Global Project Opportunities: April’ 2014
April: 2014
Compiled by
Satpreet Kaur
PROJECT EXPORTS PROMOTION COUNCIL OF INDIA
(Set up by Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India)
1112 Arunachal Building, 19 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110001
Tel.:+91-11-41563287, 41514673
E-mail : info@projectexports.com Web-site : www.projectexports.com
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PROJECTS OPPORTUNITIES
(Construciton/Turnkey/Consultancy)
S.N
o.
Project
Dead Line
Page
no
WATER
1
Improvement to National Waterway Corridor No. 3, Vietnam
21 May 2014
11
2
Procurement Works for Construction of Karaka mish PressureGravity Relief Collector
13 May 2014
13
3
Carrying
out pipe laying and construction works for new city feeders
, Uzbekistan
in Riyadh
02 June 2014
14
4
Lebanon: Water project Supply and installation of pumping stations,
reservoirs and distribution networks in Zone B for the Greater Beirut
water supply project
06 May 2014
15
5
Iran: Dam, irrigation and drainage construction- Design and
construction of the Sheev dam, transition line, and irrigation and
drainage network
20 May 2014
16
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
6
Improvement of Roads and Drains for Integrated Traffic
Management at Banani in Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh
15 May 2014
17
7
Dredging and Improvement to Class 3 on Corridor 2 (Km80+000 Km113+500), Vietnam
22 May 2014
19
8
Upgrading Rural Road Ngoc My, Bac Binh, Xuan Hoa, Van Truc, Lien
Hoa, Lien Son – Lap Thach District – Vinh Phuc Province, Vietnam
24 April 2014
20
9
Construction of Hajdeh-Makhatah-Rasian-Alhaiajem -Wadi Al Ma’a
RR(36.4km) in Taiz Gov, Yemen
28 April 2014
22
10
Term Maintenance Contract for 410.3 km of asphalted roads in Taiz
Governorate, Yemen
07 May 2014
24
11
Term Maintenance Contract for 428.05 km of asphalted roads in Ibb
Governorate
Kuwait: School building- design, licensing, reconstruction,
completion and maintenance of the Ashbiliya intermediate school
building for the Farwaniya area for the Education Ministry
08 May 2014
25
06 May 2014
26
13
Kuwait: Waiting hall design and construction- Design, construction,
expansion and guarantee of a waiting hall for VIP guests for the Civil
Service Commission
06 May 2014
27
14
Lebanon: Hospital- Construction of the Mayfouq governmental
hospital
30 April 2014
27
15
24 April 2014
28
04 May 2014
28
17
Egypt: Residential construction- Construction of an alternative
residence for the Komombo branch of a bank
Saudi Arabia: Building works- Carrying out rehabilitation to 13
buildings
Saudi Arabia: Academic buildings
22 April 2014
29
18
Saudi Arabia: Building rehabilitation- post office building
28 April 2014
29
12
16
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19
Iran: Railway electrification
20 May 2014
30
20
Yemen: Road construction- Construction of the Hajdeh-MakhatahRasian-Alhaiajem-Wadi al-Maa road in Taiz governorate
27 April 2014
31
ENERGY
21
Construction of 400kv Transmission Lines Medupi - Massa 1 and 2,
South Africa
20 May 2014
32
22
Package 2: Civil work for transmisison line for Trung Son
Hydropower Project, Vietnam
06 May 2014
33
23
Supply of 63MVA-110kV Power Transfomer and complete installation
at platform for 110kV Tan Binh 3 Substation and Transmission line
connections, Vietnam
20 May 2014
34
24
Design, Supply, Install, Test and Commission a 22kV Transmission
Lines for the Province of Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, and Siem
Reap (Package 1), Cambodia
25 April 2014
36
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INDEX
1.0
1.0
FOCUS
4
2.0
UPDATE :
5



PROJECT EPC
Members
Institutions
3.0 FORTHCOMING EVENTS :
7
(i) Fairs/Exhibitions
(ii) Business Delegations
(iii) Symposia/ Conferences/Training
Programmes
4.0 EXPORT PROMOTION SCHEME
4.1
10
Financial Assistance
8. PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ITEMS :
(PROJECT GOODS)OVERSEAS ENQUIRIES
61
9.0
POLICY & PROCEDURES
75
10.0
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
78
11.0
COUNTRY PROFILE: Saudi Arabia
85
12.0 PEPC: WORKING COMMITTEE
88
13.0 ANNEXURES:
90
(MDA & MAI Schemes)
5.0 PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES
(Construction/Turnkey/Consultancy) : list of projects
5.1
i. MDA Scheme
ii. MAI Scheme
iii. Screening Committee- Guidelines
1
CONSTRUCTION / TURNKEY
Water
Social Infrastructure
Energy
11
17
32
6.0
PROJECT REPORTS
38
7.0
WORLD DEVELOPMENT NEWS:
44
I
News Clippings
II
Market/Country news
14.0
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
98
A. World Region / markets
(a) Asia
(b) Africa
(c) Middle East
(d) Others
B. India news
The news items and information published herein have been collected from various sources, which are considered to be reliable . While
every care has been taken for authenticity of the material published, PROJECT EPC accepts no responsibility for authenticity or accuracy
of such items
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2.0
FOCUS
Project activity is picking up in Abu Dhabi.
Work is now under way on key schemes including the Midfield Terminal, which will expand Abu Dhabi
International airport’s capacity from 7 million passengers a year to more than 40 million, and the Louvre
museum, which will help the emirate achieve its ambition of becoming the cultural capital of the GCC.
Plans to build a metro and light rail system are also moving ahead, with companies forming consortiums
ahead of tender issues this year. One area in danger of being overlooked, however, is the power sector.
Although Abu Dhabi has led the region in developing independent power and water projects and also in
becoming the first to begin construction of a nuclear plant, an electricity shortage looms.
FROM “GPO” DESK
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2.0
UPDATE
P. E.P.C.
PROJECT EXPORTS PROMOTION COUNCIL OF INDIA (PEPC)
India is a country with large and diverse infrastructure sector. The Government of India recognized the
imperative need for the infrastructure sector and takes several initiatives like Committee of
Infrastructure, National Highway Development Project (NHDP), National Maritime Development
Programme (NMDP), Tax Holidays etc for the development and promotion of the sector. In the recent
years, there has been several improvements in sectors like roads & highways, ports, railways and
airports, the policy and regulatory framework is already in place and investment in infrastructure has
risen considerably however there are still significant gaps that need to be bridged.
With a view to create a platform for all the stakeholders and for the conclusive growth & development of
the Infrastructure sector, PEPC works with the Central and Foreign
Governments, National &
International development organizations like World Bank, Asian Development Bank etc, Government
Agencies, and various other stakeholders to promote the Project exports.
PEPC discusses policy, regulatory and procedural issues with its members, industry experts etc. and
advice appropriate reforms to the government for the development of the project exports. For making
conducive business environment PEPC highlights encumbrances being faced by the industry players in the
process of development of the sector and interacts with various national / international agencies for
making feasible measures to overcome those encumbrances.
PEPC supports the Government in its efforts towards projecting the project exports. It act as a reference
point for investors (Domestic & International) interested in the sector and provide information related to
government guidelines, investment opportunities, government & development agencies (which are
involved in the development process of the sector).
For promotion of the sector PEPC works proactively and suggests necessary procedures during the
process of policy formation, budgetary allocation, forming legal framework etc. by the government. To
maintain smooth progress PEPC also insist government to make essential provision for timely upgradation
of the policies on the basis of regular feedback from its members and industry players.
PEPC organizes several investment promotion programmes, conferences, seminars, workshops, etc on
regular basis for facilitating interaction between various government agencies, international bodies,
industry players and its members that provide prospects to raises issues pertaining to the sector and
exchange ideas. These networking events provide a platform to share thoughts, explore business
opportunities among the varied stakeholders of the project sector. These measures help to analyse the
present developments and identifies the ways to overcome the constraint of the sector.
PROJECT EXPORTS
Project Exports from India commenced with a modest beginning in the late 1970s. Since then, project
exports have evolved over the years, with Indian companies demonstrating capabilities and expertise
spanning a wide range of sectors. The nature of Project Exports being undertaken reflects the
technological maturity and industrial capabilities in the country. Project exports are broadly divided into
four categories:




Civil construction
Turnkey modules
Consultancy services
Supplies, primarily of capital goods and industrial manufactures
Each of the above are explained here:
Civil construction projects Construction projects involve civil works, steel structural work, erection of
utility equipment and include projects for building dams, bridges, airports, railway lines, roads and
bridges, apartments, office complexes, hospitals, hotels, and desalination plants.
Turnkey projects
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Turnkey projects involve supply of equipment along with related services and cover activities from the
conception stage to the commissioning of a project. Typical examples of turnkey projects are: supply,
erection and commissioning of boilers, power plants, transmission lines, sub-stations, plants for
manufacture of cement, sugar, textiles and chemicals.
Consultancy services Services contracts, involving provision of know-how, skills, personnel and training
are categorised as consultancy projects. Typical examples of services contracts are: project
implementation services, management contracts for industrial plants, hospitals, hotels, oil exploration,
charter hire of rigs and locomotives, supervision of erection of plants, CAD/ CAM solutions in software
exports, finance and accounting systems.
Supply contracts Supply contracts involve primarily export of capital goods and industrial
manufactures. Typical examples of supply contracts are: supply of stainless steel slabs and ferro-chrome
manufacturing equipments, diesel generators, pumps and compressors.
Project export contracts are generally of high value and exporters undertaking them are required to offer
competitive credit terms to be able to secure orders from foreign buyers in the face of stiff international
competition. Exim Bank plays a pivotal role in promoting and financing Indian companies in the execution
of projects. It has been closely associated with the growth of project exports from India by way of
providing finance, information and business advisory services. The bank supports Indian companies at all
stages of the project cycle from advance tender information, guidance in preparation of competitive bids
to providing financial facilities, including loans and guarantees. It extends funded and non-funded
facilities for overseas industrial turnkey projects, civil construction contracts, as well as technical and
consultancy service contracts. Exim Bank has in place a specialised cell to provide advance information to
Indian companies on projects being funded by multilateral funding agencies in various countries. Over
the past two decades, increasing number of projects have been executed by Indian companies in North
Africa, West Asia, South & South East Asia, CIS and Latin America.
The Reserve Bank of India has simplified the procedures for project and service exports, such as
deployment of temporary cash surpluses and inter-project transfer of machinery and funds. These
measures, first announced in the Mid-Term Review of Annual Policy Statement for 2006-07, will provide
more flexibility to exporters. The RBI said that the measures were subject to monitoring by banks.
Exporters will now be allowed to use the machinery or equipment used for a turnkey or construction
abroad, for executing a contract in another country. Currently, exporters are required to dispose of the
equipment, machinery, vehicles purchased abroad or arrange their import into India after completion of
the contracts. If it has to be used for another overseas project, the market value should be recovered
from the second project. Under the modified procedures, the RBI has permitted exporters to deploy their
temporary cash surpluses, generated outside India, in instruments such as deposits with overseas
branches or subsidiaries of a bank in India, a triple `A' rate short term paper abroad, including treasury
bills and other monetary instruments with a maturity or remaining maturity of one year or less. Now,
exporters are required to approach the RBI for overseas deployment of their temporary cash surpluses.
The apex bank has also permitted exporters to open, maintain and operate one or more foreign currency
account in a currency of their choice with inter-project transferability of funds in any currency or country.
SCREENING COMMITTEE
In accordance with the guidelines of Memorandum PEM (Project Export Manual) of the Reserve Bank of
India, the Working Group considers proposals pertaining to civil construction contracts only from the
Indian contractors who are on the approved list of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry(Govt. of India)
on the basis of meeting the requisite criteria set by the screening committee as under:
Minimum
acceptance
criteria
Screening Committee clearance
for
Prime Contractor
Sub-contractor
Contractor
to
Foreign
Prime
Sub-contractor to Indian Prime Contractor
Turnover
Networth
Experience
required
Rs. 10 Crores
Rs. 1 Crores
10 Years
Rs. 10 Crores
Rs. 25 Lakhs
7 Years
Rs.10 Crores
Rs. 10 Lakhs
3 Years
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3.0
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
FAIRS/EXHIBITIONS
OVERSEAS
Kurdistan Projects 2014
Date:
8-10 June 2014
Venue:
Erbil Rotana Hotel. Erbil
Email/ phone:
Tel: +971 (04 818 0224
Email: meedevents@meed.com
Kurdistan Projects 2014 is a ground breaking event detailing exclusive project opportunities across the
Kurdistan Region, taking place in the heart of Erbil.
The Kurdistan Regional Government along with major private sector project sponsors will convene to
reveal various projects opportunities across key sectors including:oil & Gas, electricity, housing and
construction, heavy industry, hospitality and tourism, infrastructure and transport, water and agriculture.
Being the only event in Kurdistan catering to all major areas of the region’s economy and attracting all
the region’s leading stakeholders, speakers and VIP guests that can actually make a difference, this is a
must attend event for any organisation looking to expand existing business in Kurdistan or enter this
booming market to explore new business opportunities.
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Arabian World Construction Summit 2014
Date:
12 - 14 May 2014
Venue:
Sofitel Hotel Palm Dubai, UAE
Email/ phone:
Email: meedevents@meed.com
Tel: +971 (0)4 818 0224
To register or download the brochure, visit:
www.awcs-me.com
With the revival of the projects market expected in the U.A.E i.e. $112 billion worth of construction
projects due to be awarded across 2013 - 2017, the annual Arabian World Construction Summit
gives you exclusive insight on the upcoming opportunities from Dubai’s re surging construction projects
market and the recently announced $90 Billion investment boost for Abu Dhabi’s infrastructure sector.
Top reasons to attend this event:
1. Unrivalled access to CEO’s from the region’s largest construction and consultant companies meet and introduce yourself to senior decision makers across MENA during structured networking
breaks. Plus hear first hand the strategies being adopting to stay competitive in these challenging
times during the CEO Panel session.
2. Insight on leading industry trends and how contractors and consultants can mitigate industry
challenges to stay competitive - Hear about strategies from leading stakeholders on innovative
contracting models, alternative procurement solutions, risk management, financing and
partnership strategies that you can implement to improve your business practices
3. Understand from leading clients across MENA on their procurement requirements and upcoming
project opportunities. 2013 clients speaking included: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry Of Health, Abu
Dhabi’s Etihad Rail, Oman’s Special Economic Zone of Duqm, Kuwait’s Municipality, Egypt’s
Ministry of Finance PPP Central Unit and Kenya National Highways Authority. Where can your
business win new contracts in 2014?
4. Learn how you can profit from the projects across Libya, Egypt, South Sudan, Algeria, Kenya
and Nigeria from ministries, contractors and financiers on the ground
5. Identify the region’s award-winning projects and network with industry peers over dinner and
drinks at MEED Quality for Awards for Projects 2014, in association with Mashreq
VIETBUILD CANTHO2014
From October 1-5, 2014
Construction-Building Material-Housing Ex-Interior decoration
Cantho People’s Committee and Organising Board of International Exhibition Fair, Vietnam
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4.0
EXPORT PROMOTION SCHEMES
(FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE)
MARKET DEVEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Under this scheme assistance is given to individual exporters for participation in following export
promotion activities abroad



Trade Delegations
BSMs
Trade Fairs/Exhibitions
The details of scheme is given as ANNEXURE-I.
MARKET ACCESS INITIATIVE (MAI)
The scheme is formulated on focus product- focus country approach to evolve specific strategy for
specific market and specific product through market studies/survey. Assistance would be provide to
Export Promotion Organizations/ Trade Promotion Organizations / Exporters etc. for enhancement of
export through accessing new markets or through increasing the share in the existing markets. Under the
Scheme the level of assistance for each eligible activities has been fixed.
The following activities will be eligible for financial assistance under the Scheme :

Research studies consistent with the priorities;

WTO Studies for evolving WTO compatible strategy;

To support EPCs/Trade Promotion Organistions in undertaking market studies/survey for evolving
proper strategies.

To support marketing projects abroad based on focus product - focus country approach. Under
marketing projects, the following activities will be funded:
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Opening of Showrooms
Opening of Warehouses
Display in international departmental stores
Publicity Campaign and Brand Promotion
Participation in Trade Fairs, etc., abroad
Research and Product Development
Reverse visits of the prominent buyers etc. from the project focus countries
Export Potential Survey of the States;
Registration charges for product registration abroad for pharmaceuticals, bio-technology
and agro-chemicals;
Testing charges for engineering products abroad;
To support Cottage and handicrafts units;
To support Recognized associations in industrial clusters for marketing abroad
The details of schemes are given as ANNEXURE-II.
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5.0
5.1
PROJECTS OPPORTUNITIES
(Construciton/Turnkey/Consultancy)
ENGINEERING /TURNKEY
WATER
Improvement to National Waterway Corridor No. 3, Vietnam
Contract No.
P083588
Project Name
Improvement to National Waterway Corridor No. 3
Country
Vietnam
Borrower/Bid No:
NW11-13
Description
Contract NW-11: Dredging Waterway Corridor 3 Km207+000 km248+500
Contract NW-12: Dredging Waterway Corridor 3 Km248+500 km290+000
Contract NW-13: Dredging Waterway Corridor 3 Km290+000 km310+000
Last date of bid
submission
Time for completion
21 May 2014
For NW-11 450 days (#15 months)
For NW-12 540 days (#18 months)
Price of bidding
document
Amount of bid security
Project Details:
For NW-12 540 days (#18 months)
VND 4,200,000 or USD 200
For Contract NW-11: 2,300,300,000 VND
For Contract NW-12: 3,700,000,000 VND
For Contract NW-13: 7,300,000,000 VND
As Under
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has received a credit from the International Development Association
(IDA) toward the cost of the Mekong Delta Transport Infrastructure Development Project (MDTIDP), and
it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Credit to payments under the contracts for Improvements
to National Waterway Corridor 3 (Phase 2 ).
The Project Management Unit of Southern Inland Waterways (PMU-SIW) now invites sealed bids from
eligible and qualified bidders for the National waterways improvement on Corridor 3 from Soc Trang
province to Bac Lieu province (including dredging, bank protection, frontage road and bridges) ("the
Works")
The project involves the dredging and upgrading of the ship passage of Corridor 3 – sections km207+000
– km310+000 - to Class 3, minimum water depth of 3m, minimum width of bottom channel 26m.
Dredging, disposal of the dredged material will have to meet strict environmental requirements. The
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Works will be divided into three separate contracts, bid on slice and package basis:
Contract NW-11: Dredging Waterway Corridor 3 Start Km207+000 - End km248+500
Contract NW-12: Dredging Waterway Corridor 3 Start Km248+500 - End km290+000
Contract NW-13: Dredging Waterway Corridor 3 Start Km290+000 - End km310+000
Details of the Works as follow:
Contract Name
Construction period
NW-11
450 days (#15 months)
NW-12
540 days (#18 months)
NW-13
540 days (#18 months)
Bidding will be conducted through the international competitive bidding procedures as specified in the World
Bank's Guidelines for Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting under IBRD Loans and IDA
Credits & Grants, January 2011, and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines.
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the
office of PMU-SIW at the address below from 09:00 on April 07th, 2014 (from Monday to Friday, except
public holidays).
A complete set of bidding documents in English for each contract may be purchased by interested bidders
on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee
of VND 4,200,000 or USD 200. The method of payment will be cash or direct deposit to specified account
number:
Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade - Main Transaction Office II
Address: 79A Ham Nghi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (84- 8) 3914 1626 / 3821 2242
Fax: (84-8) 3829 5342
Swift: ICBVVNVX900
Name of Account: The Project Management Unit of Southern Inland Waterways
Account No.
Account No.
10.202.00000.80142 (USD)
10.201.00000.98740 (VND)
Bids must be delivered to the below office on or before 09:00 AM on May 21st, 2014 and must be
accompanied by a security of a Bid Security specified for each contract as follows:
For
For
For
For
Contract NW-11: 2,300,300,000 VND
Contract NW-12: 3,700,000,000 VND
Contract NW-13: 7,300,000,000 VND
multiple contracts the cumulative value for each of the individual contracts
They will be opened immediately thereafter, in the presence of bidders' representatives, who choose to
attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected.
The Project Management Unit of Southern Inland Waterways (PMU-SIW)
Attn: Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan, Director General
1041/80 Tran Xuan Soan Street, Tan Hung Ward, District 7
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Tel: (84-8) 3 775 1014
Fax: (84-8) 3 775 1013
E-mail: pmu-siw@vnn.vn and pmuwwy@hcm.vnn.vn
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Procurement Works for Construction of Karaka mish Pressure-Gravity
Relief Collector, Uzbekistan
Project Name:
Procurement Works for Construction of Karaka mish PressureGravity Relief Collector
Country
Uzbekistan
Borrower/Bid No:
IDB/ICB/2014-04
Description:
Construction of Karakamish Pressure-gravity Relief Collector(“the
Facility”) d=1000-1200mm, L=7,5 km of the City’s sewage system
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
Price of bidding
document:
Amount of bid security:
14 May 2014
Project Details:
As Under
14 May 2014
US $ 150 or its equivalent in Uzbek Soums
US$ 250,000 or its equivalent in a convertible currency.
1.
The Municipality of Tashkent City has received Istisna’a financing from Islamic Development Bank
(IDB) towards the cost of Tashkent Sewerage Project. It is intended that part of the proceeds of this
financing will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for Procurement Works for Construction
of Karakamish Pressure-gravity Relief Collector.
2.
The Department of Investments of Municipality of Tashkent City now invites sealed bids from
eligible Bidders for the Construction of Karakamish Pressure-gravity Relief Collector(“the Facility”)
d=1000-1200mm, L=7,5 km of the City’s sewage system.
3. Bidding will be conducted through the international competitive bidding (IDB) procedure specified in
the Islamic Development Bank’s Guidelines for Procurement Goods and Works and is open to all bidders
from eligible sources as defined in the Bank’s guidelines and set forth in the bidding documents.
4.
Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the office of Project Implementation Unit (PIU):
Room 218, 2d Floor, Bldg. 2, Chekhov Str., Tashkent City, 100060,
Republic of Uzbekistan,
Att.: Mr. Dilshod Azizov, Director of PIU
Tel./Fax: +(998-71)252-1929;
E-mail: twwip2010@gmail.com
The office works from 9-00 to 18-00 hours of local time;
5.
A complete set of the Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders on the
submission of a written application to the address above and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of
US $ 150 or its equivalent in Uzbek Soums at the exchange rate set by the Central Bank of the Republic
of Uzbekistan on the day of payment. Payment shall be made by a Bank transfer to one of the following
accounts of Department of Investments of
Tashkent City Municipality:
Tashkent RegionalBranch of National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity
of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Account (for transactions in USD) No. 20410840804273915004
Account (for transactions in UZS) No. 20410000704273915004
Bank code: 00832
SWIFT code: NBFAUZ2X
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All banking charges and fees relating to the bank transfer shall be for the Bidder’s account. Cashiers and
certified checks are not accepted. The Bidding Documents will be sent by airmail or courier service and
also may be collected by Bidders’ authorized representatives from 14:00 to 17:00 (Tashkent time) at the
address below upon presentation of the Bidder’s a power of attorney and documents confirming payment
of the non-refundable fee to one of the above accounts.
6.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 15:00 Tashkent time (GMT+5) on May
14, 2014 and must be accompanied by a security of US$ 250,000 or its equivalent in a convertible
currency.
7.
Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at 15:30
Tashkent time GMT+5) on May 14, 2014 at the address below
The address for submission of bids and the Bid Public Opening is:
The Department of Investment of Tashkent City Municipality
6, Amir Temur Avenue, Ground Floor, Conference Room.
Tashkent, 100 000, Republic of Uzbekistan
Tel: +998 71 2521929; +998 71 2331971.
Fax: +998 71 1207009
E-mail: twwip2010@gmail.com
Saudi Arabia: Pipe laying and construction works - Tender Details
Description
Carrying out pipe laying and construction works for new city feeders in
Riyadh
Bid closing date
2 June, 2014
Tender no.
PLCW-RNCF
Details Available on
Payment of
SR100,000
Client
Address
Phone
Fax
Saline Water Conversion Corporation
Makkah Road, PO Box 85369, Riyadh 11432
(9661) 4630503/4634546/4631111
(9661) 4643235
Email
info@swcc.gov.sa
Website
www.swcc.gov.sa
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Lebanon: Water project - Tender Details
Description
Bid closing
date
Bid Bond
Tender no.
