A consortium of Türkiye’s Limak İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret and Qatar’s Hamad Bin Khalid Contracting Company (HBK Contracting) has won the international tender to build and operate the new “New Bukhara” International Airport in Uzbekistan.  The project is a public-private partnership (PPP) on a Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) basis. 

The winning consortium was chosen by Uzbekistan’s Government Tender Committee after a two-stage process out of the six shortlisted bidders. The next step is signing a 23-year PPP agreement, which includes up to three years of construction.

The scope of work includes construction and operation of the New Bukhara International Airport passenger terminal in Uzbekistan which, on completion, will boast a capacity of 1,200 passengers per hour.

Under a BTO model, the private partner will build the facility and transfer ownership to the state. It then will operate the terminal under the agreement and recover its investment from airport revenues over the concession period.

Uzbekistan had early this year announced the international tender for the project and six international companies passed the RFQ stage and were invited to submit proposals, and the Government Tender Committee has now picked the Limak–HBK consortium.