BOGOTA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A $4 billion contract to build a metro in Colombian capital Bogota was awarded to a consortium of China's Harbour Engineering Company, Xi'an Metro Company and Canada's Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO , the government said on Thursday.
The group beat out the other international consortium that submitted bids, which consisted of Mexico's Carso Infraestructura y Construccion GCARSOA1.MX and Promotora de Desarrollo de America Latina, Spain's FCC Concesiones de Infraestructura and Ferrocarril Metropolita de Barcelona, and France's Alstom SA ALSO.PA .