Source of
financing
Details
Available on
Payment of
Supply and installation of pumping stations, reservoirs and distribution networks in
Zone B for the Greater Beirut water supply project. Zone B includes the villages of
Haret el-Fghaliye, Haret Es Sitt, Wadi Chahrour, Merdash, Boutchai, Louaize,
Baabda, Hadath, Hazmieh, Chiah and Furn el-Chebbek
6 May, 2014
$400,000
BWW2-2; IFB No: 20/2014/MA. Project no. P103063
World Bank
$5,000 – to account no 714291134, IBAN LB26 0999 0000 0001 0027 1429 1134,
Banque du Liban
Client
Beirut & Mount Lebanon Water Establishment
Name
Ms. Randa Daher, Project Coordinator, Project Management Unit Core Team
Address
Fifth Floor, Chedrawi Building, Sami Solh Boulevard, Badaro, Beirut
Phone
(9611) 389997
Fax
(9611) 387165
Email
Website
randa.daher@awali-pmu.com
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROCUREMENT/Resources/ProcGuid-10-06RevMay10-ev2.pdf
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Iran: Dam, irrigation and drainage construction - Tender Details
Description
Bid closing date
Miscellaneous
Design and construction of the Sheev dam, transition line, and irrigation and
drainage network
20 May, 2014
Open to local or local/foreign consortiums or joint venture companies with at least
51 per cent local partner share. The local partner should have grade one in water
works for construction of dams and irrigation, or present a joint venture that has
experience in finance or construction of dam fields; Tender documents are to be
delivered to Security & Confidentiality Office, Kohgilouyeh & Boyerahmad Regional
Water Company, Energy Ministry, Sfahid Motahary Boulevard, Yasooj, telephone
(98741) 3334812, fax (98661) 3334725. Tender documents can also be obtained
from abdanfaraz@yahooo.com
Details Available
From
10 March, 2014
Details Available
Until
19 April, 2014
Details Available
on Payment of
IR3m – to account number 2175084032002, SIBA, Bank Melli, payable to
Kohgilouyeh & Boyerahmad Regional Water Company
Client
Address
Phone
Fax
Abdanfaraz Consulting Engineering Company
16 Nahid Street, Marzdaran Boulevard, PO Box 1461715774, Jandarmery Town
(9821) 44204300/ 44223055
(9821) 44223755
info@abdanfaraz.net
Email
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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Improvement of Roads and Drains for Integrated Traffic Management
at Banani in Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh
Project:
Improvement of Roads and Drains for Integrated Traffic Management
at Banani in Dhaka North City Corporation
Country
Bangladesh
Borrower/Bid No:
CRDP/LGED/DNCC/ICB/2014/W-01
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
15 May 2014
Time for completion:
365 days
Price of bidding
document:
Project Details:
BDT 10,000.00 or
USD 130.00
As Under
15 May 2014
1. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received a loan from the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of City Region Development Project (CRDP) ADB Loan no.
2695 BAN (SF), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the contract
for which this Invitation for Bid (IFB) is issued. Bidding is open to all bidders from eligible source
countries of the Asian Development Bank.
2. The Superintending Engineer, Environment, Climate Change & Disaster Management Circle, Focal Point
of City Region Development Project, Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka invites sealed bids from
eligible bidders for the procurement of the following works:
Sl. No.
Package No.
Description
Time for
completion
(days)
Price
of Bidding Document
(Non-Refundable)
Amount
of Bid
Security
01
CRDP/LGED/
Improvement of
Roads
and Drains for
Integrated Traffic
Management at
Banani in Dhaka
North City
Corporation
365 days
BDT 10,000.00 or
USD 130.00
Amount
indicated
in the
bidding
document
DNCC/ICB/2014/
W-01
3. International Competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single-Stage: OneEnvelope bidding procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible source countries.
4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the following office and inspect the
bidding documents during normal office hours (from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) on all working days:
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Superintending Engineer
Environment, Climate Change & Disaster Management Circle
Focal Point of City Region Development Project
Dhaka North City Corporation
64, Kamal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka-1213,
Country: BANGLADESH
Telephone: + (88)-02-9855630
Facsimile : + (88)-02-9855630
E-mail: tariqbinyousuf@gmail.com
5. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by any interested eligible bidders on the
submission of a written application to the office of the Superintending Engineer, Environment, Climate
Change & Disaster Management Circle, Focal Point of City Region Development Project, Dhaka North City
Corporation, Dhaka/ The Project Director, City Region Development Project, Level-4, RDEC Bhaban,
LGED, Dhaka and upon payment of a non-refundable fee as mentioned above only during normal office
hours on all working days. The Mode of Payment will be cash or bank draft. The document may be sent
by surface mail or courier service. Interested Bidders who are requesting international courier dispatch
should pay an additional fee of USD 100.00. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.
6. Bids must be delivered to the office of the Superintending Engineer, Environment, Climate Change &
Disaster Management Circle, Focal Point of City Region Development Project, Dhaka North City
Corporation, Dhaka at or before 13:00 hours on 15 May 2014. All bids must be accompanied by a bid
security as described in the Bidding Document in favor of the “City Region Development Project” in the
form of (a) an unconditional bank guarantee; (b) an irrevocable letter of credit; or (c) a cashier’s or
certified check. Late Bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders or his
representatives who choose to attend at the address above 13:15 hours on 15 May 2014.
7. The Superintending Engineer, Environment, Climate Change & Disaster Management Circle, Focal Point
of City Region Development Project, Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka will not be responsible for any
costs or expenses incurred by bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of bids.
8. The Invitation for Bids (IFB) will be available at the DNCC, LGED, CPTU and ADB Web Site
(www.dncc.gov.bd , www.lged.gov.bd , www.cptu.gov.bd and www.adb.org ).
9. The Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka reserves all the rights to accept any bid or to reject any or
all bids without assigning any reasons whatsoever.
Sd(Dr. Tariq Bin Yousuf)
Superintending Engineer
Environment, Climate Change & Disaster Management Circle
&
Focal Point of City Region Development Project
Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka
Phone: + (88)-02-9855630
Email: tariqbinyousuf@gmail.com
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Dredging and Improvement to Class 3 on Corridor 2 (Km80+000 Km113+500), Vietnam
Project Name:
Mekong Delta Transport Infrastructure Development Project
Country
Borrower/Bid No:
Vietnam
Description:
Dredging and Improvement to Class 3 on Corridor 2 (Km80+000 Km113+500)
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
22 May 2014
Price of bidding
document:
Amount of bid security:
Project Details:
VND 4,200,000 or USD 200
NW-1
22 May 2014
VND 4,000,000,000
As Under
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has received a credit from the International Development Association
(IDA) toward the cost of the Mekong Delta Transport Infrastructure Development Project (MDTIDP), and
it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Credit to payments under the contracts for Improvements
to National Waterway Corridor 2.
The Project Management Unit of Southern Inland Waterways (PMU-SIW) now invites sealed bids from
eligible and qualified bidders for the dredging and improvement to Class 3, bank protection & rebuild local
access road (frontage road) of Corridor 2 from km 80+000 to km 113+500 ("the Works").
The Works involves the dredging and upgrade of the ship passage of Corridor 2 – km 80 to km 113+500 –
to Class 3, minimum water depth of 3m, minimum width of bottom channel 26m. Bank protection works,
frontage road and bridges works are also needed, and disposal of the dredged material will have to met
strict environmental requirements and generally be within spoil relocation areas.
Total amount of dredging anticipated is estimated to be about 1,62 million cubic meters; and bank
protection type prestressed concrete piles is estimated to be about 450m.
Bidding will be conducted through the international competitive bidding procedures as specified in the
"World Bank Guidelines for Procurement of Goods, Works, and Non-Consulting Services, January 2011",
and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines.
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the
office of PMU-SIW at the address below from 09:00 on April 07th, 2014 (from Monday to Friday, except
public holidays).
A complete set of bidding documents in English for contract may be purchased by interested bidders on the
submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of VND
4,200,000 or USD 200. The method of payment will be cash or direct deposit to specified account number:
Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade - Main Transaction Office II
Address: 79A Ham Nghi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (84- 8) 3914 1626 / 3821 2242
Fax: (84-8) 3829 5342
Swift: ICBVVNVX900
Name of Account: The Project Management Unit of Southern Inland Waterways
Account No.
10.202.00000.80142 (USD) or Account No. 10.201.00000.98740 (VND)
Bids must be delivered to the below office on or before 09:00 AM on May 22th, 2014 and must be
accompanied by a security of a Bid Security for Contract NW-6 shall be an amount equal to VND
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4,000,000,000.
They will be opened immediately thereafter, in the presence of bidders' representatives, who choose to
attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected.
The Project Management Unit of Southern Inland Waterways (PMU-SIW)
Attn: Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan, General Director
1041/80 Tran Xuan Soan Street, Tan Hung Ward, District 7
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Tel: (84-8) 3 775 1014
Fax: (84-8) 3 775 1013;
E-mail: pmu-siw@vnn.vn and pmuwwy@hcm.vnn.vn
Upgrading Rural Road Ngoc My, Bac Binh, Xuan Hoa, Van Truc, Lien
Hoa, Lien Son – Lap Thach District – Vinh Phuc Province
Project Name:
Country
Upgrading Rural Road Ngoc My, Bac Binh, Xuan Hoa, Van Truc, Lien
Hoa, Lien Son – Lap Thach District – Vinh Phuc Province
Vietnam
Borrower/Bid No:
2682/2683-VIE
Description:
Lot 1: Construction + Insurance of sub-project of upgrading rural road
of Xuan Hoa, Xuan Loi, Van Quan commune.
Lot 2: Construction + Insurance of sub-project of upgrading rural road
of Ngoc My, Bac Binh, Lien Hoa, Lien Son commune and Hoa Son town
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
24 April 2014
Price of bidding
document:
Project Details:
two million (2,000,000) VND
24 April 2014
As Under
Invitation for Bids
1. The Government of Viet Nam has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the
cost of Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Development Project in the Northern Mountain Provinces. Part of
this loan will be used for payments under the contract named above. Bidding is open to bidders from
eligible source countries of the ADB.
2. The Project Management Unit of Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Development Project in the Northern
Mountain Provinces, Vinh Phuc Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vinh Phuc DARD) (“the
Employer”) invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction of Package: Upgrading Rural
Road Ngoc My, Bac Binh, Xuan Hoa, Van Truc, Lien Hoa, Lien Son – Lap Thach District – Vinh Phuc
Province. This bid package comprises of the following lots:
Lot 1: Construction + Insurance of sub-project of upgrading rural road of Xuan Hoa, Xuan Loi,
Van Quan commune.
Lot 2: Construction + Insurance of sub-project of upgrading rural road of Ngoc My, Bac Binh,
Lien Hoa, Lien Son commune and Hoa Son town.
Bidders may submit tender for one (1) lot or both lots provided that they can prove their capacity to
complete the Works.
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3. Only eligible bidders with the following key qualifications should participate in this bidding:
Experience:
-Lot 1: Participation in at least one (1) contract within the last five (5) years that has been
successfully completed for Construction of Road Grade A (or road of higher quality) as defined under
“High-way design requirements” 22TCN 210-92 issued by MoT (Ministry of Transportation) in 1992 and
relevant works on the route where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds VND ten (10) billion.
-Lot 2: Participation in at least one (1) contract within the last five (5) years that has been
successfully completed for Construction of Road Grade A (or road of higher quality) as defined under
“High-way design requirements” 22TCN 210-92 issued by MoT (Ministry of Transportation) in 1992 and
relevant works on the route where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds VND fourteen (14)
billion.
Financial:
-Lot 1: Minimum average annual construction turnover of VND, calculated as total
certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (03)
years (2010, 2011, 2012) ≥ fifteen (15) billion of VND; and The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or
availability of, liquid assets, lines of credit, or other financial resources (other than any contractual
advance payments) to meet the Bidder’s financial resources requirement for: (i) the subject contract
estimated as VND three point five (3.5) billion; and (ii) ongoing contract commitments.
-Lot 2: Minimum average annual construction turnover of VND, calculated as total
certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (03)
years (2010, 2011, 2012) ≥ twenty (20) billion of VND; and The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or
availability of, liquid assets, lines of credit, or other financial resources (other than any contractual
advance payments) to meet the Bidder’s financial resources requirement for: (i) the subject contract
estimated as VND five (5) billion; and (ii) ongoing contract commitments.
4. National Competitive Bidding (NCB) will be conducted in accordance with ADB's Single-Stage: OneEnvelope bidding procedure.
5. To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, bidders should contact:
Employer’s Address:
Vinh Phuc PPMU of Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Development Project – No 98, Nguyen Viet Xuan
Street, Dong Da Ward, Vinh Yen City, Vinh Phuc Province
Telephone: +84.2113.862.517
Facsimile number: +84.2113.840.008
Email: bqldahtmnvp@gmail.com
6. To purchase the bidding documents, eligible bidders should:
Submit a written application to the address requesting for the Bidding Document as in item 5
above
pay a non-refundable fee for this package is: two million (2,000,000) VND
-- by cash;
-- bank tranfer to Account No: 2800201006941 at AGRIBANK Vinh Phuc
The Bidding Document may also be sent through the courier and all expenses of delivery is
paid by the bidder. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.
The Bidding Document is sold right after the Invitation for Bids is first published on
the Procurement Newspaper of the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The Bidding Document is sold in the office hours and prior to the bid closing.
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7. Deliver your bid:
to the address above
on or before the deadline: 9:00 a.m. 24 April 2014
together with a Bid Security as described in the Bidding Document.
Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline for bid submission in the presence of bidders’
representatives who choose to attend
Construction of Hajdeh-Makhatah-Rasian-Alhaiajem -Wadi Al Ma’a
RR(36.4km) in Taiz Gov,Yemen
Project Name:
Second Rural Access Project
Country
Republic of Yemen Yemen
Borrower/Bid No:
IFB#42-A-CW/IDA/13
Description:
Construction of Hajdeh-Makhatah-Rasian-Alhaiajem -Wadi Al Ma’a
RR(36.4km) in Taiz Gov
28 April 2014
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
28 April 2014
Time for completion:
18 months including mobilization period of 30 days
Price of bidding
document:
Amount of bid security:
fee US$100 or the equivalent
Project Details:
As Under
YR 42,000,000 or an equivalent amount
Invitation for Bids
1.
The Government of Yemen has received additional financing in the form of a grant from the
International Development Association (IDA) in various currencies towards the cost of the Second
Rural Access Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the
Contract for the Construction of Hajdeh-Makhatah-Rasian-Alhaiajem -Wadi Al Ma'a RR(36.4km) in
Taiz Governorate. This contract will be jointly financed by IDA and the Government of Yemen.
S.R
NO.
Bid NO /Project name/
Location
1
IFB#42-A-CW/IDA/13
for Construction of
Hajdeh-MakhatahRasian-Alhaiajem -Wadi
Al Ma'a RR(36.4km) in
Taiz Gov
Site Visit
Date
Sunday,
April 6,
2014
Prebid
Meeting
Bid
Submission
Date &
Time
Date & Time
Wednesday,
April 9,
2014
Monday,
April 28,
2014
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Bid Opening
Date & Time
Monday, April
28, 2014
11:00 AM
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2.
The Ministry of Public Works and Highways Rural Access Project Central Management Office now
invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the construction of Hajdeh-MakhatahRasian-Alhaiajem -Wadi Al Ma'a RR(36.4km) in Taiz Gov. The construction period is 18 months
including mobilization period of 30 days
3.
Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures
specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is
open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents.
4.
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from:
Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH)
Rural Access Program, Central Management Office (RAPCMO)
Attention: Act. The Program Director
Eng. Mohamed Al Mohaya
Address: Hadah St, Hadah Complex, Building No 4,4th floor
P.O.Box: 16472, Sana'a, Republic of Yemen
Phone: 00(967-1)- 264143 / 246473
Fax: 00(967-1)- 246516
Email: rapcmo@gmail.com
and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given above from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
5.




Qualifications requirements include:
Average Annual Construction Turnover of YR 1.5 Billion for the best 5 (Five) years out of the last 7
years.
Substantial completion of 2 similar nature projects within the last 7 year
Availability of liquid assets and/or credit facilities YR 300,000,000
Availability of the construction equipment and technical staff
A margin of preference for eligible national contractors/joint ventures shall Not be applied.
6.
A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the
submission of a written Application to the address above and upon payment of a non refundable fee
US$100 or the equivalent in any freely convertible currency, plus the cost of courier for overseas
delivery of US$100. The method of payment will be cashier's check, or direct deposit. The Bidding
Documents will be sent by courier for overseas delivery.
7.
Bids must be delivered to the address above at or before 11:00 AM, Monday, April 28, 2014.
Electronic bidding shall not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened physically
11:00 AM, Monday, April 28, 2014 in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to
attend in person.
8.
All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of YR 42,000,000 or an equivalent amount in a
freely convertible currency bid security must be valid for 150 day from date of opening.
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Term Maintenance Contract for 410.3 km of asphalted roads in Taiz
Governorate, Yemen
Project Name:
Country
Borrower/Bid No:
Description:
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
Term Maintenance Contract for 410.3 km of asphalted roads in
Taiz Governorate
Republic of Yemen
RAMP/CW#03
Construction and completion of RAMP/CW03 Term Maintenance
Contract for 410.3 km of asphalted roads in Taiz Governorate
07 May 2014
07 May 2014
Price of bidding
document:
Amount of bid security:
40,000 YR
Project Details:
As Under
220,000 US$
1. The Government of Republic of Yemen has applied for a Grant from the International Development
Association(IDA) in various currencies towards the cost of Road Asset Management Project. It is
intended that part of the proceeds of this grant will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for
Term Maintenance Contract.
2. The Ministry of Public Works and Highways represented by the Road Maintenance Fund now invites
sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction and completion of RAMP/CW03 Term Maintenance
Contract for 410.3 km of asphalted roads in Taiz Governorate ("the Works").
3. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at
the office of the Road Maintenance Fund
Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH)
Road Maintenance Fund (RMF)
Sana'a Yemen
Hadah St. Hadah Complex
Western Al-Sab'een Park.
Building No. B5, fifth floor
Attn: Mr. Anis As Samawi, RMF Chairman
Tel: +967 1 510471/510358/510387
Fax: +967 1 570027/510332
E-mail: ybrmf@y.net.ye
4. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a
written application to the above and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 40,000 YR (Forty
thousand YR).
5. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the
provisions of the World Bank Standard Bidding Documents: Procurement of Works.
6. Bids must be delivered to the above office on or before May 7, 2014 at 11:00
and must be accompanied by a security of 220,000 US$ (Two Hundred Twenty Thousand US Dollars)
7. Bids will be opened in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend at [May 7, 2014
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at 11:00] at the offices of:
Road Maintenance Fund (RMF)
Sana'a Yemen
Hadah St. Hadah Complex
Western Al-Sab'een Park.
Building No. B5, fifth floor]
E-mail: ybrmf@y.net.ye
Term Maintenance Contract for 428.05 km of asphalted roads in Ibb
Governorate, Yemen
Project Name:
Term Maintenance Contract for 428.05 km of asphalted roads in
Ibb Governorate
Country
Republic of Yemen
Borrower/Bid No:
RAMP/CW#04
Description:
construction and completion of ICB No: RAMP/CW#04
Term Maintenance Contract for 428.05 km of asphalted roads in Ibb
Governorate ("the Works").
08 May 2014
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
08 May 2014
Price of bidding
document:
Amount of bid security:
220,000 US Dollars
Project Details:
As Under
220,000 US Dollars
1. The Government of Republic of Yemen has applied for a Grant from the International Development
Association(IDA) in various currencies towards the cost of Road Asset Management Project. It is intended
that part of the proceeds of this grant will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for Term
Maintenance Contract.
2. The Ministry of Public Works and Highways represented by the Road Maintenance Fund now invites
sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction and completion of
ICB No: RAMP/CW#04
Term Maintenance Contract for 428.05 km of asphalted roads in Ibb Governorate ("the Works").
3. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at
the office of the Road Maintenance Fund
Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH)
Road Maintenance Fund (RMF)
Sana'a Yemen
Hadah St. Hadah Complex
Western Al-Sab'een Park.
Building No. B5, fifth floor
Attn: Mr. Anis As Samawi, RMF Chairman
Tel: +967 1 510471/510358/510387
Fax: +967 1 570027/510332
E-mail: ybrmf@y.net.ye
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4. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a
written application to the above and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 40,000 YR (Forty thousand
YR).
5. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the
provisions of the World Bank Standard Bidding Documents: Procurement of Works.
6. Bids must be delivered to the above office on or before May 8, 2014 at 11:00
and must be accompanied by a security of 220,000 US Dollars
7. Bids will be opened in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend at [May 8, 2014
at 11:00] at the offices of
Road Maintenance Fund (RMF)
Sana'a Yemen
Hadah St. Hadah Complex
Western Al-Sab'een Park.
Building No. B5, fifth floor]
E-mail: ybrmf@y.net.ye
Kuwait: School building - Tender Details
Description
Bid closing date
Bid Bond
Tender no.
Miscellaneous
Details Available on
Payment of
Documents
availiable from
Client
Address
Implementation of a completion project for the design, licensing, reconstruction, completion
and maintenance of the Ashbiliya intermediate school building for the Farwaniya area for
the Education Ministry
6 May, 2014
KD50,000
ME/66/2010/2011
A pre-bid meeting will be held on 6 April. The client is the Education Ministry.
Tender documents must be collected from the Central Tenders Committee.
Enquiries must be submitted by 14 April
KD1,000
Central Tenders Committee
Education Ministry
PO Box 1070, Safat 13011
Phone
(965) 2401200
Fax
(965) 2416574
Email
info@ctc.gov.kw
Website
www.ctc.gov.kw
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Kuwait: Waiting hall design and construction - Tender Details
Design, construction, expansion and guarantee of a waiting hall for VIP guests for the Civil
Service Commission
Description
Bid closing date
6 May, 2014
Bid Bond
KD2,000
Tender no.
11/2012-2013 (C)
A pre-bid meeting will be held on 30 March. The client is the Civil Service
Commission. Tender documents must be collected from the Central Tenders
Committee. Enquiries must be submitted by 14 April
Miscellaneous
Details Available on
Payment of
KD75
Documents
availiable from
Central Tenders Committee
Client
Civil Service Commission
Address
PO Box 1070, Safat 13011
Phone
(965) 2401200
Fax
(965) 2416574
Email
info@ctc.gov.kw
Website
www.ctc.gov.kw
Lebanon: Hospital - Tender Details
Description
Bid closing date
Construction of the Mayfouq governmental hospital
30 April, 2014
Details Available on Payment of $1,500
Client
Department
Address
Phone
Fax
Email
Website
Council for Development & Reconstruction
Tenders
Tallet el-Serail, PO Box 11/3170, Beirut Central District
(9611) 981431/2
(9611) 981255
samin@cdr.gov.lb
www.cdr.gov.lb
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Egypt: Residential construction - Tender Details
Description
Bid closing date
Bid Bond
Construction of an alternative residence for the Komombo branch of a bank
24 April, 2014
£E100,000
Details Available on Payment of £E10,000
Client
Department
Address
Phone
Fax
Banque Misr
Purchases
155 Mohamed Farid Street, Cairo
(202) 3912106 / 3912150
(202) 3919779
Saudi Arabia: Building works - Tender Details
Description
Bid closing date
Tender no.
Carrying out rehabilitation to 13 buildings
4 May, 2014
JD/RG/941
Details Available on Payment of SR500
Client
Address
Phone
Fax
Saline Water Conversion Corporation
Makkah Road, PO Box 85369, Riyadh 11432
(9661) 4630503/4634546/4631111
(9661) 4643235
Email
info@swcc.gov.sa
Website
www.swcc.gov.sa
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Saudi Arabia: Academic buildings - Tender Details
Construction of girls’ academic buildings. The scope of works comprises the
construction of girls’ academic buildings capable of accommodating 18,000
students plus teaching and support staff (about 1,500 persons). The works
include earthworks, grading, roads and parking, storm drainage, electrical
power, street lighting system, potable water distribution, sanitary wastewater,
irrigation water (treated sewage effluent distribution), fire water, chilled water,
landscaping, hardscaping, telecommunications and CATV system. The area of
the site to be developed is 8,915 hectares
Description
Bid closing date
Tender no.
22 April, 2014
Request for proposals (no. 097-C75R)
Miscellaneous
Details Available
on Payment of
Client
A pre-bid meeting will be held on 6 April
SR33,500
Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu
Department
Supply Management
Directorate-General for Royal Commission in Jubail, Director, Contracts Section, PO
Box 10001, Madinat al-Jubail al-Sinaiyah 31961
Address
Phone
(9663) 3414127/63
Fax
(9663) 3412201
Saudi Arabia: Building rehabilitation - Tender Details
Description
Bid closing date
Tender no.
