AL KHAYYAT: ‘6 TENDERS AWARDED AND BIDS INVITED FOR 9 OTHER TENDERS DURING FEBRUARY 2015’  

Works, Municipality Affairs & Urban Planning Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Services Eng. Ahmed Abdul Aziz Al Khayyat revealed that the Ministry awarded 6 tenders for both the sanitary and construction sectors worth BD1,419,386, and invited bids for 9 roads, sanitary and construction tenders worth BD3,287,952 during February 2015.

According to Al Khayyat, the awarded tenders covered the sanitary and construction sectors. In the sanitary sector, the awarded tenders covered the BD600,000 Time Contract Project for the urgent works to upgrade sub-stations,  and the BD266,950 3C Storm Water Drainage Network Project at the Northern and Southern Governorates. The awarded tenders in the construction sector amounted to 4 projects, the most important of which was Phase 2 of the lighting and forestation of Isa Sports City Parking Lot at a cost of BD393,100.

As for the 9 tenders for which bids were invited, the roads sector included the consultancy services and the detailed designs for the revamp of Isa Town Northern Entrance (Bahrain Gas Interchange) and phase 2 of the road revamp project in Sadad; Block 1038, Road 3813 and the environs, Karzakan Block 1026 and constructing Roads 2631 and parking spaces.

In the sanitary sector, the tenders for which bids were invited covered the operation and maintenance of Sitra Sewage Treatment Plant, the implementation of a sewerage network in Dimistan Block 1019, the transfer of the sewerage line in Muharraq Sports Club in Arad Block 240, the consultancy services for the main Western sewerage line, and the consultancy services for the design of the main sewerage line in North East Muharraq.

As for the construction sector, bids were invited for the quantity survey services project for the design and implementation of a multi storey tower building in Manama.

Al Khayyat also revealed that the Ministry’s Cost Engineering Directorate, represented by the Purchase Department, approved 189 purchase requests during February 2015 worth BD676,551, in addition to approving 1 new request as part of the contractors pre-qualification requests and 5 contractors and suppliers renewal requests.