Oman’s tender board says that the Public Authority for Electricity & Water has delayed the deadline for companies to submit bids to build a desalination facility.

The project is planned for a site at Manadhif in the Al-Wusta region.

Interested parties now have until 26 April to submit bids instead of the original 12 April deadline.

The following companies submitted expressions of interest to build the project:

• Desert Line Projects (local)
• Galfar Engineering & Contracting (local)
• Al-Matar Trading & Contracting (local)
• Hasan bin Juma bin Backer Trading & Contracting Company (local)
• Oman National Engineering & Investment Company (local)
• Gharbia Enterprises (local)
• Al-Ansari Trading Enterprise (local)
• Al-Taher Group – Electromechanics (local)
• Towell Al Zawraa Engineering Services (local)