Details Available on Payment of
Client
Address
Rehabilitation of a post office building
28 April, 2014
6M1435/1436/LAM
SR5,000
Saudi Post Corporation
Riyadh 11142
Phone
(9661) 4057744
Fax
(9661) 4059684
Website
www.saudipost.gov.sa
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Iran: Railway electrification - Tender Details
Description
Carrying out electrification works to the entire existing railway lines of Iran covering about 6,000
kilometres to be implemented on engineering, procurement, construction and finance (EPCF)
bases. The project includes the construction of a overhead power distribution network –
overhead catenary system – of the railway routes, station tracks, repair and maintenance
workshops and depots; traction power substations, paralleling and sectioning substations;
interface power lines, construction or development of regional electrical power substations for
feeder construction; construction of supervisory control and data acquisition (Scada) and
dispatching centres; supply of electric traction power; modification of substructure,
superstructure and technical constructions of the route; and modification of and adjusting the
signalling and communications system
Bid closing date 20 May, 2014
Tender no.
22-92-1
Details
Available From
18 March, 2014
Details
Available Until
19 April, 2014
Details
Available on
Payment of
Client
Department
IR400, 000 – to account no 574-67, Bank Markazi Iran, payable at all branches of
Bank Melli, or free of charge at http://iets.mporg.ir
Iranian Islamic Republic Railways
Procurement & Logistics General “Foreign Order”
Address
Central Building, Second Floor, Argentina Square Africa Boulevard, PO Box 1519713111, Tehran
Website
http://iets.mporg.ir
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Yemen: Road construction - Tender Details
Description
Bid closing date
Bid Bond
Tender no.
Source of
financing
Miscellaneous
Details Available
on Payment of
Client
Department
Address
Phone
Fax
Email
Construction of the Hajdeh-Makhatah-Rasian-Alhaiajem-Wadi al-Maa road in Taiz governorate as
part of the second rural access project. The construction period is 18 months including a 30day mobilisation period
27 April, 2014
YR42m
42-A-CW/IDA/13. Project no. P085231
International Development Association and the government of Yemen
A site visit will take place on 6 April; a pre-bid meeting will be held on 9 April. Open
to contractors with an average annual contruction turnover of at least YR1.5bn for
the best five years out of the last seven, those who have completed two similar
projects within the last seven years, and those with available liquid assets and/or
credit facilities of atleasat YR300m
YR100
Public Works & Highways Ministry
Mohamed al-Mohaya, Programme Director
Rural Access Programme, Central Management Office (Rapmco), Haddah Street,
Haddah Complex, Building 4, PO Box 16472, Sanaa
(9671) 264143/ 246473
(9671) 246516
rapcmu@y.net.ye
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ENERGY
Construction of 400kv Transmission Lines Medupi - Massa 1 and 2,
South Africa
Project Name:
Construction of 400kv Transmission Lines Medupi - Massa 1 and 2
Country
South Africa
Borrower/Bid No:
C.ET00383.E.NO.LD
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
20 May 2014
Time for completion:
11 months
Amount of bid security:
ZAR 700 000.00
Project Details:
As Under
20 May 2014
Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (Eskom) has received financing from the World Bank toward the
cost of the Eskom Investment Support Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds toward
payments under the contracts for Medupi Power Station Integration Project - 400KV Transmission Lines
Project. Eskom now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for:
CONSTRUCTION OF 400kV TRANSMISSION LINES
Medupi - Massa 1 and 2 (duration 11 months)
The project will consist of the construction of part of the 400kV Transmission Power Line that forms part
of the Medupi Power Station Integration Project. The construction will be done in accordance with
Eskom's design and specifications. The scope of work consists of the following:
*Access roads and infrastructure
*Bush clearing
* Tower foundations and stay wire foundations
*Fabrication and erection of structural steel transmission towers
*Installation of hardware, conductor and insulators
*Tower assembly, stringing and labelling
*Transmission line regulating
*OPGW cable and matched hardware
*A Fall Arrest System
This invitation for bid follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in UN
Development Business of 8 July 2010.
Bidding will be conducted through bidding procedures specified in the World Bank's Guidelines:
Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, May 2004 (revised in October 2006 and May 2010), and
is open to all bidders from eligible source countries, as defined in the guidelines.
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at Eskom
Head Office, Megawatt Park, Maxwell Drive, Sunninghill, Johannesburg, South Africa, during office hours
09H00 to 15H30 hours (RSA time). Contact person: Wenza Nene, Tel +27 11 800 3075, e-mail:
WB_Transmission@eskom.co.za
Interested eligible bidders may collect the bidding document at their own cost at Eskom Head Office,
Megawatt Park, Maxwell Drive, Sunninghill, Johannesburg, South Africa, during office hours 09H00 –
15H30 (SA time). Bidders who want the bidding documents to be sent by a courier or mail will make
necessary arrangements at their own cost with any courier or mail company of their choice to collect the
documents from the above address. Eskom will assume no responsibility for non-delivery or late delivery
of the bidding documents.
Bidding documents will be available from 31 March 2014.
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All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of ZAR 700 000.00, or equivalent and be delivered with
the Bid to the address below by 10H00 on 20 May 2014.
The-bids will be opened immediately thereafter, in the presence of bidders' representatives, who choose
to attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected.
The Bids should be delivered to and will be opened at the following address on or before 10H00 (SA time)
on 20 May 2014.
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
The Tender Issue Office
Main Reception, Ground Floor, Megawatt Park
Eskom Head Office, Megawatt Park, Maxwell Drive, Sunninghill, Johannesburg, South Africa
E-mail: WB_Transmission@eskom.co.za
Package 2: Civil work for transmisison line for Trung Son Hydropower
Project, Vietnam
Project Name:
Package 2: Civil work for transmisison line for Trung Son Hydropower
Project
Country
Vietnam
Borrower/Bid No:
WB/EVNNPT-TS-P02
Description:
Contract for 220kV Transmission Line connecting the Trung Son
Hydropower to National Power System
06 May 2014
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
Time for completion:
Price of bidding
document:
Amount of bid security:
Project Details:
06 May 2014
VND 6,000,000 or USD 300
US$150,000 or equivalent to VND 3,000,000,000.
As Under
1. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the
L8041-VN: Trung Son Hydropower project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments
under the contract for 220kV Transmission Line connecting the Trung Son Hydropower to National Power
System.
2. The National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT)/Northern Power Projects Management Board
(NPPMB) (the Purchaser) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for civil work of 220kV
transmission line (including inland transportation Optical Cables, Insulators and Fittings to the site at
Quan Hoa District, Thanh Hoa Province; Mai Chau District, Hoa Binh Province).
3. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding procedures as specified in the
World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement of Goods – version May 2004, revised in October 2006 and May
2010, and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines. In addition, please
refer to paragraphs 1.6 and 1.7 setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the Bidding Document at the
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address given below from 08:00 hours to 16:00 hours, Hanoi time, starting from March 26, 2014 to
09:00 hours on May 06, 2014 (except weekends and Holidays).
5. A complete set of bidding documents, in English language may be purchased by interested eligible
bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a
nonrefundable fee of VND 6,000,000 or USD 300. The method of payment will be by cash, bank draft or
check to Account No.21110370039883 (in USD) or Account No 2111000000.5367 (in VND). The Northern
Vietnam Power Projects Management Board – Investment and Development Bank-Hanoi Branch. The
document may be sent through courier for an additional fee of US$100. No liability will be accepted for
loss or late delivery.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 09:00 hours on May 06, 2014. Electronic
bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of
the bidders' designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below on May
06, 2014.
7. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of US$150,000 or equivalent to VND 3,000,000,000.
8. The address referred to above is
Northern Vietnam Power Projects Management Board
No. 1111D Hong Ha Street Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi City-Vietnam
Attn: Mr. PHAN LUONG THIEN - Director of NPPMB
Tel. No.: (+84)4 2210 3083
Fax No.: (+84)4 3984 0824
Email: p7.nppmb@gmail.com.vn
Supply of 63MVA-110kV Power Transfomer and complete installation
at platform for 110kV Tan Binh 3 Substation and Transmission line
connections, Vietnam
Project Name:
Vietnam Distribution Efficiency Project
Borrower/Bid No:
DEP-TB3-G3
Country
Vietnam
Description:
Supply of 63MVA-110kV Power Transfomer and complete installation at
platform for 110kV Tan Binh 3 Substation and Transmission line
connections, Vietnam
20 May 2014
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
Price of bidding
document:
Amount of bid security:
Project Details:
20 May 2014
95 USD or 2,000,000 VND
USD 26,000 (U.S Dollars Twenty-Six Thousand only) or VND
546,000,000 (Vietnamese Dongs Five Hundred and Forty-Six Million
only)
As Under
1. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the
Distribution Efficiency Project (DEP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under
the contract for package DEP-TB3-G3: Supply of 63MVA-110kV Power Transfomer and complete
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installation at platform for 110kV Tan Binh 3 Substation and Transmission line connections.
2. Under the authorization of Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the Hochiminh City Power Corporation
(EVNHCMC) now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for procurement 63MVA-110kV
Power Transfomer and complete installation at platform for 110kV Tan Binh 3 Substation and
Transmission line connections. The supply, installation are inclusive of, among others, the following: Two
110kV – 63MVA transformers and accessories; Transportation the two transformers to project site;
Installation the two transformers on the platform; Testing, precomissioning and commissioning the two
transformers; Co-operating with Contractor of package DEP-TB3-G4, DEP-TB3-G5A and DEP-TB3-W5B to
connect electrical primary and secondary parts, testing, precommissioning, integrating the transformers into
computerized control system.
3. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in
the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works, and Non-consulting Services under IBRD
Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank borrowers – January 2011, and is open to all eligible
bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines. In addition, please refer to paragraphs 1.6 and 1.7
setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from EVNHCMC and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from Monday to Friday at 8:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m (Hanoi time) from
Monday, April 07, 2014.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the
submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee of 95
USD or 2,000,000 VND (including VAT). The method of payment will be cash, cheque or by transfer of
funds to the Bank account number 0521011793002 (for VND), An Binh Bank (ABBank) - Main Branch or
0521040949003 (for USD), An Binh Bank (ABBank) - Main Branch. The Bidding Documents will be
directly collected at the address below or sent by courier upon the Bidder's written request and payment
of an additional amount of USD 50 for overseas delivery or VND 1,050,000 for delivery in Vietnam.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 9:00 a.m (Hanoi time) on Tuesday, May 20,
2014 (called deadline for submission of bids). Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be
rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend in
person at the address below at 9:00 a.m (Hanoi time) on Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
7. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of USD 26,000 (U.S Dollars Twenty-Six Thousand
only) or VND 546,000,000 (Vietnamese Dongs Five Hundred and Forty-Six Million only) or an equivalent
amount in a freely convertible currency.
8. The address referred to above is:
HOCHIMINH CITY POWER PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD
Green Power Building, 7th Floor, Room 706 - 35 Ton Duc Thang St., District 1, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
Telephone: (84-8) 2216 8432
Facsimile: (84-8) 2220 5399
Email address: Minh5NQ@hcmpc.com.vn
Attn.: Mr. Le Viet Toan – Acting Director of Hochiminh City Power Project Management Board
Cc: Mr. Nguyen Quoc Minh - Manager of Procurement Department
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Design, Supply, Install, Test and Commission a 22kV Transmission
Lines for the Province of Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, and Siem
Reap (Package 1), Cambodia
Project Name:
Design, Supply, Install, Test and Commission a 22kV Transmission
Lines for the Province of Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, and Siem
Reap (Package 1), Cambodia
Borrower/Bid No:
EDC-MVSTEP-2014-2018
Description:
Construction and completion of 2,110 kilo meters of 22 kilovolt (kV)
sub-transmission lines (the Facilities).
25 April 2014
Last date of bid
submission:
Opening of bid:
Price of bidding
document:
Project Details:
25 April 2014
USD 200.00 (Two Hundred United States Dollars only) or equivalent
As Under
1. The Kingdom of Cambodia has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and OPEC
Fund for International Development (OFID) towards the cost of Medium-Voltage Sub-transmission
Expansion Sector Project. Part of this loan will be used for payments under the contract named above.
Bidding is open to bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.
2. Electricité du Cambodge (EDC) (the Employer) invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the
construction and completion of 2,110 kilo meters of 22 kilovolt (kV) sub-transmission lines (the
Facilities). International Competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with ADB's SingleStage: Two-Envelope bidding procedure.
3. To qualify, a bidder should meet the following qualification criteria:
(i)
all pending litigation shall be treated as resolved against the bidder and so shall in total not
represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the bidder’s net worth;
(ii)
shall demonstrate soundness of financial position during the last 3 years, prospective long-term
profitability, and positive net worth;
(iii)
shall have an average annual turnover of at least US$21 million during the last 3 years;
(iv)
shall have financial resources to meet the cash flow requirement for this contract, which is US$4
million, and current works commitment;
(v)
shall have experience under contracts in the role of contractor, subcontractor, or management
contractor for at least the last (10) ten years;
(vi)
shall have participated as contractor, management contractor, or subcontractor, in at least three
(3) similar turnkey contracts, each with a value of at least US$25million, during the last ten (10) years;
(vii)
shall have (within the last 10 years) experiences in design, installation and erection of concrete
poles and its associated materials and facilities including cross arms, insulators, and conductors for
medium voltage (or higher voltages) transmission lines of minimum 1,000 circuit km that has been in
successful operation for at least two years prior to the date of bid opening;
(viii) shall have constructed at least one (1) project of medium voltage distribution line with a length of at
least 100 circuit km;
(ix)
shall have installed at least ten (10) medium voltage distribution transformers as part of
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distribution substation, and
(x)
subcontractors for major supply items shall have quality management system accreditation (ISO
or its equivalent), with at
least 10 years of manufacturing experience, and with certificate of
successful operation of at least 3 or 5 years (depending on the item) issued by the end-user.
4. To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, bidders should contact:
Attention: H.E KEO ROTTANAK, RGC Delegate in charge of Managing EDC
Electricité du Cambodge
No.19, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh District
Floor/Room number: Meeting Room of Procurement Department
Phnom Penh 12200
Cambodia
5. To purchase the bidding documents in English, eligible bidders should write to address above
requesting the bidding documents for EDC-MVSTEP-2014-2018: Design, Supply, Install, Test and
Commission a 22 kV Transmission Lines for the Province of Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, and Siem
Reap (Package 1), and pay a non-refundable fee of USD 200.00 (Two Hundred United States Dollars
only) or equivalent in another freely convertible currency by cash or bank draft issued by a bank
operating in Cambodia.
The Employer shall hand deliver the bidding document to the Bidder at the above provided address. The
Bidder who wishes to receive the bidding document through courier delivery will be required to pay the
Employer an extra fee to cover the actual courier cost. The Employer shall not be liable for any loss or
late delivery.
6. Deliver your bid:
to the address above
on or before the deadline: 25 April 2014 10:00 a.m.
together with a Bid Security in the amount indicated in the Bidding Document or an equivalent
amount in a freely convertible currency. For the purpose of determining the equivalent
amount of the required Bid Security in a freely convertible currency, the exchange rates
published by the Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia prevailing on the date 28 days prior to the
deadline for bid submission shall be applied.
7. Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline in the presence of bidders’ representatives who
choose to attend.
8. When comparing Bids, ADB’s Domestic Preference Scheme will be applied in accordance with the
provisions stipulated in the Bidding Document.
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PROJECT REPORTS
PROJECT REPORTS
Sixco wins more Qatar port work
23 March 2014, By Colin Foreman
Deal involves building a new substation
The local/Belgian Six Construct Qatar (Sixco) has been awarded an estimated QR150m ($41m) contract
to build a substation that will serve the new aggregate bridges that are being built at Mesaieed port.
Sixco is already working on the port project. In January this year the local Qatar Primary Materials
Company formally awarded the joint venture of Denmark’s FLSmidth and Sixco the estimated QR1.6bn
($430m) contract to build the aggregate berths.
The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) package includes all the detailed engineering,
design and construction of the facility, which will be built at the Mesaieed Gabbro Berths.
The scheme includes five main components. The first is a four-lane conveyor system with a 4,000-tonnean-hour (t/h) capacity for each lane. It will be used to transport bulk aggregate materials 5 kilometres
(km) from cranes on the berths to a new bulk store yard.
The second element is six 25km-long stacker lines, each with a capacity of 4,000 t/h.
The third component is three fixed hoppers that can discharge 200 t/h to trucks on a conveyor. The
fourth is a material switching system that allows material from any conveyor to be fed to any stacker.
The fifth is an internal stockyard road network and 12 truck-weighing systems at the exit of the
stockyard.
The ultimate capacity of the conveyor system and stockyard will be 30 million tonnes a year (t/y).
The consultant is Belgium’s Rent-A-Port.
Bids in for second phase of Dubai Water Canal infrastructure
25 March 2014, 9:39 GMT | By Colin Foreman
Dubai transport agency received Dubai Water Canal bid offers with financing and for construction only
The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) received on 25 March bids from contractors for the contract to
build the second phase of infrastructure for the Dubai Water Canal project.
Contractors submitted two offers: one was with seven years of financing; the other for a constructiononly contract.
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The lowest bidder for the contract with seven years of financing was the local/Australian Habtoor
Leighton Group (HLG) with a price of AED487m ($133m). The low bid was about 6 per cent lower than
the second-lowest price of AED516m, submitted by Beijing-based China State Construction Engineering
Corporation.
The other bidders were a joint venture of the local Al-Naboodah Contracting Company and the Saudi
Binladin Group (SBG) with a price of AED526m; the local/Belgian Bel Hasa Six Construct with AED529m,
a joint venture of the local Wade Adams Contracting and the local/UK Dutco Balfour Beatty (DBB) with
AED574m, and Turkey’s Gunal with a bid of AED642m.
The low bidder for the construction-only contract was China State with a price of AED384m, which is
about 5 per cent lower than the second-lowest bid submitted by India’s Afcons. Afcons did not submit an
offer with financing.
The other bidders were HLG at AED418m, Wade Adams/DBB at AED434m, Gunal at AED450m, AlNaboodah/SBG at AED463m, and Bel Hasa Six Construct at AED487m.
The contract involves the construction of two separate bridges for Al-Wasl and Jumeirah Beach roads.
The Jumeirah Beach Road bridge will be 220 metres long and 26 metres wide with three lanes of traffic in
each direction. The bridge on Al-Wasl Road will be 530 metres long and 19 metres wide with two lanes of
traffic in each direction. It will also have a 900-metre-long direction ramp connecting to the bridge.
The RTA has also invited contractors to bid by 30 April for a contract to complete the third phase of the
Dubai Water Canal project.
The contract involves the excavation and other marine works for the project, which is also known as the
creek extension. The new section of waterway will run from the already extended creek at Business Bay,
under Sheikh Zayed Road, Al-Wasl Road and Jumeirah Beach Road in the Al-Safa area.
In October 2013, Gunal was awarded a contract that involves building a 16-lane bridge that will take
traffic on Sheikh Zayed Road across the proposed Dubai Water Canal project that involves taking Dubai
creek from the Business Bay area to the Gulf. The contractor is providing funding for the works.
The RTA recently approved a new AED7bn budget for 2014 that allocates AED3.6bn for construction
projects. One of the schemes is a major bridge across Dubai creek.
Al-Ittihad Bridge will be a 12-lane (six in each direction) bridge that will replace the existing Floating
Bridge. The 61.6-metre-wide crossing will feature an arch that rises 100 metres, enabling non-stop traffic
movement and safe passage of bulky ships on Dubai creek beneath. The bridge will also have a footpath
in each direction.
The RTA plans to award the construction contract for the bridge by the end of 2014. The consultant is
US-based Parsons International.
Balfour Beatty confirms Dubai Mall award
25 March 2014, By Colin Foreman
BK Gulf joint venture company will provide mechanical and electrical services for Dubai Mall extension
UK-based Balfour Beatty has confirmed that its Dubai-based joint venture Dutco Balfour Beatty has been
awarded the AED1.4bn ($381m) contract to build an extension to Emaar Properties’ Dubai Mall
MEED reported in mid-March that Emaar had sent a letter of intent to Dutco Balfour Beatty for contract.
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That contract involves building a fashion avenue next to the existing mall, the lake, Burj Khalifa and the
existing Address hotel, offering 75,000 square metres of retail space and about 25,000 sq m of parking.
Another Balfour Beatty joint venture, BK Gulf, will provide mechanical and electrical services on the
project.
Balfour Beatty says that at its peak, the project will employ more than 2,000 people. It is due for
completion in early 2016.
Emaar received bids for the contract in December 2013. The other bidders included Al-Futtaim Carillion
and Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC).
Emaar also sent a letter of intent in mid-March to Lebanon’s Arabian Construction Company (ACC) for the
estimated AED3bn contract to build the Address Residence Fountain Views development. The main
construction package involves building three towers including a 220-metre-tall, 60-storey building.
Qatar awards road contracts worth $2.86bn
24 March 2014, By Jeff Florian
New contracts awarded as part of Qatar’s New Orbital Highway project
Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has awarded two design and construction contracts worth a
total of QR10.4bn ($2.86bn) for the second phase of the New Orbital Highway and Truck Route project
under its Expressway Programme.
The first contract, valued at QR4.2bn, was awarded to a joint venture of the local QDVC and Bin Omran
for the design and construction of the route from Salwa Road to North Relief Road. The project entails
five lanes and two truck lanes in each direction, with the provision of two future lanes.
The second contract, valued at QR6.2bn, was awarded to the joint venture of Habtoor Leighton Group
and Aljaber Engineering for the design and construction of Mesaieed to Salwa Road. The project will
provide an orbital route of about five lanes and two separated truck lanes in each direction, also with the
provision of two future lanes.
The New Orbital Highway and Truck Route is one of the largest projects being delivered through
Ashghal’s Expressway Programme, which will link the Mesaieed area to Al Khor and Ras Laffan Industrial
City.
The project is considered to be a vital addition to the roads network of Qatar as it will form a free-flowing
traffic route connecting Qatar’s northern and southern regions without the need to travel through Doha
city. This will divert traffic outside the city, particularly trucks, and better manage heavy vehicles
movement throughout the city providing greater journey choice.
The Orbital Highway Project and Truck Route will encompass the
approximately 200 kilometres of dual carriageway including 22 major
tunnels. Major infrastructure improvements will be implemented as part of
water drainage network, treated sewage effluent networks, electrical and
street lighting and substations.
design and construction of
intersections of bridges and
the project, including a storm
telecommunication networks,
In January, Ashghal awarded a QR3.2bn contract to a joint-venture of Cyprus-based J&P (Joannou &
Paraskevaides) Overseas and Greece’s J&P Avax for the design and construction of the first phase of the
orbital road project. The contract includes about 45km of road network and represents 25 per cent of the
scheme.
Earlier in March, Ashghal awarded a $600m contract to India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for the design and
construction of the Al-Wakrah bypass road in Doha. The scope of work for the contract entails
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construction of a 110km road consisting of 10 lanes and four future lane sections, with additional
collectors/distributor roads, frontage roads and ramps.
In 2013, Ashghal awarded $3.2bn-worth of contracts under its Expressway Programme, which consists of
4,800km of roads and 157 grade-separated intersections, according to Tahir Hanif, project control
specialist at Ashghal. Speaking at MEED’s Qatar Projects conference on 18 March, Hanif said the
programme comprises 32 major projects, which is further broken down into 49 construction contracts,
with a further $5.3bn-worth of work under tender.
Nakheel awards three construction contracts worth $152m
20 March 2014, 6:52 GMT | By Jeff Florian
Contractors to perform work on Al-Furjan and International City projects
Dubai-based Nakheel has announced that it has awarded three contracts worth a total of AED563m
($152m) for construction work at its Al-Furjan and International City communities in Dubai.
Two contracts are for the construction of 401 villas and terraced houses at the Al-Furjan community. The
first, covering 249 homes and valued at AED310.6m, was awarded to local Ginco General Contracting,
while local United Engineering Construction won the second contract for 152 homes, valued at
AED215.4m.
The duration of both contracts is 18 months.
Nakheel also awarded an AED36.8m contract to Abu Dhabi-based Metac General Contracting Company to
build a new community retail centre at International City. Construction of the 79,000-square-foot
shopping and dining facility is scheduled to take 12 months.
Since 2011, Nakheel has re-established itself as one of the most important clients for construction
companies working in Dubai. The firm plans to tender construction contracts totalling more than AED6bn
during 2014, as it continues to move forward with new projects.
The developer has recently launched several new schemes on Palm Jumeirah, including the Nakheell Mall,
The Pointe, The Boardwalk and Palm West Beach.
Last month, the local Actco General Contracting submitted a low bid of AED1.18bn for the contract to
build the Nakheel Mall, which will be located at the northern end of the trunk of Palm Jumeirah.
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ABB wins Saudi substation contract
20 March 2014, 12:51 GMT | By Andrew Roscoe
Substations will reduce requirement for diesel generators in remote areas
Switzerland’s ABB has been awarded a $110m contract from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) to build
and upgrade existing electrical substations in the western region of the kingdom.
