纽约州官员显然已经选择了一支由Fluor Corp.领导的团队继续谈判，以设计和建造横跨哈德逊河的替换Tappan Zee Bridge，估计是52亿美元的合同。和已发表的报告。
州长安德鲁·库莫（Andrew Cuomo）（D）的发言人说，州官员与其中一支团队联系以进行更改，但他不会确认与竞标者联系的是Fluor-LED领导的Tappan Zee构建员，或者这是该州的选择该项目。他说：“没有人领导。”
Tappan Zee Constructors also includes contractors Granite Construction Northeast, American Bridge Co. and Traylor Bros. Inc. The team also includes engineering firms HDR, Buckland & Taylor and URS.
公司官员不会发表评论，但是具有竞争细节知识的行业消息来源说，由荧光灯领导的团队大约在10天前收到了一封信，邀请它继续与该州进行讨论。根据一位要求不命名的高管，因为他无权就采购发言，“正式谈判”将在下周开始“完成合同细节”。
An executive with ties to New York transportation procurement said: "If I were a betting person I would say the [published report] is correct. They have not cut the other proposers loose yet, but that won't happen until the deal is made with the winner. I was with some people from two of the [Tappan Zee Constructors team] firms yesterday and they didn't deny it."
行业消息人士称，其他竞争团队据信已收到信件，表明他们不会继续进行谈判。一位州官员说，但是国家仍然可以“与另一支球队一起前进”。
The industry executive said the state's unclear public stance on the team selection was due to sensitivities related to its dealing with environmental and public advocacy groups "that wanted a larger voice in the outcome."
The edge gained by the Fluor-led team was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Procurement Process Goes On
State transportation officials say that the procurement process is continuing.
"We are assembling all the final facts and costs" [and] no selection or recommendation for award has been made, says Dan Weiller, public affairs director for the state Thruway Authority. "All three bids will be submitted for public review before any selection committee recommendation is made to the Thruway authority board, which makes the final award."
Also competing for the contract is a joint venture of Kiewit Infrastructure Co., Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc., Weeks Marine Inc., subcontractor ECCO III Enterprises Inc., Parsons Brinckerhoff and Parsons Transportation Group; and Tappan Zee Bridge Partners, a JV of Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. and Tutor Perini Corp. with Michael Baker, STV and Gannett Fleming.
The sources did not disclose proposal costs but indicated they were "within the budget." One said that teams could be evalulated on project life cycle costs. He added the Fluor and Kiewit teams were set to use steel as the primary bridge material, but Bechtel/Tutor Perini has chosen concrete.
One source with knowledge of the procurement said the proposal totals "were about $4 billion."
The state spokesman would not specify when a decision will be made, noting it would be within "the next two months." But the industry source said the choice could be sooner. The project is a key priority of Gov. Cuomo.
"They want to wrap negotiations before Election Day," he said.
The industry source added that the state also plans to seek proposals for a consultant to serve as owner's rep on the project, and contenders could include firms on teams not selected.
The three short-listed teams officially submitted their bids to the agency on July 27. A fourth team, Hudson River Bridge Constructors, cancelled its bid unexpectedly. It had been a joint venture of Dragados USA Inc., Flatiron Construction, Samsung E&C and Yonkers Contracting Co., with HNTB acting as design partner.
A fifth team, led by the Impregilo-Halmar joint venture and including Hardesty & Hanover LLP, Louis Berger Group and Hatch Mott McDonald, was not shortlisted.
