Oman receives Adam-Thumrait road bids

Oman receives Adam-Thumrait road bids

Register for MEED's guest programme Oman’s Ministry of Transport Communications & Information Technology has received proposals from bidders for packages three, four and five of the Adam-Thumrait road dualisation project. The bid submission closing date was 26 November.The ministry reissued the tender for the contracts on 22 June. The tender is open exclusively for Saudi-Omani joint ventures.The contracts were first tendered in 2019 and later cancelled.The bidders include:Galfar Engineering & Contracting (Oman)Strabag Oman (Germany)Oman Building & Contracting (Oman)Abughazlan Trading Contracting (Oman)Sarooj Construction Company (Oman)Ozkar Construction (Turkey)Oman Gulf Company (Oman)Consolidated Contractors Company (Greece)Trading & Development Partnership Company (Saudi Arabia)Hunan Industrial Equipment Installation Company (China)IC Ictas Saudi Arabia (Turkiye/Saudi Arabia)Portex Insaat Sanayii Ticaret (Turkiye)Al-Rafah Trading & Contracting Company (Oman)Marmul Contracting & Trading Company (Oman)Mohammed al-Ali al-Swailem Trading & Contracting Company (Saudi Arabia)Shanfari Partners Company (Oman)Al-Nahdha al-Omaniah Company (Oman)Abuhatim Company (Oman)Egyptian Contracting Company (Egypt)Detonation Blasting Contracting (Oman)China Harbour Engineering Company (China)Al-Tasnim Enterprises (Oman)Al-Rawaf Contracting Company (Saudi Arabia)US-based Parsons is the consultant for the Adam-Thumrait road expansion project.The project links Muscat and Salalah through a fully dualised road. The project will upgrade the existing single-carriageway between