Saudi Arabia seeks firms for military port package

11 December 2018
Royal Saudi Naval Forces expects to receive bids by 5 February

Royal Saudi Naval Forces has invited firms to bid by 5 February for the contract to establish and rehabilitate berths at the Ras Meshaab military port.

The contractor sought will undertake a deepening of the port's channel of approach and basin.

In July, the US State Department’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) division awarded a contract, worth up to $450.7m, to design, build and maintain four combat ships for Saudi Arabia, to a consortium that comprises of Maryland-based Lockheed Martin and Wisconsin-based Fincantieri Marinette Marine.

Expected to be completed by October 2025, the four Multi-Mission Surface Combatant ships is understood to feature the “freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship mono hull,” which enables an increased range of 5,000 nautical miles and speeds in excess of 30 knots.

The deal is a classified undefinitised contract action (UCA) modification to a previously awarded contract.

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