Six Chinese contracting firms and an Italian-Turkish joint venture were prequalified to bid
Kuwaits Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) has invited firms to bid for the construction and maintenance of roads and infrastructure at the planned $2.3bn South Al-Mutlaa development project.
The states Central Tenders Committee expects to receive offers by 7 February.
Firms that were prequalified to bid for the contract include:
- China Railway International Group
- China State Construction Engineering Corporation
- Salini Impregilo (Italy)/Kolin (Turkey)
- China Railway 18th Bureau Group
- China Tiesiju Civil Engineering
- China Camc Engineering Company
- Sinohydro Corporation
The South Al-Mutlaa city will occupy a 104 square-kilometre area in Kuwaits Jahra governorate, to the west of the capital Kuwait City.
Once completed in 2019, the Al-Mutlaa city will have 30,000 housing units with population projected to reach 400,000. This would comprise about 9 per cent of the states projected population of nearly 4.6 million by 2019, according to IMF estimates.
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