The substations will link the Taif East area, in the Mecca region, to the kingdom’s 380kV national grid.
The 110kV power supply from the substations will serve the areas of Turbah, Al-Khumrah and Rania, and
will reduce the need for diesel-generated power in isolated areas.
ABB will design, supply and install a new 380kV substation and expand existing substations in Bisha and
Sised to support the 380kV grid interconnection.
In 2012, ABB was awarded a contract to provide a substation for the Saudi Arabian Mining Company
(Maaden) at its $10.6bn aluminium complex in the Eastern Province of the kingdom.
SEC awards $166m overhead power lines contract
18 March 2014, 11:21 GMT | By Iliana Foutsitzis
Deal involves installing transmission lines in Eastern Province
National Contracting Company has won a SR623m ($166m) contract to install 380kV overhead
transmission lines in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
The local contractor was awarded the deal by Saudi Electricity Company (SEC).
The overhead lines will be used to distribute power from a combined heat and power cogeneration facility
operated by state-owned oil major Saudi Aramco in the kingdom’s Eastern Province.
The project is part of SEC’s programme to expand the capacity of the kingdom’s grid to cope with a rise
in electricity demand. It is estimated that Saudi Arabia’s peak power demand will rise to 75,000MW by
2020. In 2013, the kingdom’s installed generation capacity was about 60,000MW.
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Jordan selects contractors for water pipelines
18 March 2014, 10:19 GMT | By Iliana Foutsitzis
Two more contracts to be awarded in the second quarter
The Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) has selected contractors for two water pipeline contracts totaling
$37m. The projects are part of government efforts to overcome water scarcity in the northern
governorates of Jerash and Ajloun.
The local Nemer Allouzi Contracting has been selected for $20m (JD14m) contract to build a 45.5
kilometres (km) transmission pipeline from Hofa to Ajloun. Work includes building a pipeline with a trunk
line diameter of 500millimetres (mm).
A second contract of $17m has gone to the local United Enterprises Contracting Company for a 83.8km
pipeline between Um Lulu and Jerash. Work includes building a pipeline with a trunk line diameter of
500mm.
Two more tenders are to be released for rehabilitation and extension works of pumping stations and
distribution systems in Um Lulu, Jerash, Hofa and Samad. A source close to the project says the
remaining tenders will be released before the second quarter of 2014.
The awards are part of a government initiative to build water infrastructure for water scarce governorates
in northern Jordan. The final result of the project will be a 201km pipeline with the capacity to transport
7,000 cubic metres of water a day.
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7.0
WORLD DEVELOPEMNT NEWS
AFRICA
Zambia: AfDB, EU, World Bank to Fund Kariba Dam Rehab
BY MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA, 25 MARCH 2014
THE African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank and European Union (EU) are expected to raise about
US$250 million for rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam.
AfDB and the Word Bank will together raise a total of $150m while the EU, will provide $100m for the
rehabilitation programme.
European Union ambassador and head of delegation Gilles Hervio said the EU was looking at financing
between US$85 million and US$100 million for the rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam once the proposal
was finalised and a decision is made by the EU headquarters in June.
Mr Hervio said the Government of Zambia had requested the EU, the World Bank and AfDB to support the
Zambezi River Authority with the rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam.
In an interview in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Hervio said the EU was in principle, looking favourably into the
Government's request and may support the reshaping of the plunge pool.
"This support will be a grant and the Banks may provide subsidised loans. The works will entail the
construction of a temporary dam (Kofferdam) so that the plunge pool can be emptied, the base of the
dam reinforced and the riverbed reshaped to better absorb the energy from the flood waters released
through the spill gates," he said.
ASIA
Balfour Beatty JV wins $165 million Singapore station contract
26 March 2014
The Singapore Land Transport Authority has selected Gammon Construction, a joint venture between
Balfour Beatty and Jardine Matheson, to construct Havelock Station for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)
system.
Havelock Station is located on the Thomson Line, a 30-km long underground line featuring 22 stations
connecting the North-South-East-West Line, Downtown Line, North-East Line and Circle Line.
The latest deal, worth £100 million ($165 million), is the second agreement awarded to Gammon for the
Thomson Line, following the award of the contact for the design and construction of the Mayflower
Station in 2013.
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Work is scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 2014 and will be completed in 2021.
Balfour Beatty chief executive Andrew McNaughton said rail is a key focus for the company and the latest
deal is another prestigious agreement for Gammon in Singapore.
"Balfour Beatty has considerable expertise in rail infrastructure and this contract adds to our significant
wins in Denver USA and Melbourne, Australia in 2013," McNaughton said.
Apart from the LTA contract, Gammon Construction is also working on SMRT Trains' £61 million ($100
million) contract for track system replacement on the North-South Line.
MIDDLE EAST
Contractors invited to express interest in Doha bay crossing
30 March 2014, By Colin Foreman
The Sharq Crossing is one of Qatar’s largest infrastructure schemes
Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has invited companies to express interest in the construction
contracts on its estimated $12bn Sharq Crossing scheme.
The 12-kilometre-long crossing, which was officially launched in December 2013, is one of the biggest
infrastructure schemes planned in Qatar. It involves building three bridges interconnected by subsea
tunnels across Doha Bay, which, when completed, will link Doha’s new Hamad International airport with
the city’s cultural district of Katara and the central business area of West Bay.
The works will be split into eight packages:
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Land-based enabling works contract
Marine-based enabling works contract
West Bay approach and bridge contract
Cultural City approach and bridge contract
Sharq approach and bridge contract
Immersed tunnel and marine interchange contract
Surface street modifications contract
Systems integration contract
There will also be an operations and maintenance contract.
The most significant packages are the design and build contracts covering the West Bay approach and
bridge, the Cultural City approach and bridge, the Sharq approach and bridge, and the immersed tunnel
and marine interchange contract.
It is understood the bridges, which will be between 600 metres and 1,310 metres in length, are steel
deck bridges and will be attractive to contractors from South Korea.
Ashghal still has to hire a consultant to finalise the packages and prepare the tender documents. That
role will involve working closely with Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which prepared the concept
designs for the bridges.
The authority has appointed US-based Fluor Corporation as the programme management consultant to
supervise the construction.
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Work on the project is expected to be completed before the Fifa World Cup in 2022.
Contractors prepare to bid for more work on Doha Metro
30 March 2014, 10:31 GMT | By Colin Foreman
Packages cover elevated and at-grade sections of rail line
Contractors in Qatar are preparing to submit bids on 14 April for two construction contracts on the Doha
metro scheme.
One deal involves building the elevated and at-grade sections of the Red Line. The other involves building
the elevated and at-grade sections of the Gold and Green lines.
In March, the project client, Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), awarded a consortium of Spain’s FCC,
Geneva-registered Archirodon Construction, Turkey’s Yuksel and the local Petroserv a $700m contract to
build a section of Doha Metro.
The section of the Red Line includes building three stations at Barwa Village, Al-Wakrah and Qatar
Economic Zone, and a 7-kilometre-long section of elevated metro line. The contract duration is 31
months.
Later in March, Qatar Rail selected the consortium of Greece’s Aktor, Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi and STFA,
India’s Larsen & Toubro and the local Aljaber Engineering for the estimated QR12bn ($3.3bn) deal to
build the underground sections of the Gold Line.
A letter of award has been issued by Qatar Rail to the consortium and a final contract is expected to be
signed during April.
Doha Metro was one of the region’s most active schemes for contract awards in 2013. In late May and
early June, Qatar Rail awarded construction deals for underground sections and two stations.
The estimated QR8bn Red Line South underground sections construction package was awarded to the
consortium of the local/French QDVC, South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction and the local Darwish
Engineering.
A team of Austria’s Porr, Saudi Binladin Group and the local HBK Contracting Company won the estimated
QR8bn deal to build the underground sections for the Green Line.
The estimated QR8bn deal for the Red Line North underground sections was secured by a group of Italy’s
Impregilo, South Korea’s SK Engineering & Construction and the local Galfar al-Misnad Engineering &
Contracting.
South Korea’s Samsung C&T, Spain’s OHL and Qatar Building Company won the estimated QR4bn
contract to build two major stations at Msheireb and Education City
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Dubai plans more road bridges
30 March 2014, By Colin Foreman
Two links will connect to Nakheel’s Deira Islands in Dubai
Dubai is planning to build two new bridges that will connect Nakheel’s offshore Deira Islands development
with mainland Dubai.
The bridges will connect Deira Islands with the Bur Dubai side of Dubai Creek in the Shindagha area.
“There will be two links from the Dubai side,” said Ali Rashid Lootah, chairman of Nakheel on 26 March.
“It [Deira Islands] will be very accessible.”
Nakheel and Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) are working on the project together. “The RTA
will accelerate the project. We are working in coordination with them,” says Lootah. “We took our time
[preparing this development] so that we could coordinate with the relevant authorities.”
Work is still ongoing on bridges connecting to Deira Islands that were originally planned as access bridges
for the Palm Deira project, which in 2013 was rationalised and became Deira Islands.
In 2008, the local/Belgian Bel Hasa Six Construct was awarded a AED300m ($81.7m) contract to build
the access bridge by the RTA. The bridge will be 400 metres long with six lanes in each direction. USbased Parsons International is the consultant. Bel Hasa Six Construct’s contract is understood to be
nearing completion. Nakheel provided the funding for the bridge, while the RTA managed the design and
the construction.
The RTA is working on a series of new bridges in Dubai. In October 2013, Turkey’s Gunal was awarded a
contract that involves building a 16-lane bridge. The bridge will take traffic on Sheikh Zayed Road across
the proposed Dubai Water Canal project, which will take water from the Dubai creek at the Business Bay
area to the Gulf. The contractor is providing funding for the works.
The RTA also recently approved a new AED7bn budget for 2014 that allocates AED3.6bn for construction
projects. One of the schemes is a major bridge across Dubai creek.
Al-Ittihad Bridge will be a 12-lane (six in each direction) bridge that will replace the existing Floating
Bridge. The 61.6-metre-wide crossing will feature an arch that rises 100 metres, enabling non-stop traffic
movement and safe passage of bulky ships on Dubai creek beneath. The bridge will also have a footpath
in each direction.
The RTA plans to award the construction contract for the bridge by the end of 2014. The consultant is
US-based Parsons International.
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Qatar awards $3.4 billion contracts for road projects
25 March 2014
Qatar's public works authority, Ashghal, has awarded three contracts for projects under the Expressway
programme, with a total value of over QAR12.6 billion ($3.4 billion).
QDVC-Bin Omran JV secured the first contract for the design and construction of Orbital Highway and
Truck Route from Salwa Road to North Relief Road.
The project includes five lanes and two truck lanes in each direction with the provision of two future
lanes.
The second project from Mesaieed to Salwa Road will provide an orbital route of around five lanes and
two separated truck lanes in each direction with the provision of two future lanes.
The second contract was awarded to Leighton Contracting Qatar-Al Jaber Engineering JV.
Larsen & Toubro secured the third contract to design and construct Al Wakra Bypass road which will act
as the main link between Al Shamal and Mesaieed.
The projects, which are due to commence in the second quarter of 2014, are planned to be completed by
the first quarter of 2017.
The Orbital Highway Project and Truck Route comprises the design and construction of about 200km of
dual carriageway, including 22 major intersections of bridges and tunnels.
Ashghal said major infrastructure improvements will be implemented as part of the project including a
storm water drainage network, treated sewage effluent networks, electrical and telecommunication
networks, street lighting and substations.
Kuwait approves bid for Farwaniya hospital expansion project
25 March 2014, By Jeff Florian
Local firm Sayed Hamid Behbehani & Sons submitted low bid of $940.2m for Farwaniya hospital
expansion
Kuwait’s Central Tenders Committee (CTC) has approved the award of a KD265m ($940.7m) contract to
the local Sayed Hamid Behbehani & Sons to build a 955-bed annex to Farwaniya Hospital.
CTC approval is the final step before a formal contract award is made. The committee approved the
contract at a meeting on 19 March.
Sayed Hamid Behbehani & Sons had submitted the low bid to build the annex, which will offer 30
emergency rooms and 27 operating rooms. The project will also include the construction of laboratories,
a pharmacy and car park for 1,500 vehicles. The client for the project is Kuwait’s Health Ministry.
The ministry is also reviewing bids for a 637-bed annex to the Al-Adan Hospital. Local Khalid Ali alKharafi & Brothers submitted the low bid of KD196.9m for the contract. Sayed Hamid Behbehani & Sons
submitted the second-lowest bid of KD232m, while local Alghanim International General Trading &
Contracting submitted the third-lowest price of KD252.3m.
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Both projects are part of a plan to expand nine hospitals in Kuwait to improve the provision of public
health services in the country. The expansions will add 5,000 beds to the current capacity of the state’s
hospitals.
Several contracts have been awarded by the ministry and a few tenders are still being reviewed under
the programme.
Earlier this month, Kuwait’s Amiri Diwan received bids for the retendered construction contract for the
Jahra New Hospital expansion project. The low bid of KD364.97m was submitted by the local Mohammed
Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons, followed by the local Bayan National Trading Company with a price of
KD376.2m. The local Combined Group Contracting submitted the third-lowest bid of KD412.3m.
The scheme entails the construction, furnishing and operational maintenance of a 1,157-bed hospital
adjacent to the existing Jahra hospital in the Jahra governorate of Kuwait.
The first tender to be awarded as part of the hospital expansion programme was for the construction of a
240-bed expansion to the Al-Razi hospital. The local Alghanim International signed a $112m deal to
perform the work in November 2012.
In May 2013, a joint venture led by Kuwait’s Associated Construction Company signed a $343m contract
with the ministry to expand the Al-Amiri hospital, which will add 460 beds to the existing facility.
The following month, a joint venture of Metallurgical Corporation of China and the local Al-Tawbad
General Trading and Contracting Company submitted a low bid of $184m for a deal to expand
the Infectious Diseases Hospital in the Al-Asimah governorate.
In November, India’s Shapoorji Pallonji, along with local partner Al-Sager General Trading & Contracting
Company, submitted the low bid for a contract to build an annex to Kuwait’s Al-Sabah hospital.
A tender issued in 2012 for the expansion of the Kuwait Cancer Control Centre has yet to be awarded,
while a plan to expand the Ibn Sina hospital as part of the programme is still in the design phase.
Abu Dhabi to select design for new cruise terminal in April
25 March 2014, By Jeff Florian
Construction tender expected soon after design award
A tender for the construction of a new dedicated cruise terminal in Abu Dhabi will be issued soon after the
design is selected in April, according to an official at the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Cultural Authority (TCA).
Noura al-Dhaheri, leisure products development manager at the TCA, said the authority plans to select a
design for the cruise terminal on 17 April and issue construction tenders soon afterward, with the aim of
having the facility ready for the 2015/16 cruise season.
Abu Dhabi received 196,000 cruise tourists in 2013 and expects the total to rise above 200,000 this year,
as new ships dock at the capital’s ports.
Al-Dhaheri revealed the TCA’s plans in Dubai as part of a press conference announcing the return of USheadquartered cruise line Royal Caribbean International to the Gulf during the winter of 2015. The
company, which had ended its operations in the Gulf market in 2013 due to sluggish revenues, is
optimistic that cruise tourism is on the rebound in the region.
“Following on from positive and collaborative discussions with our key partners in the region, we are
pleased to announce our return to cruising in the Arabian Gulf in the winter of 2015/16,” said Helen Beck,
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regional director, international representatives, Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Royal Caribbean
International.
The company’s Splendour of the Seas ship will operate 16 roundtrip cruises on a weekly basis from
December 2015 to March 2016 and will dock at ports in Dubai, Oman and Abu Dhabi.
The vessel is expected to add more than 32,000 guests to the Gulf’s cruise sector in its first four-month
season.
Qatar invites contractors to prequalify for long distance rail
24 March 2014, By Colin Foreman
The railway lines will be part of the GCC rail network
Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) has invited companies to prequalify for construction contracts on
Qatar’s Long Distance Rail Network that will be part of the GCC regional rail network.
Contractors have been asked to return prequalification documents by 11 May. Tenders for the first phase
construction contracts are then due to be released to a shortlist of prequalified contractors in late August.
A contract award is expected in mid-March 2015.
Huge project
Phase 1 of the multi-billion dollar project is due to be completed in 2018. It involves building a 146
kilometre-long rail line from the border with Saudi Arabia to Mesaieed and the New Doha Port Project on
the east coast of the peninsula and an inland station known as Doha West International that will connect
to the Doha Metro network.
The line will be used for both passenger and freight services. The maximum speed for passenger services
will be 200 kilometres an hour, and the maximum speed for freight trains will be 120km/hr.
Phase 1 has been split into three areas. Area 1 will be a 71km section of line that connects the Saudi
border and a junction to the south west of Doha. The construction work will include 800,000 cubic metres
of cut and fill, 14 highway bridges, one 160-metre-long rail bridge over a highway, 10 pipeline crossings,
and 14 culverts and camel crossings.
Connecting countries
Area 2 will involve the construction of a 32km line from the junction to the south west of Doha to an
intermodal freight yard, and a 30km line running on from the yard to Mesaieed port and industrial area.
The construction work includes 900,000 cubic metres of cut and fill, nine highway bridges, four rail
bridges over highways ranging from 50m to 465m in length, 22 pipeline crossings, and 12 culverts and
camel crossings.
Area 3 will involve the construction of 23km of passenger line to Doha West International station. The
construction work involves three rail bridges crossing highways and seven pipeline crossings.
Phase 2 of the project is expected to be completed by 2021 and involves the construction of a 171km of
railway line that will connect Doha West International station to Bahrain and Hamad International airport.
The maximum speed for passenger services on this line will be 350km/h.
Phase 3, which is programmed to be completed in 2027 will involve building 80km of railway line. This
will cover the dualling of the second phase lines between Doha West International station and Bahrain
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together with links to Al-Khor and Ras Laffan. The passenger services will have a maximum speed of
250km/h. The freight trains will travel at a maximum speed of 120km/h.
2030 completion
Phase 4 is scheduled for completion in 2030. It involves building 128km of railway line, including a Doha
Industrial Frieght link, the dualling of the first phase line connecting to the Saudi border. The maximum
speeds on these lines will be 350km/h for passenger services and 120km/h for freight.
Future phases include a link across the Qatari peninsula from Doha West International station to Dukhan.
The outline design for the first phase is scheduled to be completed in August 2014. A joint venture of USbased Parsons International and France’s Systra, was recently awarded a consultancy services contract
for the design of the Qatar Long Distance Railway Network.
Qatar over the past two years has been busy tendering and awarding construction contracts for the Doha
Metro scheme.
Qatar Rail recently selected the consortium of Greece’s Aktor, Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi, STFA also of Turkey,
India’s Larsen & Toubro and the local Aljaber Engineering for the estimated QR12bn ($3.3bn) contract to
build the underground sections of Doha Metro’s Gold Line.
Fresh prices
A letter of award has been issued by Qatar Rail to the contracting consortium and a final contract is
expected to be signed soon.
Firms submitted fresh prices at the end of 2013. Bids were originally submitted in early 2013, but after
several months of evaluating bids, Qatar Rail decided to seek revised prices after it reduced the scope of
some parts of the Doha metro scheme, including the Gold Line. The change was made so the company
could concentrate on the key elements of the network it needs in place for the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
Despite the reduction in scope, the Gold Line is the largest construction contract to be tendered for Doha
Metro.
Earlier in March, Qatar Rail awarded a consortium of Spain’s FCC, Geneva-registered Archirodon
Construction, Turkey’s Yuksel, and the local Petroserv a $700m contract to build a section of the Doha
Metro.
The section of the Red Line includes building three stations at Barwa Village, Al-Wakrah and Qatar
Economic Zone, and a 7-kilometre-long section of elevated metro line. The contract duration is 31
months.
Active project
Doha Metro was one of the region’s most active projects for contract awards in 2013. In late May and
early June, Qatar Rail awarded construction deals for underground sections and two stations.
The estimated QR8bn Red Line South underground sections construction package were awarded to the
consortium of the local/French QDVC, South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction and the local Darwish
Engineering.
A team of Austria’s Porr, Saudi Binladin Group and the local HBK Contracting Company won the estimated
QR8bn contract to build the underground sections for the Green Line.
The estimated QR8bn deal for the Red Line North underground sections was secured by a consortium of
Italy’s Impregilo, South Korea’s SK Engineering & Construction and the local Galfar al-Misnad Engineering
& Contracting.
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South Korea’s Samsung C&T, Spain’s OHL and Qatar Building Company won the estimated QR4bn
contract to build two major stations at Msheireb and Education City.
Qatar Rail has also received bids for the metro’s systems, rolling stock and track work contract. Offers
were submitted by Germany’s Siemens; a team of Italy’s Ansaldo STS and Spain’s CAF; and a group of
three Japanese companies – Mitsubishi, Hitachi and Kinkyshario; and France’s Thales.
The technical bids are currently being evaluated. The commercial offers will be opened once the technical
evaluation has been completed.
The six-year contract covers the design, integration, manufacturing, supply, delivery, testing and
commissioning of the trains and other required equipment.
Saudi Arabia extends bid deadline for airport projects
23 March 2014, By Jeff Florian
Bidders given more time for Al-Jouf and Qassim airport expansions in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Civil Aviation (Gaca) has extended the bid deadlines for two projects
to expand domestic airports in the country.
The first tender is for the expansion of Al-Jouf airport, which will involve the construction of a new
terminal building along with other airport infrastructure such as a control tower, car parks and a mosque.
The deadline for bids, which initially had been set at 25 March, has now been extended to 6 May.
The second tender is for the expansion of Qassim airport, which will also entail construction of a new
terminal and related airport infrastructure. The deadline for bids has also been extended about two
months, to 1 June.
The projects are part of several regional airports being developed by Gaca. In February, the local AlJaber submitted a low bid of SR1.8bn ($480m) for the contract to build the new Abha airport. Al-Jaber’s
price is about 5 per cent lower than the second-lowest price of SR1.9bn submitted by the local Al-Mabani
General Contractors. The third-lowest bidder is Kuwait First Group, with a price of SR2bn. The new
terminal will cover a total area of 80,000 square metres and have 21 passenger gates.
Earlier this month, Gaca issued two tenders for the redesign of seven domestic airports as part of an
ongoing expansion of airports across the country.
The scope of work includes the design of new passenger terminals, runways, aprons, control towers,
maintenance buildings, VIP lounges, and landscaping.
The redesign of the seven airports has been split into two separate contracts. The first tender is for
design work at Al-Ahsa, Al-Wajh, Sharurah, and Wadi al-Dawasir airports. Bids for the first tender must
be submitted by 30 April.
The second tender is for the redesign of Qaisumah, Rafha, and Turaif airports. Bids for the second tender
must be submitted by 4 May.
In June 2013, Gaca received bids from 17 groups for the contract to build the new King Abdullah bin
Abdulaziz airport in Jizan. The scheme will involve building a three-storey passenger terminal, a control
tower, air cargo zones and other facilities. The terminal will have 10 gates and a VIP lounge.
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A consortium of Saudi Lebanese Modern Construction Company (Salmoc), Safari & Salmoc and Al-Subaie
(all local) submitted the low bid of SR2.57bn ($685m). This was 7 per cent less than the SR2.76bn price
submitted by the second-lowest bidder, the local Saudi Pan Kingdom Company (Sapac).
A much larger project is King Khalid International airport. In 2013, Gaca invited nine contracting groups
to bid for the contract to expand the existing terminals 3 and 4 at the airport in Riyadh. The tender
closing date was 27 February.
In February 2013, the local arm of US-based Aecom, Aecom Arabia, was appointed to project manage the
expansion scheme. The work aims to increase the airport’s annual capacity to 24 million passengers from
the today’s 14 million.
Saudi Arabia moves forward with power schemes
20 March 2014, By Iliana Foutsitzis
Saudi Arabia has awarded $476m-worth of transmission and distribution contracts
Saudi Arabia is moving ahead with efforts to upgrade its transmission and distribution (T&D)
infrastructure, with local utility Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) having awarded projects worth a total of
$476m in recent months.
The largest project is a contract worth $184m awarded to Local Saudi Services for Electro Mechanic
Works. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor is planning to start works on 1
April, which will involve installing 227 kilometres of 380kV overhead power lines. The work is expected to
be finished in September 2015.
Once complete, the transmission scheme will supply power from the proposed Yanbu 3 power plant to the
city of Medina. In December 2012, South Korea’s Samsung Engineering was awarded the contract to
build the $3bn Yanbu 3 power plant, which will have a power generation capacity of 3,100MW.
The other contracts awarded by SEC for T&D schemes include a $176m deal awarded to Germany’s
Siemens to build the 380kV Hail 3 substation, and a $116m contract to the National Contracting
Company (NCC) to build a 380kV substation at state oil major Saudi Aramco’s Juaymah oil and gas
refining terminal. The two substation projects are expected to be completed in 2016.
