Kuwait’s Ministry of Public Works (MPW) issued a tender for the project “construction of roads and interchanges connecting to Kuwait International Airport (KIA)’s new terminal building”.
The project scope of work involves the construction, completion and development of roads and interchanges connecting to new terminal building on Magwa’s Road, on lumpsum turnkey basis.
Earlier, to increase the capacity of Kuwait International Airport (KIA) and develop it into a new regional air hub in the Gulf, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the operator of KIA, has proposed the development of a new terminal building.
The new state-of-the-art terminal will be constructed in phases. While the first phase will add a capacity of 13 million passengers a year, the subsequent phases will enhance the capacity to between 25 million and 50 million passengers a year.
A $4.3 billion construction contract was awarded to Turkish company Limak, making it the biggest tender awarded abroad in a single package by Turkish contractors.
Earlier, The Kuwait Government announced an investment plan for the airport expansion and modernisation to meet the anticipated growth. The project includes the development of a new passenger terminal, a third runway, and expansion and renovation of the two existing runways and other facilities.
MPW set the bid submission date as 22 March 2020 and the tender fee is KD10,000.
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