Arinc bids low for Bahrain airport ICT contract

20 April 2016

Firm’s offer is 20 per cent less Thales’ lowest-priced option 

The US’ Aeronautical Radio (Arinc), now owned by Rockwell Collins, has submitted the lowest offer for an information and communication technology (ICT) contract for the Bahrain International airport (BIA) modernisation programme.

Arinc, in partnership with the UAE’s Bayanat, submitted an offer of BD26.47m ($70m), which is 20 per cent lower compared to the lowest priced option of $83.9m submitted by France’s Thales.

Thales submitted three other higher-priced options for the contract valued at $86.4m, $93.9m and $96.5m, respectively.

The UAE’s Smart Technology Services offered two options, both priced higher than those submitted by Thales. It priced the first option at $90.2m and the second at $94m.

Bahrain’s airport is being expanded to accommodate rising passenger traffic.

A joint venture of Dubai-based Arabtec Construction and Turkey’s TAV won the contract to build the new terminal building as part of the $1.1bn expansion of Bahrain International airport in January. The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) is funding 80 per cent of the airport expansion project.

The number of passengers that passed through the airport in 2014 exceeded 8.5 million. Once completed, the expansion project will increase the airport’s capacity to 14 million passengers a-year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

 

 

 

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