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Kuwait’s Electricity, Water & Renewable Energy Ministry (MEWRE) has reissued the tender for a contract to build a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant in Subiya.

The fourth phase of the Subiya power and water complex is expected to have a capacity of 900MW.

The ministry issued the tender on 27 April and expects to receive bids by 27 May.

The ministry announced earlier this month that the Kuwait Central Authority for Public Tenders has approved issuing the tender for the 36-month contract.

MEWRE first tendered the contract to design and build the 900MW Subiya phase 4 CCGT in 2022.

According to MEED Projects data, the bidders and their offers were:

• Al-Ghanim International General Trading & Contracting (local): $837.3m
• Al-Zain United General Trading & Contracting (local): $866.17m

MEED understands that Al-Ghanim International emerged as the preferred bidder after agreeing to a revised contract value of $662m.

The planned project, along with a scheme to convert an existing 250MW simple-cycle plant into a CCGT plant, aims to boost the generation capacity at the Subiya power complex by 1,150MW.