Thursday 28 March 2024
 
»
 
»
Story

Bahrain awards $1.69m project tenders in October

MANAMA, November 27, 2016

Bahrain has awarded a total of seven tenders worth BD642,272 ($1.69 million) in October besides inviting bids for 13 tenders worth BD7.72 million ($20.2 million) for projects related to roads, sanitation and construction sectors.

These projects underline the government’s determination to invest in infrastructure projects to provide a better life to the people of Bahrain, support economy and attract more investments, remarked Ahmed Abdul Aziz Al Khayyat, the works affairs undersecretary at the Ministry of Works, Municipality Affairs and Urban Planning.

The awarded tenders included re-winding the static parts for various types of submersible pump motors in sub-pumping stations, maintaining the National Charter Edifice, constructing an additional floor at Jidhafs Social Center belonging to the Ministry of Social Developments and the Open Theatre Project at the Bahrain International Circuit, which comprises the pre and post-contract quantity survey services, the traffic impact studies and the design consulting services, he stated.

Al Khayyat said the 13 tenders for which bids were invited included one for the roads sector, which is the revamp of roads in Block 1056 in Zallaq, while the sanitary sector covered the calibration and maintenance of the laboratory equipment belonging to the treated water quality group for 2017-2018, the maintenance and fixing of cooling units at the ozone generating section, the central conditioning system and the industrial air-conditioning system in various locations at Tubli Sewage Treatment Plant.

In the construction sector, bids were invited for five tenders, stated the official.

These included the time contract for the building maintenance civil, mechanical and electrical works for 2017-2018, the renovation and maintenance works at the Red Crescent Society – Phase Two, the consulting services for the design and supervision works at the Bahrain International Circuit Open Theatre and the expansion and renovation works for the Ambassador Residence in Brussels, said Al Khayyat.
 
The cost engineering directorate of the Ministry, represented by the procurement department, approved 108 purchase requests in October at the cost of BD224,558 ($591,440), covering various sectors at the ministry, he added.-TradeArabia News Service




Tags: Bahrain | October | project tenders |

More Construction & Real Estate Stories

calendarCalendar of Events

Ads