Kuwait’s Ministry of Public Works (MPW) has extended to 6 February the deadline for the submission of bids for the project management consultancy (PMC) contract for construction work at Kuwait International airport.

The initial tender closing date was 25 November, which was then moved to 8 January.

Firms that have been invited to bid for the contract include:

• CH2M (US)
• Egis (France)
• Hill International (US)
• Ineco (Spain)
• Louis Berger (US)
• Parsons (US)
• SNC-Lavalin (Canada)
• Turner & Townsend (UK)

The PMC contract covers the under-construction Terminal 2, as well as package 2, which involves the construction of passenger services, buildings and roads that connect to Terminal 2.

Package 2 has yet to be tendered, although MPW prequalified 22 groups in June for the contract.

The majority of the firms that have been prequalified to bid were approved to tender for the contract to build Terminal 2 in 2014.

MPW awarded Turkey’s Limak the KD1.3bn ($4.3bn) contract for the construction of Terminal 2 in 2016.

At the time, the award was made to a team comprising Limak and local firm Kharafi National, whose role, sources say, was limited to serving as local agent for Limak during the project bidding phase.

Terminal 2 is expected to handle 25 million passengers a year upon completion in 2022 and accommodate all aircraft types through 51 gates and stands.

In May, Limak  signed a KD249.2m ($830m) syndicated credit agreement with National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) and Kuwait Finance House (KFH) to partly finance the construction of Terminal 2.

A third phase of the airport development will be tendered later.