Tender board holds weekly meeting, opens 15 tenders

The weekly Tender Board Council meeting, chaired by Housing Minister, Bassim bin Yacub Al-Hamar, yesterday opened bidding for 15 tenders launched by 10 parties. Tender Board Council is the independent regulator of government procurement practices in the Kingdom.

The tenders were for general construction services for Tatweer Petroleum W.L.L, engineering services for Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), Lawzi PPP Housing Access Roads (issued by the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning and funded by the Saudi Fund for Development), support and maintenance of Airport Modernisation Programme ICT Package Systems at Bahrain International Airport, financing the construction of Salmaniya multi-storey car park for Bahrain Real Estate Investment (Edamah) and the construction of Tubli Educational Garden.

The meeting also opened biddings for air conditioning of the main Muharraq Municipality’s building, rental of two advertising sites, the supply of skilled manpower for Hawar Power and Water Station at Hawar Island, in addition to those of four tenders issued by EWA’s Central Stores Directorate and two by Gulf Air.  Representatives of the entities that issued the tenders of those of the bidding companies attended.