Prequalification tender for Oman carriageway project floated

The Tender Board of Oman has floated, on behalf of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, a prequalification tender for building Section 2 of the Daba-Lima-Khasab carriageway in the country's Musandam Governorate. Section 2 of the Design-Build-Operate (DBO) project involves a 65km stretch between Daba and Alkhalidya. The project will involve 18 valley and wadi bridges covering 3.79km in combined distance, and up to seven tunnels with a joint length of 7.32km. Of the tunnels, the biggest has a length
June 13, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
The Tender Board of Oman has floated, on behalf of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, a prequalification tender for building Section 2 of the Daba-Lima-Khasab carriageway in the country's Musandam Governorate.

Section 2 of the Design-Build-Operate (DBO) project involves a 65km stretch between Daba and Alkhalidya. The project will involve 18 valley and wadi bridges covering 3.79km in combined distance, and up to seven tunnels with a joint length of 7.32km. Of the tunnels, the biggest has a length of 2.2km. The construction costs are predicted to reach about US$1 billion.

The closing date for prequalification bids is on 11 July 2013. Among the companies that are keen on the projects are reported to be 3086 Daewoo Engineering and Construction of South Korea, Yuksal Construction, 2709 STFA of Turkey, CCC, 2379 Ghantoot Transport of the UAE, NUEC, 3340 Makyol of Turkey, GKC Projects of India, Leighton Middle East, SEW Infra of India, GS Engineering of South Korea, Kayson of Iran, 945 Strabag Oman, 4921 TOTO, 5739 Hyundai Engineering & Construction of South Korea, 5544 Sinohydro of China, Galfar, IsoluxCorsan of Spain, 4148 Mapa GUNA, 980 OHL Construction of Spain, Hanjin Heavy Industries of South Korea, Sambu Construction of South Korea, Oman Shapoorji, Orascon, 3149 Impregilo of Italy, Ozkar Construction of Turkey, 5177 Vinci of France, Wade Adams of the UAE, 4138 Bechtel, Impresa of Italy and Cyfield

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