KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 19): MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd and Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be calling for a joint tender on Monday (Aug 22) to appoint a joint development partner (JDP) to assist in the development of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project.

The tender is open to firms who have advised on large public-private partnership infrastructure projects including HSR projects of similar size and complexity or firms with experience in providing project management, technical, commercial or legal advisory services relating to HSR and/or rail projects of 200km of track.

In a joint statement today, MyHSR and LTA said the JDP is tasked to provide project management support, and technical and procurement advice relating to the high speed railway systems and operations.

"The JDP will also develop the technical and safety standards to be adopted for the project.

"In addition, it will assist the joint project team established between Singapore and Malaysia with the preparation of documents for the forthcoming tenders relating to the joint aspects of the project, such as the appointment of the AssetsCo and OpCo International," they added.

The joint JDP tender marks the next step following the signing of the memorandum of understanding between both Malaysia and Singapore governments on the HSR project in July.