Contractors invited to bid for new package on Saudi security network

17 February 2014

Contractors have until 26 March to submit bids for Saudi security network construction contract

Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has invited contractors to submit bids for the contract to build phase 2d of its multibillion-dollar security compounds network programme.

Contractors have been invited to submit bids by 26 March for the construction package, which will involve the development of security complexes at different locations in the kingdom, which will include administration buildings, headquarters, housing units and infrastructure.

The ministry has extended the submission date for phase 2e of the programme, with contractors being given until 27 February to submit bids for the construction contract, which has a similar scope to phase 2d, but in different locations of the kingdom.

The packages were formerly part of the contract that awarded to the local Saudi Oger in 2011 for the second phase of the King Abdullah Programme (KAP) security network scheme. The ministry cancelled Oger’s contract in 2012 for undisclosed reasons, and has retendered the second phase in several separate packages.

In December, the local El-Seif Engineering Contracting Company has been awarded an estimated SR2.5bn ($667m) contract to build phase 2a of Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry security compounds network programme.

El-Seif has submitted the second-lowest bid for the contract in May, with the local Jawdat Contracting Company having submitted the low bid of SR2.34bn.

The work will involve the development of 7 security complexes in different areas of the kingdom, including the Passport Institute complex, the Institute of Security, the Institute of Preventing Drugs and the Institute of Border Guards. Each complex will include administration buildings, headquarters, housing units and infrastructure.

In August, the local Al-Arrab Contracting Company submitted the lowest bid for the contract to build phase 2b of the KAP programme. The ministry had received bids from four contractors for the construction deal, which will involve building a public security training centre, medical unit, dormitories, training facilities and a shooting range. The Interior Ministry received bids for phase 2c in October.

In April, Al-Arrab was awarded one of the three contracts, valued at SR2.8bn, for the fourth phase of the scheme. The local Al-Rashid Trading & Contracting Company is expected to win the remaining packages. The phase involves constructing headquarters buildings at 13 locations across the kingdom.

The local Saudi Binladin Group has been awarded the construction contract for the third phase of the programme, according to sources within the kingdom. In January, firms were invited to submit bids for the fifth phase of the scheme.

The security compounds will be used to house, educate and train members of Saudi Arabia’s public security, civil defence, police, passports division, and special security and investigative forces. The facilities have been designed to include schools, mosques, theatres, civilian dormitories, military barracks, administrative buildings, training facilities and units for recreation and entertainment.

The KAP programme will cover the construction, operation and maintenance of 28 types of facilities at more than 50 locations. In total, the ministry is expected to spend more than $13bn across the five phases of the project.

Most of the security premises will be constructed in and around Riyadh, but facilities will also be built in the provinces of Qassim, Hail, Tabuk, Jeddah, Medina, Taif, Al-Jouf and on Saudi Arabia’s northern borders.

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