KASP goes for rebid after poor response

18 February 2005
The Planning Ministry on behalf of the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has invited five international consultants to submit proposals by 19 March for a retendered contract to design, review and supervise the Kuwait Airspace System Plan (KASP). An official award on the masterplan is expected by the summer.

The client is understood to have taken the decision to retender the five-year contract after receiving just two offers for the original tender late last year.

Of the two bids, only one - submitted by a UK/local team of Mott MacDonaldand Gulf Consult- complied with the tender conditions.

A US group of Wilbur Smith & Associateswith Hill International was the other bidder (MEED 17:12:04).

The estimated KD 80 million-90 million ($276 million-310 million) KASP covers eight packages, including the installation of control systems, a meteorology centre and a command centre.

The other major components of the scheme are the supply and installation of a new MSSR approach radar system, an airport data integration network and a low-level alert system. Germany's Lahmeyer Internationalcarried out a study on the scheme (MEED 8:2:02).

The upgrade is necessary if Kuwait is to go ahead with plans to increase its airspace capacity. In late June, a team of Germany's Dorsch Consultand the local Salem al-Marzouk & Sabah Abi-Hanna (SSH)signed a contract to update a masterplan and feasibility study for the upgrade and expansion of Kuwait International Airport (MEED 25:6:04).

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