The prequalifiers are understood to be Athens-based Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC), Belgium's Six Construct, Germany's Bilfinger & Berger, South Korea's Samsung Corporationand the UK's Balfour Beatty.

The contract involves the construction of a seven-storey main building, five smaller buildings, a helipad and improvements to a facade on an existing building. The project will take about two years to complete.

The project manager is the US' CRSS; the client is Abu Dhabi's Department of Social Services & Commercial Building (DSSCB).