Qatar to award $5.3bn-worth of expressway projects
19 March 2014, 5:06 GMT | By Jeff Florian
A total of 49 contracts will be issued under Qatar’s expressway projects programme
Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) awarded about $3.2bn-worth of contracts on its huge
expressway programme in 2013, according Tahir Hanif, project control specialist at Ashghal.
Speaking at MEED’s Qatar Projects conference on 18 March in Doha, Hanif said the aim of the programme
is to reduce traffic congestion and prepare the country’s infrastructure for the World Cup in 2022. With
that in mind, the deadline for completing the programme is 2020.
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The programme, which consists of 4,800 kilometres of roads and 157 grade-separated intersections,
comprises 32 major projects, which is further broken down into 49 construction contracts, with a further
$5.3bn-worth of work under tender, Hanif said.
In Doha alone, Ashghal has awarded three concept design projects, while 25 contracts have been
awarded, which now are in the detailed design phase. There are currently five projects under
procurement in the capital, and 15 that are under construction.
All companies seeking to bid for contracts must be prequalified by Ashghal. In terms of characteristics the
authority is looking for in contractors, local expertise is seen as key. “Local knowledge is very important,
as is local customs and how people operate,” Hanif said. “I think you should take the time to understand
the culture and find a good joint-venture partner.
“We also want companies that are agile. If you want a project where everything is fixed and all the
drawing are set, well, that doesn’t happen. So working with the client and the stakeholders is very
important. There has to be flexibility on both sides,” he added.
Lebanon invites bids for Beirut water scheme
17 March 2014, 9:57 GMT | By Andrew Roscoe
Contract is part of Greater Beirut Water Supply Project
The Lebanese government has invited companies to submit bids for a contract to provide and install
pumping stations, reservoirs and distribution networks for the Greater Beirut Water Supply Project.
Companies have until 6 May to submit bids for the tender, which is being handled by the Beirut and
Mount Lebanon Water Establishment (BMLWE).
The work will involve providing and installing pumping stations, reservoirs and distribution networks for
Zone B of the Greater Beirut water scheme. Zone B includes the areas of Haret Es Sitt, Wadi Chahrour,
Merdash, Louaize, Hazmieh and Chiah, among others.
The government has received a loan from the Washington-based International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD) to fund the scheme.
The estimated $200m Greater Beirut Water Supply Project is designed to strengthen the capacity of the
BMLWE, the utility provider responsible for the operation and efficiency of urban water supply in the area.
The scheme is planned to improve water supply for more than 2 million people in Southern Beirut.
Lebanon’s government has been planning ways to improve the water supply in Greater Beirut since the
early 1960s. The project will involve increasing the supply of drinkable water and improve the pipes
running into buildings in Beirut. The proposed water supply scheme will involve constructing two water
tunnels, three big storage reservoirs, 16 supply reservoirs, a water treatment plant and new smaller
pipelines, pumping stations and household meters.
In October 2013, contractors were invited to submit bids for the contract to build a tunnel and transfer
lines for the Greater Beirut water scheme.
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Prequalification opens for Mecca metro systems works
17 March 2014, By Jeff Florian
Contractors invited to prequalify for work on first phase of Mecca metro project
Saudi Arabia’s Development Commission of Mecca and Mashaaer has invited local and international
contractors to prequalify for rail systems works on phase one of Mecca’s new metro.
The scope of work for the project includes track work, signalling, systems (including traction power),
telecommunication, stations and building fitting out. The contract also covers mechanical, electrical and
plumbing (MEP) works, and overall system integration.
The deadline for submitting prequalification documents is 26 May.
The metro is being built to meet the anticipated growth in religious tourists visiting the holy city during
the Muslim pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah in the coming years.
It is just one element of a wider SR60bn ($16.5bn) transport programme for Mecca known as the Mecca
Public Transport Programme (MPTP), which also includes a bus network.
The first phase of the project will cover the partial construction of lines B and C. Line B is 12 kilometres in
length with seven stations and will be mostly underground.
Line C covers 22km of track with 15 stations, and the depot civil works.
The long-term plan is to build a total of four rail lines covering more than 180km of track and 88 stations.
Phase 2 will cover the construction of a 27.7km Line A, while Phase 3 will cover the construction of a
34.1km line D and a 5.5km extension to Line C.
In November 2013, contractors were invited to prequalify for phase one of the construction of the civil
works for the metro. In July, US firm Parsons Brinckerhoff was awarded the $93.6m project management
contract for the MPTP.
The metro’s feasibility study was prepared by a joint venture of France’s Systra and the US-based
Aecom. The firms were appointed as consultants in April 2012.
In January, companies were invited to prequalify for contracts covering the operation and maintenance of
an urban bus transit system as part of the MPTP.
Kuwait issues tender for public-private schools project
16 March 2014, By Jeff Florian
Companies sought to finance and build nine schools in Kuwait
Kuwait’s Partnership Technical Bureau (PTB), in collaboration with the Education Ministry, has invited
companies to submit expressions of interest for the Kuwait Schools Development Programme publicprivate partnership (PPP) project.
The PTB said the scheme will be procured under a design, build, finance, operate and maintain structure.
The primary scope of the project is to develop nine schools: five kindergarten; three elementary; and one
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middle school. The project also entails construction of a residential building for female school teachers
and an Olympic-size swimming pool.
The term of the contract is expected to be 25 years in addition to three years for the design, build and
finance of the infrastructure assets.
The new schools will have a combined capacity of 4,350 students, while the residential building will entail
431 studios. The Olympic-size swimming pool will comprise 10 lanes.
Expressions of interest for the project must be submitted by 15 May. The expression of interest process
will be followed by a request for qualification phase for non-listed companies in the Kuwait Stock
Exchange to be announced at a later date.
Saudi Arabia’s Acwa signs power deal in Mozambique
16 March 2014, By Rebecca Spong
Deal will mark project finance first for African country
A consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power has signed a 25-year concession contract with the
Mozambican government for the development of an independent coal-fired power project (IPP) in the
East African country.
The deal is a sign of the increasing interest from Middle Eastern companies in investing in sub-Saharan
Africa.
Known as the Moatize IPP project, it will be built in the Tete Province, 1,500km north of Mozambique’s
capital city of Maputo. The first phase will provide 300 megawatts (MW) of power.
The total investment cost of the project is approximately $1bn and will be built on a build, operate, own
and transfer (BOOT) basis.
It is expected to be Mozambique’s first large-scale greenfield power project to be funded with project
finance. A number of bankers active in the Middle East say they are increasingly looking at certain SubSahara African projects to support, given the relatively limited number of project finance deals currently
in the regional bank market.
ACWA’s consortium also comprises the Brazilian mining firm Vale and the Japanese trading house Mitsui.
The Mozambican state-owned utility, Electricity de Mozambique and the local investor Whatana
Investment Group will be minority shareholders in the project.
South Korean contractor GS Engineering & Construction has won the engineering, procurement and
construction contract for the power plant.
Around 250MW of the total capacity of the plant will support Vale’s mining operations in the country,
while the remaining 50MW will be fed into the national grid to meet Mozambique’s growing demand for
power.
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UAE to build new 60,000-seat stadium
11 March 2014, By Jeff Florian
New venue in Dubai is part of UAE’s bid to host 2019 Asian Cup football tournament
The UAE Football Association (UAEFA) has announced plans to build a new 60,000-seat stadium in Dubai.
The project, which will be funded by the Dubai Sports Council, is being launched as part of the UAEFA’s
bid to host the 2019 Asian Cup.
The Asian Football Confederation requires bidding nations to have six suitable stadiums to host the event.
The UAE plans to use stadiums in three locations, including the Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium and Zayed
Sports City in Abu Dhabi, and the Hazza bin Zayed and Khalifa bin Zayed stadiums in Al-Ain.
In Dubai, UAEFA plans to use the cricket stadium in Dubai Sports City as well as the new 60,000-capacity
stadium, which is expected to be completed by 2018.
A smaller 25,000-seat stadium currently under construction in Sports City will also be included as a
stand-by venue.
The UAE, which previously hosted the Asian Cup in 1996, will be one of the four candidates in contention
to host the Asian competition in 2019. The others are Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The decision on which will host the 2019 Cup is expected to be made in November.
Bidders sought for Saudi Arabian airport expansion projects
5 March 2014, By Jeff Florian
Seven domestic airports are being expanded
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) has issued two tenders for the redesign of
seven domestic airports as part of an ongoing expansion of airports across the country.
The scope of work includes the design of new passenger terminals, runways, aprons, control towers,
maintenance buildings, VIP lounges, and landscaping.
The redesign of the seven airports has been split into two separate contracts. The first tender is for
design work at Al-Ahsa, Al-Wajh, Sharurah, and Wadi al-Dawasir airports. Bids for the first tender must
be submitted by 30 April.
The second tender is for the redesign of Qaisumah, Rafha, and Turaif airports. Bids for the second tender
must be submitted by 4 May.
Saudi Arabia is spending billions of dollars on the construction and expansion of airports across the
country, Last month, Gaca floated new tenders for the expansion of two domestic airports in the country.
The first tender is for the expansion of Qassim airport, which will involve the construction of a new
terminal building along with other airport infrastructure such as a control tower, car parks and a mosque.
The deadline for bids is 27 March.
The second tender is for the expansion of Al-Jouf airport, which will also entail construction of a new
terminal and related airport infrastructure. The deadline for bids is 25 March.
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Also in February, the local Al-Jaber submitted a low bid of SR1.8bn ($480m) for the contract to build the
new Abha airport. Al-Jaber’s price is about five per cent lower than the second lowest price of SR1.9bn
submitted by the local Al-Mabani General Contractors. The third lowest bidder is Kuwait First Group, with
a price of SR2bn.
The new terminal will cover a total area of 80,000 square metres and have 21 passenger gates. In
addition to the terminal building, the contract will involve building other airport infrastructure, including a
control tower, car parks and facilities such as mosques.
In June 2013, Gaca received bids from 17 groups for the contract to build the new King Abdullah bin
Abdulaziz airport in Jizan. The scheme will involve building a three-storey passenger terminal, a control
tower, air cargo zones and other facilities. The terminal will have 10 gates and a VIP lounge.
A consortium of Saudi Lebanese Modern Construction Company (Salmoc), Safari and Safari & Salmoc and
Al-Subaie (all local) submitted the low bid of SR2.57bn ($685m). This was 7 per cent less than the
SR2.76bn price submitted by the second-lowest bidder, the local Saudi Pan Kingdom Company (Sapac).
A much larger project is King Khalid International airport. In 2013, Gaca invited nine contracting groups
to bid for the contract to expand the existing terminals 3 and 4 at the airport in Riyadh. The tender
closing date was 27 February.
In February 2013, the local arm of US-based Aecom, Aecom Arabia, was appointed to project manage the
expansion scheme. The work aims to increase the airport’s annual capacity to 24 million passengers from
the today’s 14 million.
Parsons/Systra JV wins consultancy services contract in Qatar
3 March 2014
A joint venture (JV) of California-based Parsons Corporation and French engineering firm Systra has won
a consultancy services contract for the design of the Qatar Long Distance Railway Network.
The proposed 248.5 mile rail network includes six freight facilities, a depot, and seven passenger stations
to provide freight and passenger services nationally within Qatar and to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
The network will be integrated with the new Doha Metro and is also part of the Gulf Cooperation Council
rail network.
Parsons Middle East Africa (MEA) president Guy Mehula said, "This design consultancy project is of
strategic importance to the State of Qatar in meeting its national vision, and we look forward to working
with Qatar Railways Company to begin work on the project early this year."
With offices in the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, Parsons has been working in the MEA
region for more than 60 years.
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Dubai RTA awards Jumeirah Corniche development contract
3 March 2014
The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) has awarded the AED100 million ($27.2 million)
Jumeirah Corniche development contract.
The urban project spans six residential beachfront residential communities starting from a location at the
back of the Dubai Marine Beach Resort & Spa up to Burj Al Arab Hotel in a 14 kilometre stretch.
The project includes construction of a 5-metre wide walk, 4 metre-wide jogging track, rest areas
including retail kiosks and shaded benches overlooking the beach in addition to health and public realms.
In addition, the project will have a landscape featuring flora and decorative lighting characterised by
stylish and creative design.
Construction work on the project began in the mid of February and is due for opening in November.
RTA board chairman and executive director Mattar Al Tayer said, "The project aims at converting the
sand beach into a more vibrant facility through providing aesthetic, recreational elements as well as
public services for the visiting tourists and residents heading to Dubai beaches to enjoy seaside sitting or
practicing jogging & walking sports."
DOMESTIC NEWS
Engineers India Ltd won $ 139 million consultancy contract for a 20 million
tonne oil refinery in Nigeria
Engineers India Ltd (EIL) has won its largest ever overseas consultancy contract for a 20 million tonne oil
refinery in Nigeria as it looks at markets abroad to more than double its revenue to $ 1 billion in the next
3-4 years.
The state-owned firm has won a $ 139 million contract from Nigerian company Dangote Group for
providing project management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement and construction
management (EPCM) services for a refinery and polypropylene plant, EIL Chairman and Managing
Director A K Purwaha said.
Under the agreement, EIL will provide project PMC and EPCM services for implementing a grassroot
400,000 barrels per day (20 million tonnes) refinery and 600,000 tonnes a year polypropylene plant.
"We are looking more focusedly on overseas markets particularly in Middle-East, Africa and South East
Asia," he said. "We are targeting 20% of our revenues from overseas market."
The company, which reported a net profit of Rs 628.58 crore on a turnover of Rs 2,505.97 crore in 201213, is targeting more than double of the turnover to $ 1 billion.
"We are strong in refinery, petrochemicals, pipelines, upstream oil and gas projects and metallurgy. We
are now looking at diversifying into nuclear energy, water and waste management and solar thermal
projects," Purwaha said.
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EIL has already re-entered the fertilizer sector and is doing projects in Bangladesh, Indonesia and
Nigeria.
"We are looking with interest in diversifying into high growth areas where we can provide high quality of
engineering skills and knowledge," he said.
EIL, a leading engineering consultancy and EPC company, is celebrating its 50th Foundation Day on
March 15 to commemorate five decades of operations.
"Set up in 1965 with the mandate of providing indigenous technology solutions across the hydrocarbon
value chain, EIL has today blossomed into a world-class institution with a diverse portfolio of projects in
hydrocarbon, petrochemicals, mining and metallurgy, fertiliser, power and infrastructure sectors,"
Purwaha said.
Right from executing its first refinery project in Madras Refinery in 1967, EIL has its footprint in 19 of the
22 operating refineries in the country with a combined capacity of more than 150 million tonnes.
EIL has also been involved in the establishment of 7 of the 8 mega petrochemical complexes in India.
"Today, EIL is the only 'Total Solutions' engineering consultancy company in India providing design,
engineering, procurement, construction and integrated project management services from concept-tocommissioning," he added.
Larsen & Toubro secures $600 million Qatar road contract
14 March 2014
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a QAR2.187 billion ($600 million) contract from Qatar’s Public Works
Authority, Ashgha, to design and construct the Al Wakrah Bypass Road in Doha.
Under the deal, the transportation infrastructure business of L&T Construction will build an 11 kilometre
road featuring 10 lanes and four future lane sections with additional collectors/distributor roads, frontage
roads and ramps.
The freeway will provide access to the existing and planned developments through five major
interchanges featuring 20 bridges, 13 bicycle overpasses, eight underpasses, three pedestrian bridges
and tunnels.
The project, which is anticipated to take 32 months to complete, will also include drainage, electrical,
intelligent transportation systems, irrigation and landscaping.
L&T said the Al Wakrah Bypass is a major South - North freeway linking the existing Al Wakrah Mesaieed Road.
The bypass will intersect with the existing Al Wakrah - Mesaieed Road at its southern end and, branching
into two directions, to the planned Doha Sea Port to the south, and the Mesaieed Industrial area to the
West.
Commenting on the order, L&T board member and senior executive vice president for infrastructure &
construction S.N. Subrahmanyan said, "This is the company's single largest road order in the
international market and is an important turning point in our plans of growing the company's business in
the Middle East region."
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PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ITEMS : OVERSEAS INQUIRIES
Bathroom Fittings & Accessories
E-buy Radiators Direct Limited
Buyers of bathroom fixture and fittings such as taps, showers, baths sinks etc.
Address: 15, Longfield Avenue, Fareham - PO141DA, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(1329)-519465 Fax: +(44)-(1329)-519465
Mebra, Sa
Importers of sanitary brass plumbing fittings, shower sets, bathroom acessories etc.
Address: Lugar Do Barreiro, Apart. N.- 4, Vila De Prado - Braga - 4734908, Portugal
Phone: +(351)-(253)-929600 Fax: +(351)-(253)-929625
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(351)-963931719
M. G. Systems
Importer of sinks.
Address: Arti 328, Rue Paul Claudel Strret, Evry - 91000, France
Phone: +(33)-(1)-60775460 Fax: +(33)-(1)-60776410
Cixi Star Light Sanitary Ware Company Limited
Buyers of shower.
Address: Cang Tian Industrial Area, Changhe, Cixi, Ningbo - 315 326, China
Phone: +(86)-(574)-63406416 / 63415898 Fax: +(86)-(574)-63409125 / 63415786
Enter-American
Importers of bathroom accessory.
Address: Rruga Don Bosco, Tirana - 121 212, Albania
Phone: +(355)-(43)-57057 Fax: +(355)-(43)-57057
Pinnacle Exclusives, Inc.
Importers of bathroom accessories.
Address: 4655, Bonavista Avenue Suite 208, Montreal - H3W 2C6, Canada
Phone: +(1)-(514)-4824166 Fax: +(1)-(514)-4824166
Newise International Limited
Importer of bathroom sinks.
Address: 1/F, Kai Kwong Commercial Bldg Lockhart Road Wanchai, Wan Chai - 332334, China (Hong
Kong S.A.R.)
Phone: +(852)-(852)-25117008 Fax: +(852)-(852)-28917187
Bellagio, Sarl
Buyers of bathroom fitting.
Address: Tabaris Square, Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Phone: +(961)-(1)-204042
Otari Ghana Limited
Buyers of all types of bathroom fittings.
Address: No.:10, Dadeban Loop, North Industrial Area, Accra, Ghana
Phone: +(233)-(21)-237796 Fax: +(233)-(21)-237796
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(233)-24670780
Microdata Associates Limited
Buyers of bathroom accessories such as shower curtain, toothbrush holders etc.
Address: 79, Roseville Road, Hayes, London - UB34QY, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(208)-5731391 Fax: +(44)-(790)-2098281
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(44)-7812339669
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T. K. Interior Design & Decoration S/b
Importers of bathroom accessories.
Address: 750/D, Taman Ecorich Jalan Tanjung Batu, Bintulu - 97000, Malaysia
Phone: +(6)-(86)-332729 Fax: +(6)-(86)-332729
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(6)-0138338430
Comfort Line AS
Buyers of steam shower, bath tub and heatpump.
Address: Rigedalen, 52, Kristiansand - 4626, Norway
Phone: +(47)-(984)-82373
Aqua Tec
Importers of spare parts for sink.
Address: 25 Moaz Aldawla, Nser City Mkram Abeed, Cairo - 11241, Egypt
Phone: +(2)-(2)-6708075 Fax: +(2)-(2)-2729651
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(2)-0020124595870
Curtiss AS.
Importers of products related to bathroom.
Address: Keramikkveien 32, Stavanger - 4032, Norway
Phone: +(47)-(51)-800805
Roca Sanitario SA
Importers of bathroom fittings and products.
Address: Avda. Diagonal, 513, Barcelona - 08029, Spain
Phone: +(34)-(93)-3661200
Plasztikform Kft
Importers of stainless steel bathroom units.
Address: Baross Utca 167, Budavrs - 2040, Hungary
Phone: +(36)-(23)-423001 Fax: +(36)-(23)-423003
Samra Bath Center
Engaged in importing of bathroom accessories, bathroom mirrors and bathroom other
products.
Address: 23, King George Street, Tel Aviv - 63290, Israel
Phone: +(972)-(52)-4669609 Fax: +(972)-(3)-5273506
Swadesh Bidesh
Buyers of bathroom accessories.
Address: 64, Aziz Super Market, 1st Floor, Dhaka - 1000, Bangladesh
Phone: +(880)-(2)-861025 Fax: +(880)-(2)-8613958
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(880)-11875686
Kudos Shower Products Limited
Buyers of cotton bath and shower mats.
Address: Elmsfield Park Holme Cumbria, Manchester - LA61RJ, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(1539)-564040 Fax: +(44)-(1539)-564141
Unique International, Dhaka
Vision Accomplished Ventures Limited
Buyers of bathroom fittings.
Address: 4, Ogunlana drive, Surulere - 34562, Paraguay
Phone: +(234)-(1)-8033048516
Haider Limited
Buyers of bathroom fittings.
Address: 15 Hollinbank Lane, Lee - WF16 9NF, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(7979)-920555
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Multitrade International Ltd.
deals in bathroom fittings
Address: Data General Building, 666 Gt South Rd., Ellerslie, P O Box : 62503, Central Park, Auckland,
New Zealand
Phone: +(64)-(9)-5259721 Fax: +(64)-(9)-5250471
Jash Technical Services Co. Limited
Importers of bath accessories.
Address: P. O. Box 173, Riyadh - 11411, Saudi Arabia
Phone: +(966)-(1)-4767780 Fax: +(966)-(1)-4776662
Plumb Crazy
Buyers of all plumbing, bathroom, hardware products.
Address: 100 Voortrekker Road, Salt River, Cape Town - 7925, South Africa
Phone: +(27)-(21)-5117818 Fax: +(27)-(21)-5117873
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(27)-834634649
Importers of all kinds of bathroom fittings.
Address: 20/25, North South Road, Siddique Bazar, Habib Market, 3rd Floor, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Phone: +(880)-(2)-9566254 Fax: +(880)-(2)-9566254
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(880)-171536146
Construction Machinery
Birdi Civil Engineers
Importers of construction plants.
Address: P. O. Box 58223, Nairobi - 00010, Kenya
Phone: +(254)-(20)-823620 Fax: +(254)-(20)-891017
Dabaywa Trading & Contracting Co.
Importer of construction equipment, construction materials and construction machineries etc
Address: 2, W2, Mosque Street Ibnauf Suliman Building, Khartoum - 11111, Sudan
Phone: +(249)-(9)-12953816 / 12843934
Alghanim International & General Trading
Buyers of construction equipments.
Address: Shuaikh, Behind Old Pepsi Company, Safat - 2118, Kuwait
Phone: +(965)-(1)-804044 / 9149534 Fax: +(965)-(1)-4822490
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(965)-965789
J. L. International Limited, Partnership
Buyers of machineries and raw material for construction industry.
Address: No. 889, Thai C. C. Tower, Room No. 242, South Sathorn Road, Yanawa, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand
Phone: +(66)-(2)-6723444
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(66)-896610896
Induztrial Toyz Corporation
Buyers of road construction equipments.
Address: 169, Forrest Drive, Sherwood Park - T8A6A9, Canada
Phone: +(1)-(780)-9451161 Fax: +(1)-(780)-4493747
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Wahyu Mandiri
Importers of all types of construction equipments.
Address: Basuki Rahmat 56, Sumatera Selatan - 12430, Indonesia
Phone: +(62)-(711)-421557
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(62)-8127132333
Precise Engineering Services
Importers of construction equipment.
Address: Plot 43, Oboja Road, Kampala - 19780, Uganda
Phone: +(256)-(772)-742053 Fax: +(256)-(38)-400258
JB System Inc.
Engaged in import of construction equipments such as excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders,
motor graders, cranes, road rollers, forklifts, dump trucks, concrete mixture trucks, garbage
compactor trucks, generators. Also imports used ship, cargo etc.
Address: No. 4-4-29, Nishi Sakado, Sakado-Shi - 350 0247, Japan
Phone: +(81)-(492)-793455 Fax: +(81)-(492)-793456
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(81)-9034053162
T. Lishman & Sons
Buyers of construction equipments.
Address: The Winnings, Ingleton, Lancaster - LA63DU, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(152)-4241082 Fax: +(44)-(152)-4241935
Yabhana Group
Importers of construction equipments.
Address: 12, Dunchurch Crescent Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham - B73 6QN, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(7909)-526410
Haider Bearing & Machinery Centre
Importers of all types of construction machinery.
Address: No. A-87, Jinnah Road, Rawal Pindi - 46000, Pakistan
Phone: +(92)-(51)-5870342 / 5554446 Fax: +(92)-(51)-5776067
Hanmi International Company Limited
Buyers of used construction equipments and spare parts.
