Bahrain's Ministry of Housing has invited bids from qualified consultants and contractors to provide contract management and site supervision consultancy services as well as construction and maintenance for a major residential project coming up at Madinat Salman (formerly Northern Town) off the northern coast of the kingdom.

The project is being funded through the UAE grant provided by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) under the GCC Development Programme.

The ministry seeks to appoint a consultant to provide contract management and site supervision for all the 720 units coming up on plots 17 and 18 of Madinat Salman, while the construction and maintenance of social apartments is being awarded in two packages, each consisting of 360 units, stated a tender notification from the ministry.

Preference will be given to consultants/contractors registered in the UAE and experienced in engineering services/apartment building works tendered under the UAE grant.

For the Bahraini contractors, the criterion is that they need to be categorised as Grade A with the Ministry of Housing and Grade AA in building construction projects with the Ministry of Works, stated the notifictaion.

The last date for submitting bids for the contract management and site supervision consultancy tender is August 1, while bids for the construction and maintenance contracts can be given by August 15, it added.-TradeArabia News Service