypt, Egypt
- Value: $4.50B (3.00B EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: monorail system
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Bombardier Transportation](https://endata.com/companies/260.md) (supplier)
- [Orascom Construction](https://endata.com/companies/8450.md) (partner)
- [Arab Contractors Company](https://endata.com/companies/32172.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [financialpost.com](https://financialpost.com/transportation/very-important-strategically-bombardier-named-preferred-bidder-for-4-5b-monorail-in-egypt/), 2019-05-28: "Bombardier Transportation is on track to win its biggest rail contract in at least five years after being named the preferred bidder for a multi-billion-dollar monorail project in Egypt."

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