Address: #121-246, Dangsandong 6, Ga Youngdeungpogu, Seoul - 150 808, Korea
Phone: +(82)-(2)-26755013 Fax: +(82)-(2)-26327883
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(82)-112815200
Halong Traseco
Buyers of all types of construction machine.
Address: 39 Le Lai Street, NGoquyen Dist Hai phong, Haiphong City - 10000, Vietnam
Phone: +(84)-(31)-768412 Fax: +(84)-(31)-767638
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(84)-0903245444
Hire Station Limited
Buyers of general construction machineries.
Address: Fields Farm Road Long Eaton, Nottingham - NG103FZ, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(845)-6045337 Fax: +(44)-(845)-6688999
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(44)-7711958183
Go Industry A. S
Buyers of construction equipments.
Address: Sak R Kesebir Cad. 36/13, Balmumcu Besiktas, Istanbul - 80700, Turkey
Phone: +(90)-(212)-2114348 Fax: +(90)-(212)-2114348
Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd
Buyers of concrete mixer trucks and batching plants.
Address: 76, C. F. Park, Jalan Tun Hussein Onn, Bintulu - 97000, Malaysia
Phone: +(60)-(86)-333019 Fax: +(60)-(86)-332700
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Lumbini Trade Centre Nepal Private Limited
Importers of construction equipment
Address: Trispureshore, K. K. M. Building Satdobato, Lalitpur - Na, Nepal
Phone: +(977)-(1)-4260058 / 5524362 Fax: +(977)-(1)-4226711
Door Knobs, Handles, Knockers, Stoppers & Other Door
Hardware
John Phillips Investments Limited
Distributor and supplier of door locks and door closers.
Address: 5, East Hill, London - HA9 9PT, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(20)-89049407
Newise International Limited
Importers of door closers, door handles and door hinges.
Address: 1/F, Kai Kwong Commercial Building, 332-334 Lockhart Road, Wanchai - ., China (Hong Kong
S.A.R.)
Phone: +(852)-(852)-25117008
Fax: +(852)-(852)-28917187
Kin Kei Hardware Industries Limited
Importer of door closers, door handles, door hinges, door knob locks and door viewers.
Address: Room 704, 7/F Eastern Centre, 1065 King's Road,, Tai Koo - .., China (Hong Kong S.A.R.)
Phone: +(852)-(852)-25616788 Fax: +(852)-(.)-25639115
Willimco
Buyer of door, door lock, door handles, etc.
Address: 22, Watson Street, Aberdeen - 4850, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(7)-20482314
Fax: +(44)-(7)-23547563
Jazco Company
Importers of door knnobs and knobs products.
Address: Banani Road -5, Block F , House No. 88 Third Floor, Dhaka - 1206, Bangladesh
Phone: +(880)-(12)-8824395
Emmanuella Consult
Importers of door handle.
Address: Plot 22, Victor Hugo Dakar, Dagana - 221, Senegal
Phone: +(221)-(820)-12819
Fax: +(221)-(820)-45221
Anurasiri Furnitures Private Limited
Importers of door pulls, hingers, cam locks, plywood etc.
Address: 701/A, Peradeniya Road Mulgampola, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Phone: +(94)-(81)-2228173 Fax: +(94)-(81)-2233279
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General Building Hardware Traders
The Stanley Works
Buyers of builder hardware.
Address: 3F, 338 Wen Lin Road, Taipei - 111, Taiwan
Phone: +(886)-(2)-81451465
Chifley Exim Australia
Importers and distributors of builder's hardware in brass, steel, iron and few products of
general merchandise.
Address: 2, St.Martins Crt., Wantirna South, Melbourne - 3152, Australia
Phone: +(61)-(3)-98010799 Fax: +(61)-(3)-98005798
Maroc Motif
Buyers of building hardware.
Address: 22, Rue Ennarjisse Benjdia, Casablanca Maroc - 20000, Morocco
Phone: +(212)-(2)-2225702
Fax: +(212)-(2)-2225716
Rajabdeen & Sons Limited
Importers of builders hardware.
Address: 192, Nawala Road, Colombo - 5, Sri Lanka
Phone: +(94)-(11)-2807500/2807500 Fax: +(94)-(11)-2807500
Almacen El Arquitecto
Buyers of builders hardware accessories.
Address: Cra 42, No. 75-83, Local 148, Itagui, Colombia
Phone: +(57)-(4)-3741718
Fax: +(57)-(4)-3741718
J. Hassanali Hardware Store
Buyers of building hardware.
Address: P O Box 1485, Daressalaam - , Tanzania
Phone: +(255)-(22)-2115793 Fax: +(255)-(22)-2130341
Vijay Hardware
Buyers of building hardwares.
Address: Algoz Industrial Area No. 3, Dubai - 41396, United Arab Emirates
Phone: +(971)-(4)-3479200
Fax: +(971)-(4)-3479733
Indenza Limited
Buyers of builders hardware.
Address: 142 Westchester Dr, Wellington - 6004, New Zealand
Phone: +(64)-(4)-477 3555
Mike Gepp Developments
Buyers of building related products.
Address: 8, Point Road Monaco, Nelson - 7001, New Zealand
Phone: +(64)-(3)-5479853
Fax: +(64)-(3)-5479008
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Total Rehab BA
Buyers of equipment for building.
Address: Torggata 33, Oslo - N-0183, Norway
Phone: +(47)-(47)-23157418
Fax: +(47)-(47)-23157401
Allu Metal Maghrebin
Buyers of various builder hardwares.
Address: 40-44, Rue Abou, Amrane Al Fassi, Casablanca - 20100, Morocco
Phone: +(212)-(22)-981058 Fax: +(212)-(22)-981055
Granite, Marble, Sandstone & Slate Stone
Balography Nig Limited
Engaged in importing of granite.
Address: Omoh 20 Funsho Kinoshi Street , Avenue B Stop, Okota Ago, Palace Way, Lagos - ., Nigeria
Phone: +(234)-(709)-313766
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(234)-8086797706
Shirkooh Yazd Tile
Importers of all types of ceramic and tiles.
Address: Apartment 1, 9th Floor, Mellat Tower, Vali Asr Street, Tehran - Na, Iran
Phone: +(98)-(21)-88784678 Fax: +(98)-(21)-88784678
Quang Dieu Co. Limited
Importers of marble, granite, sandstone, slate etc.
Address: 364, Cong Hoa Street, Etown Building, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Phone: +(84)-(88)-8122606 Fax: +(84)-(88)-8122282
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(84)-8918319699
Entity Holdings Private Limited
Importers of gypsum boards.
Address: 410/3, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo - 7000, Sri Lanka
Phone: +(94)-(11)-4737828 Fax: +(94)-(11)-5362588
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(94)-777667657
Taj Trading
Buyers of marble.
Address: 17, Buxton Avenue, Oranjezicht, Cape Town - 8001, South Africa
Phone: +(27)-(21)-4231505 Fax: +(27)-(21)-4231505
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(27)-824549383
Excellence Integrated Solutions
Importers of limestone.
Address: Old Mazda Road, Fabric Care Building, 203, Abu Dhabi - 52596, United Arab Emirates
Phone: +(971)-(2)-6711197 Fax: +(971)-(2)-6711158
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(971)-506421157
Maha Co.
Importers of marble, granite, limestone, onyx etc.
Address: # 34, No.3, Golfam Building, Golfam Street, Africa Ave,, Tehran - 0098, Iran
Phone: +(980)-(21)-22020251 / 22055860 Fax: +(980)-(21)-22055860
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(980)-9121271665
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Xiamen Yueyang Stone Company Limited
Importers of importing rough granite blocks.
Address: Unit 7b, Bldg A, Baolong Center, No. 297, Jiahe Road, Xiame, Xiamen - 361 012, China
Phone: +(86)-(592)-5328291
Boutique De Net
Buyers of Indian green marble.
Address: 1, Golf Road, G. O. R. - I, Lahore - 54410, Pakistan
Phone: +(92)-(42)-6375707 Fax: +(92)-(42)-6368872
Charcon Specialist Products
Importers of granites.
Address: Marions Way, Coventry Road, Leicester - LE9 3GP, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(1455)-288241 Fax: +(44)-(1455)-285284
Future Comptech
Importers of marble, granite, stones and slates.
Address: 603, Novo Star Dr., Mississauga - L5W 1C7, Canada
Phone: +(1)-(416)-6295563
Lionvest Trading Uk Limited
Buyers of stones, marble, granite, limestones, sandstones etc.
Address: Unit 7, Riverside Business Centre Brighton Road, Shoreham-By-Sea, Shoreham-By-Sea BN436RE, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(1273)-453500 / 453501 / 453504 Fax: +(44)-(1273)-453900 / 453901
Be-Modern Group
Buyers of marble sheets, marble fire surrounds etc.
Address: Unit 11 Shaftsbury Avenue, Simonside Industrial Estate, Jarrow, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE323TJ, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(191)-4563220 Fax: +(44)-(191)-4553376
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(44)-7713315905
Avner Mart Import Export
Buyers of marble.
Address: 1, HaDror, Kiryat-Ono - 55602, Israel
Phone: +(972)-(50)-590488
Al-Murad Tiles
Buyers of marbles and granites.
Address: Howley Park Road East Morley Leeds West Yorkshire, Leeds - LS27OBN, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(1132)-537766 Fax: +(44)-(1132)-537766
Fujian Nanan Lian Feng Mei Stone Co. Ltd.
Importers of marble.
Address: Pushan Industrial Area, Shuitou Town, Nanan, Fujin - 362342, China
Phone: +(86)-(595)-86989553 Fax: +(86)-(595)-86909553
Copro Group
Importers of all types of marbles.
Address: Kosuyolu Mah. D. Blok, Daire No. 4 Emlakbankas, Istanbul - 34000, Turkey
Phone: +(90)-(532)-2401125
Pak Onyx
Importers Of Marble And Granite.
Address: Plot # 20-A, Unit # II, I-9, Islamabad - 44000, Pakistan
Phone: +(92)-(51)-4440322 Fax: +(92)-(51)-4433501
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Pipe Fittings & Tube Fittings
Buyers of pvc pipes and fittings.
Address: No. 10, Jasmine Street, Ubalde Village, Agdao, Davao City - 8000, Philippines
Phone: +(63)-(82)-2349855 Fax: +(63)-(82)-3008865
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(63)-9177020147
G Rgenler AS
Importers of seamless pipes.
Address: No. 1, Organize Sanayi, Bolgesi Avar, CAD. No. 4, Ankara - 06935, Turkey
Phone: +(90)-(312)-2670969 Fax: +(90)-(312)-2670881
Comdo Italia SRL
Buyers of iron pipes for bed mechanisms.
Address: Via Dell Orzo 53/55/57, Z. I., Altamura - 70022, Italy
Phone: +(39)-(80)-3101078 Fax: +(39)-(80)-3103449
Wahab Trading Company
Importers of m.s pipes, m.s fittings and pipe fittings.
Address: 8, Sindh Madrasah, Shahra- E- Liaquat, Karachi - 74000, Pakistan
Phone: +(92)-(21)-2426804 Fax: +(92)-(21)-6638697
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(92)-3002354045
Egypipe
Buyers of all types of hdpe pipes.
Address: 157 Al Harm St Giza, Cairo - 12556, Egypt
Phone: +(20)-(48)-600098 Fax: +(20)-(48)-600819
Hakan Plastic
Buyers of pvc, pprc, pe pipes and fittings.
Address: Organize Sanayi Bolgesi Gaziosmanpasa Mah. Istiklal Cad, Cerkezkoy - 59500, Turkey
Phone: +(90)-(282)-7266443 Fax: +(90)-(282)-7269467
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(90)-5334738964
Raj Arab International
Buyers of pipes and pipe fittings.
Address: Flat No. 3, 79 Hussein Street, Mohandesein, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: +(20)-(2)-7495194 Fax: +(20)-(2)-7495194
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(20)-122388564
A Tech Comapny
Importers of titanium plated stainless steel pipes.
Address: A-919, Sam Ho Building, #275-1, YangJae-Dong, SeoCho-Ku, Seoul - 137 941, Korea
Phone: +(82)-(2)-5537555
Kwan Hing Metal Manufacturing Co. Limited
Buyers of pipes.
Address: Unit 2713A, 27/F., Asia Trade Center, 79 Lei Muk Road, Kwai Chung - Na, China (Hong Kong
S.A.R.)
Phone: +(852)-24211322 Fax: +(852)-24215322
S. K. F. Corporation Limited
Buyers of pipes.
Address: 300/4, Hatirpool, Dhaka - 1215, Bangladesh
Phone: +(880)-(2)-8620274
S. S. Trade Link International Private Limtied
Buyers of steel pipe, steel pipe fittings, upvc pipe fittings.
Address: 11, Haji Osman Goni Road, Dhaka - 1000, Bangladesh
Phone: +(880)-(2)-9554805 / 7164364 Fax: +(880)-(2)-9554755 / 7164362
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(880)-11846662
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Viking Cives Limited
Buyers of steel flange beams.
Address: RR#4 Norpark Drive, Mount Forest - N0H 2k0, Canada
Phone: +(1)-(519)-3234433 Fax: +(1)-(519)-3234608
Tig Group
Importers of pe pipes.
Address: Botelkamp 38, Hamburg - D-22529, Germany
Phone: +(49)-(40)-790000 / 245117 Fax: +(49)-(40)-790099
Decor Limited
Importers of stainless steel pipes.
Address: St Riznikovski, 1 A, Kharkov - 61025, Ukraine
Phone: +(380)-(57)-7122037 Fax: +(380)-(57)-7102239
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(380)-506306686
Esmil Trading
Buyers of pipes, solid bar and fittings.
Address: P.O. Box 129, 8500 Ac Joure, Heerenveen - 8500AC, The Netherlands
Phone: +(31)-(513)-528810 Fax: +(31)-(513)-528842
Al Aswar Technology Group Co.
Buyers of ductile pipes.
Address: Farhan Building, Fadala Street Block No.11,Salmiya, P.O. Box 6213, Hawalli - 32037, Kuwait
Phone: +(965)-(2)-5629205 Fax: +(965)-(2)-5628176
Valvulas Worcester
Buyers of forged steel threaded flanges.
Address: Ma?Z #263 Col, Valle De Santiago - 09819, Mexico
Phone: +(52)-(55)-56705155 / 54450276 / 54450120 Fax: +(52)-(55)-55827243
Mahmoud For Trading Pipes & Fittings
Importres of pipes and fittings.
Address: 14 El Sayegh St El Sabteya Ramsis,cairo,egypt, Al Q�Hirah - 11111, Egypt
Phone: +(2)-(2)-5775321
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(2)-102828362
Technical Oilfield Supplies Centre
Importers of all types of pipes, tube fittings, flanges, expansion joints etc.
Address: Post Box No. 2647, Abu Dhabi - 2647, United Arab Emirates
Phone: +(971)-(2)-6734042 Fax: +(971)-(2)-6734041
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(971)-507514327
I. B. N. Al Nafees General Trading Establishment
Importers of used steel pipes type F51, ST52, external dia 168 mm, 20mm wallthick, 6 m long,
seamless or welded etc.
Address: P. O. Box 61835, Dubai - 971, United Arab Emirates
Phone: +(971)-(4)-2850500 Fax: +(971)-(4)-2855782
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(971)-504577100
Handal Mandiri
Buyers of steel pipes.
Address: Jl. DI. Panjaitan, Gang Sederhana No. 01, Balikpapan - 76123, Indonesia
Phone: +(62)-(542)-423315 Fax: +(62)-(542)-420537
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(62)-811-547493
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Viking Johnson
Buyers of pipe couplings.
Address: 46-48 Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Hertford - SG40UD, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(1462)-443322 Fax: +(44)-(1462)-443311
Sag Stahl GmbH
Importers of steel pipes.
Address: Ruetersbarg, 48, Hamburg - 22529, Germany
Phone: +(49)-(40)-6447077 Fax: +(49)-(40)-64428490
Swecomex S. A. De C. V.
Buyers of flanges, pipes etc.
Address: Calle 5 # 899, Zona Industrial, Guadalajara - 44940, Mexico
Phone: +(52)-(33)-31451767 Fax: +(52)-(33)-31451777
Wall & Floor Tiles
Sofag
Buyers of various types of tiles.
Address: 74, Route De Bethune, Sainte Catherine Les Arras - 62223, France
Phone: +(33)-(3)-21509393 Fax: +(33)-(3)-21509394
Indi - Stone Design
Buyers of dimensioned stone.
Address: 681, Timboon - Colac Road, Scotts Creek - 3267, Australia
Phone: +(61)-(3)-55959206 Fax: +(61)-(3)-55959206
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(61)-4005763758
Associated Industries, UK
Buyers of flooring products etc.
Address: 9, Norfolk Road, Industrial Estate, Gravesend - DA122PS, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(1474)-328111 Fax: +(44)-(1474)-328222
Potent Solutions
Buyers of tiles.
Address: 14, Twynyrefail Place, Gwaun Cae Gurwen, Ammanford - SA181HY, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(1269)-823039 Fax: +(44)-(1269)-823039
Qreitem Trading Company
Buyers of porcelan granite tiles, marbonite tiles, bathroom tiles etc.
Tradenetwork Fountoulakis
Buyers of tiles.
Address: Andrea Miaouli, 116, Keratsini - 18755, Greece
Phone: +(30)-(210)-4009327 Fax: +(30)-(210)-4004374
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(30)-6977427669
Venetto Ceramicas
Importers of tiles.
Address: 145/1, Green Road., Dhaka - 1205, Bangladesh
Phone: +(88)-(2)-9144949 Fax: +(88)-(2)-8314400
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(88)-171037609
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Maksoors Shopping Centre
Cisco Tile
Importers of ceramic glazed tile, decorative tiles etc.
Address: Soto 280 Int. 1, Ensenada, B.C. - 22840, Mexico
Phone: +(52)-(646)-1766325 Fax: +(52)-(646)-1766325
Rosean Company Limited
Buyers of ceramic tiles.
Address: 15-3 Doida, Matsuyama - 790-0056, Kenya
Phone: +(81)-(89)-9311700 Fax: +(81)-(89)-9311703
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(81)-60-12-3190414
Dennis Plink Builder Pty Limited
Importers of building products like tiles and ceramics.
Address: P. O. Box 247, Blackheath - 2785, Australia
Phone: +(61)-(2)-63552003
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(61)-414 825711
Moods Fine Furniture Co.
Buyers of tiles.
Address: Killymitten, Ballinamallard, Enniskillen - BT942FW, United Kingdom
Phone: +(44)-(28)-6638882 Fax: +(44)-(28)-66388881
Steel City Renovation & Engineeering Sdn Bhd
Buyers of tiles.
Address: Plot 41, Elseidale Estate, Mount Erskine - 10470, Malaysia
Phone: +(60)-(4)-8909594
Mohammed Osman Ahmed Al Fattani Estate
Buyers of all kinds of stone tiles, multi colored tiles, white tiles, kitchen wall tiles, decorative
wall tiles etc.
Address: Al Dahab, Behind Atlas Hotel,, Jeddah - 21425, Saudi Arabia
Phone: +(966)-(2)-6458316 / 6420491 Fax: +(966)-(2)-6458308
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(966)-966505506286
Sikder Trading International
Importers of all kinds of tiles.
Address: 1613, Hamzarbag Colony, Muradpur, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Phone: +(880)-(31)-682127 Fax: +(880)-(31)-655711
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(880)-0176328881
Wood Floorings, Timber, Plywood & Laminates
Ocean Star Shipping & Trading Sdn Bhd.
Buyers of all kinds of timber.
Address: AE7, Jalan Kukuban Satu, Taman Setapak, Kuala Lumpur - 53000, Malaysia
Phone: +(60)-(3)-21665868 Fax: +(60)-(3)-31685886
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(60)-193211582
Ferna SA
Buyers of parquet floorings, timber, plywood and laminates.
Address: Barrio La Virgen, N 35, El Barraco, Spain
Phone: +(34)-(920)-281114 Fax: +(34)-(920)-281564
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Khalili, Oman
Buyers of wood.
Address: Khuwair, Muscat, Ruwi - NIL, Oman
Phone: +(968)-(7)-699098
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(968)-9371434
Vivek Industries Limited
Buyers of plywood.
Address: Mombasa Road, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +(254)-(20)-531783 Fax: +(254)-(20)-531587
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(254)-733311335
Laidebao Furniture Company Limited
Buyers of woods, logs etc.
Address: Chumen Section, Sci-Tech Industrial, Yuhuan - 317 605, China
Phone: +(86)-(576)-7427356 Fax: +(86)-(576)-7427358
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(86)-8613566859068
Engel Timber
Importers of mahogany plywood.
Address: Babenbergerstrasse No. 9, Vienna - A-1010, Austria
Phone: +(43)-(1)-5876343 Fax: +(43)-(1)-5873936
Al Bahjah
Buyers of plywood.
Address: Karama, Bur Dubai, Dubai - 34633, United Arab Emirates
Phone: +(971)-(50)-6760089
Rudwan Workshop
Buyers of meranti, mahagany and teak wood.
Address: A'amran Street, Sana'A - 326, Yemen
Phone: +(967)-(1)-325224 Fax: +(967)-(1)-325224
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(967)-71124009
Shree Shivshakti Hardware And Sanitary Suppliers
Freight Link International Co. Limited
Importer of commercial dbbcc plywood, mdf radiata pine planks and pine plywood.
Address: SIR VIRGIL NAZ STREET, Port Louis - NIL, Mauritius
Phone: +(230)-(233)-0101 Fax: +(230)-(211)-5410
Ultident
Importers of dentsply etc.
Address: 4028 Steinberg, St.Laurent - H4R 2G7, Canada
Phone: +(1)-(514)-3353433 Fax: +(1)-(514)-3350992
Phiali Company
Importers of high pressure laminates.
Address: No. 61-3, Houhu Rd., Linkou Shiang, Taipei Hsien, Taipei - 244, Taiwan
Phone: +(886)-(2)-2603493 Fax: +(886)-(2)-26034954
Hobapol Ag
Importers of all kinds of timber products.
Address: Semslach 39, Obervellach - 9821, Austria
Phone: +(43)-(4782)-29848 Fax: +(43)-(4782)-29848
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(43)-664 569 2596
E Corner
Buyers of sawn timber.
Address: No. 54, Jalan S.P. 1/5 Taman Saujana, Puchong - 47100, Malaysia
Phone: +(60)-(3)-80602095
Mobile / Cell Phone: +(60)-60123815330
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Rimaju (Asia Pacific) Sdn. Bhd.
Importers of unfinished and prefinished t & g timber floorings, laminated timber floorings etc.
Address: Lot 14, 1st Floor, Kolam Centre, Jalan Lintas, Luyang, Kota Kinabalu - 88300, Malaysia
Phone: +(60)-(88)-232551 Fax: +(60)-(88)-211313
Zaki Sons
Buyers of timber products.
Address: Zaibunisa Hospital Timber Market, Karachi - 74700, Pakistan
Phone: +(92)-(300)-8236792 Fax: +(92)-(21)-6672015
Maxlink Far East Intl Cargo Service Chine Ltd
Buyers of timbers.
Address: Room 5b-5c No.2 Xushida Mingyuan Building Xinan 4th Road, Baoan 34 Area, Shenzhen 518100, China
Phone: +(86)-(755)-27852776 / 27852778 / 27852779 Fax: +(86)-(755)-27852990
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9.0
POLICY & PROCEDURES
To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii))
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No 76 (RE – 2013)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated: 27 March, 2014
Sub: Export of Stone Aggregate to Maldives under Bi-lateral Trade Agreement between
Government of India and Government of the Republic of Maldives.
S.O. (E)
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development &
Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy,
2009-2014, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby substitutes the Export
Licencing Note 1 as appearing in Chapter 25 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import
Items, as below:
“Note 1
(i)
Export of Stone Aggregate to Maldives permitted as per ceiling mentioned below
subject to issue of No Objection within the annual ceiling by CAPEXIL who shall monitor
the ceiling and send a quarterly report to Export Cell in DGFT:
S.No.
1.
(ii)
Item
Stone Aggregate
Annual Ceiling of Quantity in MTs
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
5 lakh
5.5 lakh
6 lakh
For the export of above quantity of Stone Aggregates, CAPEXIL shall ensure that the
suppliers/extractors have obtained appropriate clearances”.
2. Effect of this notification:
Export of the quantities of Stone Aggregate with the annual ceiling indicated in the respective
columns in Export Licencing Note 1(i) above has been permitted for export to the Republic of
Maldives under Bi-lateral Trade Agreement between Government of India and Government of
the Republic of Maldives.
