Oman has awarded RO114 ($296 million) project development tenders for the first half of the year. These include big-ticket projects such as the third package of Al Batinah Expressway; the construction of Al Jabal Al Abyad Road as well as Sultan Taimur bin Faisal Road dual carriageway.
Saudi National Center for Privatization & PPP (NCP) has invited bids for the development of a 391-bed hospital in Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, as a public-private partnership venture. The project will be delivered under a 30-year design-build-finance-operate-maintain (DBFOM) contract.
Bahrain's Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (MoHUP) has received two bids for Madinat Khalifa housing project, a landmark private-sector housing development comprising more than 2,500 units under the kingdom's Government Land Development Programme (GLDP).
Bahrain’s Ministry of Works has launched a prequalification process for contractors for Phase 1A of the planned Bahrain International Sports City project, paving the way for the construction of a major new sports stadium and associated infrastructure in the kingdom.
Qatar's government tenders and bids achieved a total value of QR8.6 billion ($2.35 billion) during the first quarter of 2026, according to a Ministry of Finance (MOF) has announced.
Bahrain's Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) has announced the launch of an international tender for the development of Bilaj Al Jazayer Solar IPP with a planned capacity of up to 100 MWac. The key solar farm is set for commercial operations in September next year.
Bahraini authorities have announced that a major expansion of one of the kingdom’s busiest transport corridors is being fast-tracked with the next phase of the Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Highway project expected to be tendered soon, pending royal approval of the financing agreement, said a report.
Oman has approved a range of tenders worth a total RO33 million ($86 million) aimed at advancing developmental projects across multiple sectors in the sultanate. These include construction of two flood protection dams in Wadi Al Ansab and Salalah road tunnel project, said a report.
Oman's Tenders Board has announced that the total value of the government’s upcoming development projects stands at more than RO1.5 billion ($3.8 billion), These include ports, roads, dams, buildings and public facilities as well as pipeline network projects and well drilling.
Bahrain Metro project is in its final stages of preparation, with the authorities now reviewing the optimal mode of transport for the network, whether it will be a metro or a monorail, said a report citing the transport minister.