(Madhusudan Prasad)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from 01/91/171/59/AM09/Export Cell)
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To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II
Section 3, Sub Section (II)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
Notification No:
71 (RE-2013)/2009-2014
New Delhi, the 27.02. 2014
Subject: Amendments in Chapter 3 of Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14
S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and
Regulation) Act, 1992 read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central
Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2009-14 with
immediate effect:
2. Para 3.15.3 of FTP 2009-14 is amended [Portion being added has been marked in bold letters] to be
read as under:
“3.15.3 Market Linked Focus Products Scrip (MLFPS):
Export of Products/Sectors of high export intensity/employment potential (which are not covered under
present FPS List) would be incentivized @ 2 % of FOB value of exports (in free foreign exchange) under
FPS when exported to the Linked Markets (countries), which are not covered in the present FMS list. Such
products will be listed in Table 2 or Table 3 of Appendix 37D of HBPv1, for exports made from
27.8.2009 onwards, unless a specific date of export/period is specified by public notice/notification.
3.
3.15.4
Para 3.15.4 of FTP 2009-14 is inserted and would be read as under:
“Incentive to the products listed in Table 3 will be in addition to any benefit
which the same item may be entitled to under Table 1 or Table 2 of Appendix
37D.”
Effect of this Notification: A new Table 3 has been added in Appendix 37 D which would be entitled to
additional benefits.
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
[Issued from File No. 01/91/180/820/AM12/PC3]
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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
Trade Notice No.
09 /2013,
Dated
7th March, 2014
To
All RAs of DGFT
Members of Trade
Export Promotion Councils
Subject: Revision in Appendix 37 A and 37 D of Handbook of Procedure Volume I.
An exercise has been done to align the product description and ITC HS codes of items mentioned in
Appendix 37-A and 37-D of HBP v1. This has been notified through Public Notice No. 52 on 25.02.2014.
The intention behind this exercise was to align / harmonize description with the ITC HS codes and hence
there has been no addition / deletion in entitlement. However after alignment there may have been an
error in the description or entitlement.
2.
All exporters are requested / encouraged to give feedback /suggestion on such cases
preferably
through e-mail to hardeep.singh@nic.in with a copy to ramankumar@nic.in by 30.04.2014. All
suggestion received will be examined and appropriate action will be taken to correct the discrepancy if
any, by 31.05.2014.
(Hardeep Singh)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
Email: hardeep.singh@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/230/AM13/PC-3)
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10.0
Articles of Interest
African financing draws GCC states
22 April 2013, By Paul Melly
GCC-Africa financial links are starting to evolve from aid to investment
Africa is not a prime target for Gulf banks, but when it comes to investment and development assistance,
the financial relationship between GCC economies and sub-Saharan Africa is gaining momentum.
Impressive rates of economic growth, large populations and rich mineral resources hold clear attractions
for portfolio investors seeking to diversify their global exposure.
By contrast, for newcomer banks, Africa is a tough challenge. Sub-Saharan countries have been a
profitable niche market for banking groups with networks on the ground and the knowledge to engage
safely in local lending, and trade and commodity finance. But without local connections and expertise, it
is hard for outsiders to identify worthwhile banking business – apart from large resource projects – and
manage it effectively.
However, foreign direct and portfolio investment are shaped by a different logic and sub-Saharan
countries have begun to stir the interest of one or two influential GCC players.
Kingdom Holding
By far the most prominent is Kingdom Holding Company chairman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz
al-Saud. His group has established a private equity firm that specialises in Africa: Kingdom Africa
Management Company.
Prince Alwaleed has cultivated high-level relations south of the Sahara, visiting Nigeria for talks with
President Goodluck Jonathan in December 2011, and then travelling to Republic of Congo, Rwanda and
Burundi in August last year for further meetings with African leaders.
Kingdom Holding has been taking an interest in the continent for almost two decades, launching the
South Africa Capital Growth Fund and the South Africa Private Equity Fund in 1995.
These were followed by the ZM Africa Investment Fund (ZMAIF) in 1997, targeting private equity
investments in South Africa and other markets in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
bloc. The fund focused on high-growth businesses, and as these have progressed it has been able to
gradually divest from them. The next phase of the strategy was the creation of the Pan-African
Investment Partners I (PAIP I) fund in 2003, with launch capital of $122.5m, followed five years later by
Pan-African Investment Partners II. The latter finally closed in 2010 with $492m of capital.
The broader economic context for these funds has been the resilience of economic growth in sub-Saharan
Africa, which was less affected by the global financial crisis and economic slowdown than most other
regions of the world.
From 2004-08, sub-Saharan Africa’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaged 6.5 per cent a
year. Even in 2009, the year of the global crisis, it was 2.8 per cent, and it has since rebounded to the 56 per cent range. Smaller economies and those dependent on imported oil have generally performed well.
Social indicators are slowly improving in many countries and the continent is seeing the emergence of a
substantial educated middle class, reinforcing political stability and enhancing demand for consumer
goods and services.
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The PAIP funds reflect the growing resilience of economic activity and demand within Africa itself. The
first fund targeted profitable businesses in high-growth sectors all over the continent. The second has
done likewise. Its major investments have included $20m in Buildworks, a power infrastructure and
building materials firm based in South Africa, with presence in 13 other countries; e14.3m ($18.7m) in
Thunnus Overseas, a tuna canning firm active in Ivory Coast, Madagascar and France; and e35m in Mixta
Africa, a real estate developer with projects in Senegal, Mauritania and North Africa.
Gulf investors have been attracted to the resilience of economic growth in the countries of sub-Saharan
Africa
Beyond investment, there is another key facet of the GCC states’ financial relationship with sub-Saharan
Africa: their role as aid donors. This was pioneered by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
(KFAED). As its name suggests, this was originally set up to assist other Arab countries, but from 1974,
the list of potential aid recipients was extended to a wide range of other nations.
Financial assistance
The KFAED provides mainly concessional loans, technical assistance and training. Sub-Saharan countries
are major recipients. Although the fund is particularly active in countries with large Muslim populations
such as Senegal, Mali, Niger, Kenya and Tanzania, it also finances projects in many other African states.
The KFAED frequently operates as a co-financier, in partnership with other donors, to share the costs of
major schemes.
By mid-April this year it had provided a total of KD482.6m ($1.7bn) in funding to West African countries,
among which the biggest recipient (of KD95.4m) was Senegal, which has long cultivated close relations
with Kuwait and other GCC states. Other major West African beneficiaries are Guinea (KD48.6m) and
Ghana (KD39.6m).
Cumulative funding for central, Eastern and Southern Africa has amounted to KD358m, with the largest
amounts going to Tanzania (KD50.9m) and Ethiopia (KD43.3m).
Sudan, administered within the Arab countries portfolio of the fund, has received KD227.4m; so far,
separate data for South Sudan – independent since 2011 – is not available. Mauritania, also administered
within the Arab portfolio, has received KD107.3m.
In sectoral terms, in Africa, the KFAED has given overwhelming priority to funding transport
infrastructure, allocating KD205.2m to this in the centre, east and south of the continent, and KD271.8m
in the west. Communications, energy, industry and agriculture are other favoured sectors, though not to
the same extent.
Kuwaiti aid to sub-Saharan Africa tends to focus on the drivers for economic growth more strongly than
on social sectors.
Supporting Africa
Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi are also substantial bilateral donors to Africa. The Saudi Fund for
Development, established in 1975, has a long track record of sub-Saharan engagement. By 2009, Africa
accounted for more than half the countries and more than half the projects the fund had financed.
One of the most important projects it has assisted is the Marawi dam in Sudan, with a total support of
$310m (including $100m channelled through the Saudi export programme). This accounted for more
than 10 per cent of the cost of the massive project.
Other Gulf-based bilateral donors were heavily involved. The Kuwait Fund and Abu Dhabi Fund for
Development contributed $200m each, Oman contributed $106m, and Qatar $15m.
The Saudi Fund has concentrated its aid to sub-Saharan Africa on a much narrower range of countries
than the KFAED: Benin, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and
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Uganda. The focus is often strategic infrastructure, such as an 86-kilometre section of road between
Yamoussoukro and Snkarobo in Ivory Coast. In Mali, the fund has been part of the financing consortium
for the important Taoussa dam on the Niger river.
In Benin, the Saudis have been supporting regional development through university institutions in
provincial towns and being part of a regional hospital programme. In Uganda, they have been supporting
the construction of 14 technical and vocational education institutes.
Overall, some SR15.6bn ($4.1bn) has been allocated to African projects by the Saudi Fund, which is
about 47 per cent of all its activity. The figures cannot be directly compared with those from the Kuwaiti
fund because they include North Africa; Arab states are not categorised separately.
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development also has a history of significant engagement south of the Sahara,
particularly in Sahelian countries and in East Africa. The fund has fewer than 100 staff.
Slow approval
As with any donor arrangements, the pace of development is to some extent dependent on the capacity
of the recipient country to implement schemes. Only one project has been approved in Democratic
Republic of Congo, one of Africa’s largest countries but one that is highly unstable and has serious
governance problems. That was a package of balance-of-payments support back in 1987. By contrast,
tiny Djibouti – stable and strategic – has benefitted from three funding allocations.
There is a flow of investment in Africa from the GCC, but it has been largely aid-based. As the continent
matures and Gulf financial entities become more experienced, this is likely to change.
Qatar Projects 2014: The clients driving a $285bn market
3 March 2014, 5:37 GMT
Window of opportunity opens in Qatar market
For Qatar’s project market, the outlook from now to 2020 is extremely strong. Although much of this has
been attributed to its successful bid to stage the Fifa 2022 football World Cup, the reality is that the
projects planned and under way are more about meeting the country’s National Vision 2030 than hosting
the international sporting event. However, the combination of these two drivers leads to an active
projects market estimated by regional projects tracker MEED Projects to be worth $285bn.
“Qatar is undertaking a number of megaprojects in order to accomplish its National Vision 2030,” said
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Turki al-Subaie, managing director of Qatar Rail, speaking at a press briefing on
the progress of the rail projects in mid-December. “Significant investments have gone into Qatar’s
transportation and shipping infrastructure, including the construction of the New Doha International
Airport [now Hamad International], the New Doha Port and several megacities such as Lusail and
Msheireb. Additionally, the railway network project, estimated at $35bn, entails plans to extend shipping
railways by 325 kilometres, and to connect Qatar’s rail networks to those of other GCC countries.”
Although all of these projects were planned or under way before the December 2010 announcement that
Qatar would be the first Middle East country to host the world’s biggest sporting event, there is no doubt
that the World Cup win has accelerated development plans. Until the Fifa announcement, Qatar had only
awarded $9.8bn of contracts in 2009 and $11.4bn in 2010, as the international construction downturn
slowed progress. But in 2011, awards jumped to $16bn and remained at this level in 2012 before
climbing another 21 per cent in 2013 to $19.4bn.
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Top contractors by Qatar awards 2013
Contractor
Value* ($m)
Country of origin
Joannou & Paraskevaides
1,354
Cyprus
HBK Contracting
1,287.5
Qatar
Saudi Binladin Group
840
Saudi Arabia
Porr Group
840
Austria
Galfar al-Misnad
839
Qatar
Salini-Impregilo
728
Italy
SK Engineering & Construction
728
South Korea
Samsung C&T
700
South Korea
OHL
700
Spain
Qatar Building Company
700
Qatar
*=Estimated. Note: Contracts won by joint ventures are split equally. Source: MEED Projects
One of the most important pieces of infrastructure for the World Cup is the Doha metro project, which
will transport fans attending the 64 matches. Unlike other metro projects, which have tended to be
constructed line-by-line, Qatar is seeking to build three lines of its network simultaneously in order to
ensure that by 2019 it has 111km and 37 stations in place, including the Education City station, which
will link with the new national rail line. A further 152km of lines are set to follow with a further 56
stations by 2026, in accordance with the Vision 2030.
This project alone was responsible for almost half of all contract awards made in 2013 as Qatar Rail
announced that five major packages worth $8bn had been let. The structure of the successful
consortiums is indicative of the approach being taken by government bodies, who are by far the most
active clients in Qatar. All of the groupings involve local companies and Qatar Rail made it clear from the
start that international contractors would have to partner with domestic firms. At the start of the process,
more than 100 companies attempted to prequalify for the scheme and, by the time the bids were
submitted, 18 consortiums had responded to the tender.
In addition to the $8bn in rail contracts signed last year, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) also
awarded two more contracts on the Doha Expressway megaproject, and followed this with a third major
award in the first quarter of 2014. The schemes, which add up to almost $2bn, are part of the $12.7bn
Expressway Programme, which began in late 2010 and is scheduled for completion in 2017. Consisting of
35 major projects, the programme stems from the Qatar Transport Masterplan developed by the Ministry
for Municipality & Urban Planning (MMUP) and is designed to support and stimulate growth – again to
support the National Vision 2030.
In a farsighted move, MMUP has opted to design the road network assuming Qatar will develop all
potentially habitable areas, and is therefore creating a road infrastructure capable of supporting a
potential population of 3.8 million by 2030. Qatar’s current population is about 2 million. This also
involves upgrading and rebuilding the smaller local roads as part of the Local Roads & Drainage
Programme (LRDP); a further $413m in contracts were awarded on this part of the programme in 2013.
The LRDP began in 2012 and involved five major consultants acting as programme managers for five
packages of works containing 204 separate projects. Construction on this five-year investment plan is set
to peak in 2016 when it is estimated that 167 projects will be under way.
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Given the scale of the road network investment, it is not surprising to hear that Ashghal has more than
200 projects in the bidding phase and, from a volume of projects perspective, is the most active client in
Qatar. However, by value, clients such as Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatar Rail, Qatar General Electricity &
Water Corporation (Kahramaa) and Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) are also expected to feature
heavily in 2014. A total of $37bn of schemes are currently out to tender, the largest of which are two
massive petrochemical projects that will support the National Vision 2030 by diversifying economic
growth and maximising the potential benefits of the country’s gas reserves. For the petrochemicals
sector, this means upping its production from 9 million tonnes a year (t/y) to 23 million t/y by 2020.
Biggest clients by value of projects
Client
Value ($m)
Qatar Public Works Authority
49,995
Qatari Diar
47,838
Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail)
40,200
Barwa Real Estate Company
25,899
Qatar Petroleum
18,273
New Doha International airport
17,540
RasGas
11,400
Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa)
9,776
Qatar Foundation
8,689
New Port Project Steering Committee
7,400
*=Planned or under way. Source: MEED Projects
To meet this goal, QP and Qapco have joined forces to develop a 1.4-million-t/y ethane cracker at Ras
Laffan. The complex will produce 850,000 t/y of high-density polyethylene, 430,000 t/y of low-density
polyethylene, 760,000 t/y of polypropylene and 83,000 t/y of butadiene. The project manager for the
scheme is the US’ Bechtel and four consortiums are understood to have submitted preliminary technical
submissions. Detailed submissions are due in March and commercial bids in April. The contract award is
scheduled for August 2014, with start-up in 2018.
At the same time, QP is working with the UK/Dutch Shell Group to develop a second major
petrochemicals complex known as the Al-Karaana project. The mixed-feed cracker will use ethane and
propane to produce 1.1 million t/y of ethylene and 170,000 t/y of propane, along with other plastics. The
two major packages for the $6.4bn project are set to be released early this year.
Doha is also investing in its power and water networks to support future growth. As with its road
infrastructure, Qatar has taken a cautious approach to this in the past, which has enabled it to enjoy a
power capacity surplus with a reserve margin of about 40 per cent. This means it has been able to sell
electricity through an interconnector to other GCC states. With demand rising at 10-12 per cent a year,
however, Kahramaa’s technical director Ahmed al-Naser told MEED in November that the country plans to
install a further 2,000MW of capacity and 110 million gallons a day (MIGD) of desalinated water
production over the next five years.
From a major projects perspective, this means a new independent water and power project is a priority
and is one of the $37bn of schemes currently in the bidding phase in Qatar. Six developers have been
prequalified for the $3bn plant, known as Facility D, which will produce 2,400MW of power and 130MIGD
of water. An award will be made in 2014, with first power online by the end of 2016.
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On the water side, the most important project under way in Qatar is the water security mega reservoirs
project, which involves delivering enough storage capacity to hold 7 days’ worth of water. Under the
scheme, five new reservoirs and pumping stations will be built at Duhail, Umm Qarn, Mesaimeer, south
Doha and Muathier, as well as further reservoirs at existing stations. The total project value is QR3.2bn
($884m) and the capacity will be 561 million gallons. Contracts for 400km of pipelines and five pumping
stations to connect them to the water treatment and supply network are currently out to tender, with
awards expected during the first half of 2014.
Looking ahead to projects likely to begin construction in 2015, Qatar has $15.5bn of schemes in the
prequalification phase and a further $35bn in design. These include the $12bn Sharq Crossing, which will
run across Doha Bay linking the cultural district of Katara and West Bay with the new airport to the
south. A final design for the crossing has been a long time coming, with earlier designs dismissed by the
former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who wanted something special. The latest iteration,
which was announced by Ashghal in December 2013, is certainly that – with three iconic bridges linked
by subsea tunnels creating the appearance of a flying fish as the bridges leap out from the water.
Prequalification for the design and build contracts is set to start at the end of February with tendering
later in 2014. MEED understands that there will be between four and seven packages covering the three
bridges, which vary between 600m and 1.3km, and the tunnel sections.
Given all this activity, there will of course be challenges to overcome. Contractors gathering ahead of the
Doha metro awards warned the client that availability of materials was the biggest concern. Most of
these, including raw materials for cement and aggregates, must be imported. “The main risk is simply
getting the resources into Qatar in the right place at the right time in the right quantities to do the work,”
says the director of a major contractor working on one of Qatar’s megaprojects. “Is there enough
concrete in Qatar to keep everyone running?”
Those familiar with Qatar’s projects market will remember the boom years of 2006-08, when ships were
at sea for days or even weeks as they waited to dock with much-needed construction materials. Aware of
the insufficient port capacity, Qatar has been building the New Doha Port at Mesaieed. As phase 1 will not
be operational until 2016, the inflation risk for construction materials remains a concern. In December,
cost consultant EC Harris warned that in the worst case scenario, construction inflation in the country
could rise to 18 per cent between 2016 and 2019, adding billions to development costs. However, it also
states that there is time for steps to be taken to mitigate against this.
From a professional services perspective, it is interesting to note that most of the international
consultants working in Qatar are hiring into Doha. As the UAE and Saudi Arabia ramp up their spending
too, Qatar’s projects market is certainly beginning to feel the heat as it warms up for the World Cup. “The
window of opportunity for engineering companies is now,” says the recruitment director of an
international consultant. That window will remain open until at least 2020.
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Kuwait: Optimism rises on projects progress
12 March 2014, 12:47 GMT
The past three months have seen some important progress made in Kuwait
In December, a new investment law came into force that aims to attract more foreign direct investment
into the country, as well as unlocking domestic capital.
The same month, project agreements were signed for the long-delayed 1,500MW Al-Zour North scheme,
Kuwait’s first independent water and power project (IWPP). Two further IWPPs are also moving ahead,
along with a series of renewable energy schemes.
The momentum has continued this year, with the approval in February of several contract awards for the
Clean Fuels Project, a long-awaited programme to upgrade the country’s dilapidated refineries.
Prequalification has also begun for the construction of a new refinery.
The burst of activity comes as Kuwait’s five-year National Development Plan, launched in 2010, draws to
an end. It set out nearly $110bn of proposed spending on hundreds of projects, but many schemes failed
to materialise.
The stumbling block has been constant friction between the government, parliament and lawmakers,
which has resulted in the cabinet repeatedly resigning, multiple elections and many projects being
delayed or scrapped altogether. While recent developments have raised optimism that Kuwait’s projects
market may finally start living up to its potential, caution is still advised.
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11.
COUNTY PROFILE:SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia at a glance
Full Name:
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital:
Riyadh
Area:
2,149,690 sq km
Population:
27.1 million (2010 census includes 8.4 million expatriates)
Head of state:
King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud, who is also prime minister
Currency:
Saudi riyal (SR)
Religions:
Muslim 100%
Languages:
Arabic
International organisations:
Arab League, GCC, OIC, UN, WTO, Opec
As the birthplace of Islam, and home to the largest oil reserves in the world and the biggest population in
the GCC, Saudi Arabia is guaranteed a position of regional and international importance.
The kingdom has close ties with allies in the West, particularly the US and the UK. The country’s role on
the global stage is growing as the only Arab member and the only Opec member of the G20. Its
economic dominance in the region means it is considered the most important voice within the GCC.
Internally, Saudi Arabia faces several challenges. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, ruler since 2005, is trying
to bring about reform and development for the country, which despite its wealth suffers from huge
income inequality. Development is tempered by religious elements in the country, whose strict Wahabi
interpretation of the Quran views any development that could be described as Westernisation with
contempt.
King Abdullah has played a careful balancing act between modernisation and appeasing the Islamic
clerics. Now more than 85, questions about his succession are increasing, and the impacts that a new
ruler will have on the country.
Saudi Arabia is named after King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman al-Saud, the founder of modern Saudi
Arabia, who united the country under his family’s rule. Since 1953, the sons of Al-Saud have ruled the
kingdom, along with the Majlis al-Shura or Shura Council, created in 1992 and comprising members
appointed by the king.
GOVERNMENT
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy and has been ruled by the Al-Saud dynasty since its inception. The
king is responsible for appointing a council of ministers, which he heads as prime minister, and also
selecting a crown prince to act as deputy prime minister and heir to the throne.
The current crown prince is Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, who was appointed in June 2012
following the death of Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. Just a few months previously, in November
2011, Prince Nayef, the former governor of Riyadh, had been appointed second deputy prime minister
and defence minister, following the death of Prince Sultan.
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The kingdom is mostly Sunni, with a smaller Shia population concentrated in the Eastern Province. The
Shia often complain of marginalisation, and protests against the government frequently end in clashes
with security forces.
The Quran is the constitution of the country.
ECONOMY
Saudi Arabia holds the world’s largest hydrocarbon reserves and its economy is dominated by oil income.
Oil sales account for around a quarter of the gross domestic product (GDP) and the government sector
another quarter. The private sector contributes around 50 per cent of GDP.
In mid-2010, the government announced a SR1.4 trillion ($385bn) five-year development plan from
2010-14. It aims to improve the standards of living, enhance labour skills, and diversify the production
base in the kingdom. It predicts an average growth rate of 5.2 per cent a year. In early 2011 King
Abdullah announced further spending measures to focus on housing and social welfare programmes.
The slowdown in the global economy and the fall in oil prices in 2008-09 has dented the state budget, but
government finances remain strong. Government debt has continued to fall from a peak in 2003, and the
government has the finances to continue to increase state spending as the budget returned to surplus in
2010 after a deficit in 2009.
Despite its wealth, unemployment among the rapidly growing population presents the kingdom with a
significant challenge. Unemployment is thought to be just under 10 per cent.
The Supreme Economic Council was established in 1999 to lead the diversification of the economy away
from oil, and was followed in 2000 by the formation of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority
(Sagia) to encourage foreign direct investment into the Kingdom.
OIL & GAS
National oil company (NOC) Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world, dominates the oil and
gas sector. It is responsible for more than 95 per cent of the country’s oil output. Aramco is also
regarded the region’s best-run state oil firm by industry leaders.
From its headquarters in Dhahran in the Eastern Province, the company manages almost all of Saudi
Arabia’s hydrocarbon enterprises. Aramco has just completed a $100bn investment programme and will
now move into a new phase of oil exploration.
Aramco can produce around 12 million barrels a day of oil, and is the ‘swing producer’ (can increase or
decrease its oil production) for Opec.
BANKING
The Saudi banking market is largely sheltered from foreign competition. There are 12 local lenders.
Several have significant ownership by foreign banks, but otherwise the main area for foreign banks to
compete is in investment banking.
The kingdom is home to some of the largest banks in the region by asset size, and after a difficult 2009,
the banks are now extremely liquid and desperate to book new deals.
Retail products offer a great opportunity because of the kingdom’s large, under-banked population, and
the lack of development of products like mortgages and insurance. Progress of a long-awaited mortgage
law has been slow, hindering development of the home finance, and consequently the real-estate sector.
In mid-2012 the government approved the new legislation, but it is unclear how long it will be before it is
passed into law.
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Financial Markets
The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) is one of the most liquid markets in the region, however
international investors are allowed only limited access. The regulator, the Capital Market Authority (CMA),
is currently looking to increase foreign participation, but progress has been slow.
The CMA is also hoping to reduce the influence of retail investors, who dominate the market and often
cause wild fluctuations in share prices.
In 2007, the government announced that it was opening the market to trading by all GCC nationals as
part of the deepening economic integration of the six-member group. Although there are expectations
that the market will be opened to foreign investors, no clear timeline for this exists.
Industry & Petrochemicals
Like the oil sector, the kingdom’s petrochemicals and industrial sector is dominated by a single company,
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic). One of the most actively traded companies on the Tadawul,
Sabic is still 70 per cent government owned.
It was established in 1976 to add value to the kingdom’s hydrocarbon reserves through the production of
downstream materials such as petrochemicals. It has become one of the world’s largest petrochemicals
suppliers.
The Saudi Arabian Mining Corporation (Maaden) was established in 1997 to take advantage of the
country’s vast mineral resources. It is currently working on fertiliser, aluminium, gold and base metal
projects.
A number of smaller players are also developing projects in these sectors, including petrochemicals and,
increasingly, mining schemes. The Jabal Sayid copper mining project is one of the first private initiatives
to be developed under Saudi Arabia’s mining law, and is expected to the first of many.
Transport
Huge investment is under way to improve Saudi Arabia’s transport infrastructure. These include the
Mecca-Medina railway, Riyadh metro, Medina monorail and the Saudi Landbridge, to link the Red Sea
coast to the Gulf.
Plans are also progressing to redevelop airports at Jeddah and Medina to handle growing numbers of
pilgrims visiting Mecca. The government also intends to invest $670m to develop smaller airports around
the country for internal travel.
New ports are planned for Jeddah and for the King Abdullah Economic City at Rabigh
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12.0
PEPC : WORKING COMMITTEE MEMBERSCHAIRMAN
Shri Avinash C Gupta
Chairman & Managing Director
Technofab Engineering Ltd.
Plot No.5 Sector 27 C
Mathura Road
Faridabad: 121003
VICE CHAIRMAN
Shri Rajan Malhotra
Regional Manager
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
IFCI Towers, 14th Floor
61, Nehru Place
New Delhi: 110019
MEMBERS : WORKING COMMITTEE
Shri V.C. Verma
Executive Director
Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt. Ltd
21, Commercial Complex
Malcha Marg
New Delhi 110 021.
Shri B. Seenaiah
Managing Director
BSCPL Infrastructure Ltd.
6-2-913/914, 5th Floor
Progressive Towers, Khairatabad
Hyderabad- 500004
Shri Abhijit Rajan
Chairman & Managing Director
Gammon India Ltd
Gammon House
Veersavarkar Marg, Prabhadevi,
Mumbai – 400 020
Shri Mohan Dass Saini
CEO (Construction Division)
Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd.
SP Centre
41/44 Minoo Desai Marg
Colaba, Mumbai: 400005
Shri Arun Karambelkar
President & Whole Time Director
Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd.
Hincon House
Lal Bhadur Shastri Marg
Vikhroli (West),
Mumbai-400 083
Shri Mohinder Singh Saini
Chairman
Mokul Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
16-D, Basant Lok
Vasant Vihar
New Delhi-110057
Shri K J Rawal,
Managing Director
Gannon Dunkerley & Co. Ltd.
B-228, Okhla Industrial Area
Phase - I
New Delhi - 110020
S
Shri Abhay Sancheti
Managing Director
SMS Infrastructure Ltd.
267, Ganesh Phadnavis Bhavan
Near Triangular Park, Dharampeth
Nagpur-440010
S
Shri R.N. Yadav
Managing Director
U.P. Rajkiya Nirman Nigam Ltd.
Vishweshwariya Bhawan
Gomto Nagar
Lucknow-226010
Shri Alok Garg,
Group General Manager (Building & Airports),
RITES Limited
RITES Office Complex,
Plot No. 1 Sector -29, Gurgaon - 122001
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Shri Atul Punj,
Chairman
Punj Lloyd Limited
78, Institutional Area
Sector - 32
Gurgaon - 122001
INSTITUTIONS
Shri S.K. Sharma
Deputy Secretary, EP(OP)
Department of Commerce
Ministry of Commerce & Industry,Govt. Of India
Udyog Bhawan
New Delhi- 110 011
Shri Prabhat Kumar
Joint Secretary (ES & ITP)
Ministry of External Affairs
Room No. 3057, A Wing, 3rd Floor
Jawahar Lal Nehru Bhawan, Janpath
New Delhi - 110003
Smt. Rashmi Fauzdar
Chief General Manager
Reserve Bank Of India
Foreign Exchange Deptt.
Trade Division
Amar Building, 5th Floor
Mumbai 400 023.
Email: rashmifauzdar@rbi.org.in
Shri Sunil Joshi
DGM & BM,
ECGC of India Ltd.,
Project Export Branch
The Metropolitan (7th Floor),
Plot No. C26/27, Bandra Kurla Complex
Mumbai-400051
Shri Sriram Subramaniam
Dy. General Manager
Exim Bank Of India
Ground Floor, Statesman House
148 Barakhamba Road
New Delhi 110001
23326625, 23326254, 233221622, 23321742, 23721393Extn.211
Fax: 23321719, 23322758
E-Mail: Eximnd@Vsnl.Com
EX-OFFICIO MEMBER SECRETARY
Shri S.K. Sharma
Deputy Secretary, Deptt.of Commerce & Executive Director
Project Exports Promotion Council Of India
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
There is no specific scheme to promote the exporting firms in the country. However, some assistance is
provided to exporters under Marketing Development Assistance (MDA) Scheme and Market Access
Initiative (MAI) Scheme. Other schemes for export promotion include Duty Neutralisation Schemes like
DEPB, Advance Licence, duty concession schemes like EPCG and Reward Schemes like Served from India,
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana, Focus Market Scheme and Focus Product Scheme.
These schemes are reviewed periodically and necessary corrective measures are taken.
ANNEXURE-I
4.1 MARKET DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (MDA) SCHEME
EXPORT PROMOTION ASSISTANCE GIVEN BY GOVERNMENT
The Government of India encourages Indian project/product exporters by providing financial assistance
under the following export promotion assistance schemes:
a. Market Development Assistance (MDA) Scheme
b. Scheme for Export Promotion by Small Scale Manufacturers
c. Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme
MARKET DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (MDA) SCHEME
Under this scheme assistance is given to individual exporters for participation in following
export promotion activities abroad



Trade Delegations
BSMs
Trade Fairs/Exhibitions
Eligibility Criteria/Conditions
(i)
Exporting companies with an f.o.b. value of exports of upto Rs. 30 crore in the preceding
year. No such ceiling is applicable for participation in Focus LAC region.
(ii)
The exporter should have complete 12 months membership with concerned EPC etc
(iii)
Assistance would be permissible on travel expenses by air, in economy excursion class
fair and/or charges of the built up furnished stall. This would, however, be subject to an
upper ceiling mentioned in the table per tour.
S No.
(1)
Area/Sector
(2)
No. of visits
(3)
1.
Focus LAC
1
Maximum Financial ceiling
per event
(4)
Rs. 2,50,000
2.
1
Rs. 2,00,000
3.
FOCUS AFRICA
( including WANA Countries)
FOCUS CIS
1
Rs. 2,00,000
4.
FOCUS ASEAN+2
1
Rs. 2,00,000
5.
General Areas
1
Rs. 1,50,000*
TOTAL
5
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SCHEME FOR EXPORT PROMOTION BY SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURERS
There is a separate scheme designated as Marketing Development Assistance for SSI Exporters meant to
encourage small scale manufacture exporters along the following lines:
(A)
Exporters eligible for assistance:
(i)
Exporting unit must be registered as SSI / SSSBE.
(ii)
Exporting unit must be a member of FIEO / EPC.
(iii)
Exporting units with aggregate exports of Rs. 2 crores and above over the last three financial
years (Rs. 1 crore for ISO 9000 certified exporters) are eligible for assistance from the Ministry of
Commerce & Industry through EPCs/other grantee organisations. SSI units with aggregate exports less
than this limit would now be eligible for direct assistance from the Office of DC(SSI) under this scheme.
SSI units which have not yet commenced exports are not eligible for assistance.
(iv)
An exporting unit would be eligible for assistance under SSI-MDA only once in a financial year.
(B)
Activities eligible for financing
(i)
Individual participation in overseas fairs/exhibitions.
(ii)
Individual overseas study tours/as member of a trade delegation going abroad.
(iii)
Production of material for overseas publicity.
(C)
Permissible binding limits:
90% of cost of return ticket by economy class subject to an upper ceiling of Rs.60,000/- (Rs. 90,000/for Latin American countries). In case excursion fare is cheaper than economy class fare, the excursion
fare will be considered.
(ii)
(D)
25% of the cost of production of publicity material limited to Rs.15,000/- in a financial year.
Other conditions:
(i)
Assistance shall be available for travel by one permanent employee/director/partner/proprietor of
the SSI unit in economy class by Air India. Air travel by airlines other than Air India would be permissible
provided that their economy class airfare is not higher than Air India.
(ii)
Applications must reach the Office of the DC(SSI) at least one month before the start of the
event in question.
(iii)
The SSI unit should not have been charged/prosecuted/debarred/ blacklisted under the export
and import policy or any other law relating to export and import business.
Total MDA assistance under SSI-M[DA scheme shall be inclusive of MDA assistance received from all
Government Bodies/FIEO/EPCs/Commodity Boards/Grantee Organiations etc.
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ANNEXURE-II
MARKET ACCESS INITIATIVE (MAI) SCHEME
The scheme is formulated on focus product- focus country approach to evolve specific strategy for
specific market and specific product through market studies/survey. Assistance would be provide to
Export Promotion Organizations/ Trade Promotion Organizations / Exporters etc. for enhancement of
export through accessing new markets or through increasing the share in the existing markets. Under the
Scheme the level of assistance for each eligible activities has been fixed.
The following activities will be eligible for financial assistance under the Scheme :

Research studies consistent with the priorities;

WTO Studies for evolving WTO compatible strategy;

To support EPCs/Trade Promotion Organistions in undertaking market studies/survey for evolving
proper strategies.

To support marketing projects abroad based on focus product - focus country approach. Under
marketing projects, the following activities will be funded:
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Opening of Showrooms
Opening of Warehouses
Display in international departmental stores
Publicity Campaign and Brand Promotion
Participation in Trade Fairs, etc., abroad
Research and Product Development
Reverse visits of the prominent buyers etc. from the project focus countries
Export Potential Survey of the States;
Registration charges for product registration abroad for pharmaceuticals, bio-technology
and agro-chemicals;
Testing charges for engineering products abroad;
To support Cottage and handicrafts units;
To support Recognized associations in industrial clusters for marketing abroad
Details of approved purposes for the scheme and level of assistance
Activity
Market Study
Opening of
Showrooms and
Warehouses
Display in
International
Departmental
Stores
Publicity
Campaign
Participation in
Trade Fairs, BSMs
etc. abroad
Assistance
75% of the total cost
However, for studies assigned by the
D/Commerce for the cause of export
promotion, 100% assistance would be
provided
75%, 50% and 25% of leasing / rental
charges in the first, second and the third
year, respectively
Maximum Assistance
Rs.75.00 lakh/each study
50% of rental charges of display space
Rs. 50.00 lakh per
annum/each product
50% assistance for two years in a
particulr market
2/3 rd of the actual expenditure. The
expenditure on TA/DA would be met by
each participant.
Rs. 50.00 lakh per annum/
per market
Rs. 50.00 lakh for each fair
Rs. 50.00 lakh for each
market/ product per
annum.
N.B.: More specific details can be obtained on request.
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ANNEXURE-III
SCREENING COMMITTEE- GUIDELINES
Objectives
The objective of screening by the Screening Committee is to assess the suitability of an Indian engineering
contracting company from all points of view- technical, financial and managerial competence- before it is
allowed to participate in tenders for overseas construction engineering contracts (civil/ electro-mechanical
etc.).
Screening Committee approval is generally accorded selectively for activities for which applicant
companies have established capability in one or more of the following construction engineering activities
involving:
i.
Dams, canals, irrigation works, tunnels and earthworks.
ii.
Roads, bridges, flyovers, airports.
iii.
Water and sewage treatment plants, pipelines.
iv.
Buildings including commercial and factory complexes, hotels, schools and hospitals.
v.
Special foundations and structural works, docks and sea water works/ports.
vi.
Electrification, air-conditioning and utilities.
vii.
Any other structure, infrastructure, utility or activity to be determined by the Screening
Committee.
viii.
General contractors with capabilities in combination of two or more areas in the above range
of activities.
Scope
The coverage of Screening Committee includes all companies wishing to undertake overseas construction
engineering projects involving design, construction, erection and/or commissioning. Indian companies
wishing to export project construction items or consultancy services are outside the purview of the
Screening Committee.
Types of Clearance
Clearance may be accorded to an applicant company for one or more of the following:
i.
Prime Contractor
or
ii.
Sub Contractor to a Foreign Contracting Company or
iii.
Sub Contractor to Indian Company
The clearance may be given either on a specific value basis or for regular overseas operations, depending
on the track record within the country, financial position, management expertise and in-house capability.
Minimum Criteria:
Contractors are normally expected to fulfill following requirements before they can gain approval of
the Screening Committee.
i)
company should be a member of Project EPC.
ii)
company should be a limited company - either private limited or public limited or a
Government undertaking/department
iii)
company should have a minimum turnover of Rs. 10 crores (last three years) for
getting approval by the screening committee.
iv)
company should have minimum tangible net worth and operating experience as under:
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Contractor description
Networth(Rs.)
Minimum experience *
as Prime-Contractor
01 crore
10years
as Sub-Contractor to a foreign Prime-Contractor
25 lakhs
07 years
as Sub-Contractor to an Indian Prime-contractor
10 lakhs
03 years
* An applicant company being considered as Prime-contractor should have a minimum experience of 10
years, in undertaking some comparable type of works in India. Similarly in case of Sub contractor to
Foreign Prime-contractor the minimum experience should be 7 years. In the case of a Sub-contractor to
an Indian Prime-Contractor, the experience in the line of activity in India should be a minimum of 3
years.
iv)
In respect of newly formed firms/companies, joint-ventures or SPV’s created with a view to
undertaking and executing overseas projects, the criteria for any one of the Indian or overseas
constituents / partners would form the basis for granting approvals
Screening Procedure:
Applications from applicant company should be submitted in 12 copies in the prescribed form, allowing
for a 4 weeks time for decision so as to enable receipt of reports from company’s bankers on the standing
credit worthiness and dealings and also to enable suitable appraisal. PEPC will scrutinise and supplement
data to the extent necessary to make the facts complete and ensure that the applications reach the
Committee Members atleast 10 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
Screening Committee accords clearance after taking into account the following factors:
i)
Constitution of Board of Directors of a company including the qualifications, background and
experience of directors;
ii) Track record of a company regarding projects executed in India and overseas, as also the nature
of works undertaken. Particular emphasis is placed on record of timely completion; and value of
single largest contract executed;
iii) Exposure of a company’s management and personnel in dealing with international organisations,
and in executing works to international specifications. This is of particular relevance if the
company seeks clearance as Sub-contractor to a foreign company (from a third country);
iv) Qualifications and experience of key-personnel currently in full - time employment of company.
v) Financial position of a company, including contingent liability and bank loans as a proportion to
the net-worth; and paid up capital;
vi) Approach to international marketing and information systems. Ability of the company to furnish
information required by institutions, from time to time.
vii) The plant and machinery owned by the company, the nature and size of which would
commensurate with the volume of business proposed to be undertaken.
Though these
equipments may not be of use overseas, considering their unsuitability to the job proposed, this
factor will give the Committee an idea of the applicant company’s status in the business and his
familiarity in handling equipment, a factor that is very important for the purpose of deciding his
suitability for undertaking contracts overseas.
These are broad criteria for approval of companies. However, the Screening Committee in its
discretion may approve a particular company to take up jobs abroad or renew the approval.
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Validity of Clearance:
Clearance accorded by the Screening Committee is valid for a period of three years after which company
must approach Screening Committee afresh.
Renewal applications shall have to be submitted in the prescribed format for clearance by the Screening
Committee of the Council.
Review of Companies already screened
Review occurs in the following situations:
i)
Those seeking change in status (e.g. from Sub-contractor to Prime-contractor or from one-shot to
regular)
ii) Companies whose guarantees have been invoked, or where recurring disputes have arisen either
with clients or with Sub-contractors, leading to litigation etc.
iii) Company whose management/ownership has undergone major change since the date of original
approval.
For the above, PEPC works out a procedure for obtaining information from their members on a
quarterly basis.
In case of adverse reports about a screened firm reported to the Screening Committee by any of
its members, the Screening Committee will be entitled to take such action as it may deem fit
including reduction in value limits approved or de-listing from the approved list.
Quorum of the Meeting:
Three members shall be the quorum of Meeting of the Screening Committee provided the three members
shall include one member representing Government Department, one representing Financial Institution
and one from industry.
Presence of Company’s representative :
The committee may ask the applicant company to depute its representative at the meeting for
clarifications or the company may depute its representative with the permission of the Committee.
PROCEDURES FOR PROJECT EXPORTS – CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Under the procedures prescribed in the Project Export Manual, consultancy projects to be undertaken by
Indian Consultancy Organizations are required to be approved by a Competent Authority, both at pretender and post tender stages. If the consultancy contract is for less than Rs. 5 crore, then these
clearances have to be obtained from the respective Authorized Dealer of foreign exchange and if the
value of the contract is between Rs. 5 crore and Rs.10 crore, then the approval is required from Exim
Bank. If it exceeds Rs. 10 crore, the approval is to be obtained from the Working Group consisting of
members form Exim Bank, RBI, ECGC and the Authorized Dealer/Commercial Bank of the Consultant.
The requirement of getting prior clearance from the concerned authorities for such consultancy contracts
which are on cash basis and are with the Overseas Government Agencies and are also funded by
multilateral funding agencies may be dispensed with by suitable amendments in PEM procedures and
FEMA.
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PROCEDURE FOR CLEARANCE OF PROPOSALS OF PROJECT EXPORTS -– Construction/turnkey
Engineering
(i)
All applications to the Working Group are required to be submitted by the exporters through their
bankers (who must be authorised dealers in foreign exchange) in the prescribed form in the required
number of copies sufficiently in advance to enable the Working Group to hold a meeting of its members
for consideration of the proposal. When a proposal is approved by the Working Group, a package
clearance is granted by Exim Bank, on behalf of all the members of the Working Group and conveyed to
the exporters’ bankers through whom the proposal was received. The Working Group’s clearance will
ordinarily be given within a period of seven days from the date of receipt of the application, provided it is
complete in all respects.
(ii)
Exporters desiring to submit bids for execution of projects abroad including service contracts will
not be required to obtain clearance for submission of bids from the authorised dealer /Exim Bank/
Working Group. However, exporters in such cases are required to ensure that the conditions as laid
down in the Memo PEM are complied with.
(iii)
On the basis of experience gained over the years and in order to enable the exporters
to expeditiously obtain clearance for contracts for supply of engineering goods on deferred payment
terms, turnkey contracts and civil construction contracts, powers have been delegated to authorised
dealers and Exim Bank to grant post-award clearances in cases where the contract value does not exceed
U.S. Dollar 100 Million. Proposals for undertaking such export contracts up to the value of U.S. Dollar
100 Million will, therefore, be cleared by authorised dealers / Exim Bank . Proposals for undertaking such
contracts exceeding U.S. Dollar 100 Million in value will need to be cleared by the Working Group.
“As regards civil construction contracts, the Working Group will consider proposals only from
contractors who are on the approved list of Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government
of India in order to ensure that only contractors having the necessary competence and
capability undertake overseas construction contracts”.
(iv)
In the case of contracts for export of services on cash payment terms requiring fund-based
and/or non-fund based facilities, as also those involving deferred payment terms, authorised dealers and
Exim Bank have been empowered to grant clearance upto the value of U.S. Dollar 100 Million. Proposals
for undertaking such export contracts will, therefore, be cleared by authorised dealers/Exim Bank upto
the value of U.S. Dollar 100 Million. Proposals for undertaking such contracts exceeding U.S. Dollar 100
Million in value will need to be cleared by the Working Group.
(v)
Proposals for deferred payment export or turnkey projects against Buyers’ Credits as well as for
export of managerial / technical consultancy services on deferred payment terms as also those on cash
payment terms involving grant of any fund-based and/or non-fund based facilities in excess of the
monetary limits mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) above will need the prior approval of the Working
Group.
EXPORT PROMOTION SCHEMES - SERVED FROM INDIA SCHEME
Government of India has introduced "Served from India Scheme" to facilitate exporter of various type of
services. The objective of this scheme is to accelerate growth in export of services so as to create a
powerful and unique 'Served From India' brand, instantly recognized and respected world over.
Under this scheme, Service Providers of more than 100 services like Professional Services, Computer
Related services, Hotels, Restaurants, Educational Services, Research and Development services,
Communication Services, Construction and Related Engineering Services, Distribution Service,
Environmental related Services, Tourism and Transport related Services, Health Related Social Service,
Recreational, Cultural and Sporting Services etc. (List is at Appendix 10 of Hand Book of Procedure on
DGFT Website- http://www.dgft.gov.in under "Downloads") are entitled for Duty Credit Scrip. Service
providers, who have a total foreign exchange earning of at least Rs.10 Lakhs in preceding or current
financial year shall qualify for Duty Credit Scrip. For Individual Service Providers, the criterion is reduced
to Rs.5 Lakhs of foreign exchange earnings.
However under Para 3.18.1 of Handbook of Procedure~ Vol. I, many types of services and / or
remittances are not eligible for benefits under the scheme. These are:
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1. Sources of foreign exchange earnings such as equity or debt participation, donations, receipts of
repayment of loans etc. and any other inflow of foreign exchange, unrelated to rendering of service,
would be ineligible.
2. Foreign Exchange remittances:
I. related to Financial Services Sector
1. Raising of all types of foreign currency Loans;
2. Export proceeds realization of clients;
3. Issuance of Foreign Equity through ADRs / GDRs or other similar
instruments;
4. Issuance of foreign currency Bonds;
5. Sale of securities and other financial instruments;
6. Other receivables not connected with services rendered by financial
institutions; and
II. earned through contract / regular employment abroad (e.g. labour
remittances);
3. Payments for services received from EEFC Account;
4. Foreign exchange turnover by Healthcare Institutions like equity participation, donations etc.
(However, remittances received on account of medical treatment, surgery, testing, consultancy and
health care provided by the institution shall be eligible);
5. Foreign exchange turnover by Educational Institutions like equity participation, donations etc.
(However remittances received on account of the course fees and consultancy provided by the institution
shall be eligible);
6. Export turnover relating to services of units operating under SEZ / EOU / EHTP /STPI / BTP Schemes
or supplies of services made to such units;
7. Clubbing of turnover of services rendered by SEZ / EOU / EHTP / STPI / BTP units
with turnover of DT A Service Providers; and
8. Export of Goods.
Service Providers (except Hotels, Restaurants and other Service Providers in Tourism Sector) are entitled
to Duty Credit Scrip of 10% of foreign exchange earned during preceding financial year. Hotels of onestar and above (including managed hotels) and heritage hotels approved by Department of Tourism and
other Service providers in tourism sector registered with Department of Tourism shall be entitled to 5%
while Stand-alone restaurants are entitled for 10% of foreign exchange earned by them in preceding
financial year.
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION
You would be pleased to know that the information that reaches your desk from PROJECT EPC including
“Global Project Opportunities” is compiled using various inputs both printed and electronic and are
listed below:i)
Tender Notices & Commercial Reports from Indian High Commissions & Embassies abroad
ii)
Magazines/Journals:-
a)
c)
e)
g)
i)
k)
m)
ENR
UN Development Business Print Edition
ADB Business Opportunities Print Edition
Economic & Political Weekly
Gulf News
Eximius: Export Advantage
Civil Engineering & Construction Review,
iii)
We also subscribe to websites like UN Development Business Web edition and take inputs
from various other web-sites which include:
a)
c)
e)
g)
h)
j)
l)
m)
n)
p)
r)
t)
u)
v)
w)
x)
y)
z)
Asian Development Bank Website
(b) World Bank
ENR Web-edition (http://enr.com/)
(d) The Economist Web-edition
www.construction.com
(f) http://www.tradeport.org
http://www.tradezone.com/buyers/tobuyboard.html
http://trade.swissinfo.net/
(i) http://www.buyersguide.com
http://thaipost.com
(k) http://www.itenders.com
http://www.constructionqld.asn.au/tenders.htm
International Monetary Fund Website
OPEC Fund Web site
(o) MEED Web-site
Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (q) www.ConstructionFutures.co.uk
Reserve Bank of India (http://www.rbi.org.in), (s) Ministry of Finance and many others….
http://www.new-technologies.org/ECT/Other/arcad.htm
http://www.contractorsunlimited.co.uk/
http://commerce.nic.in
http://www.eximbankindia.com/
http://ficci.com/
http://dir.indiamart.com/foreignimporters/
devbusiness.com
(b)
(d)
(f)
(h)
(j)
(l)
and
MEED
BCI Asia Construction Monitor
Business Today
TIME Magazine
The Economist
Circulars from various Ministries
many others….
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information, PROJECT EPC is in no way
responsible for any errors : typographic or otherwise. The information produced in this newsletter has
been put up after considerable amount of reading & screening from various sources including the
internet and as listed in the Sources of Information*
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