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Five firms in race for $100 million Duqm Airport Phase II contract
MUSCAT -- Five local and international firms are eyeing a contract worth in excess of $100 million linked to the development of a greenfield airport at Duqm on Oman's Wusta coast.Bids closed here last week for the key Phase II package of the domestic airport project centring on the construction of airfield infrastructure. Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) , Larsen & Toubro (Oman), Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, Galfar Engineering & Contracting, and Makyol have submitted firm offers for the prestigious contract.
As with all airport-related projects currently under implementation around the Sultanate, the Ministry of Transport and Communications is overseeing the development of the new airport at a 2,700-hectare site not far from where a world-scale port and dry dock complex is also coming up at Duqm.
Work on the first phase of the airport project, involving the provision of access roads and utility support services, was awarded to local contractor Desert Line Projects in October 2008 at a cost of around $70 million.
In Phase II, presently under tender, the selected contractor will build the main airfield infrastructure for the airport. It includes the construction of a 4-kilometre-long runway designed to Code-F standards, two taxiways, parking apron for passenger aircraft and inclusive of an apron taxi line, and facilities for two passenger boarding bridges.
Also as part of the Phase II package, the contractor will install a sophisticated air navigation and meteorology system, airfield ground lighting system, fuel farm, and apron fuel hydrant system, among other utilities.
According to officials, Desert Line Projects is making good headway in the implementation of the first phase package. It involves the construction of around 27 kilometres of access and landslide roads, 31,500 sq metres of car parking facilities, and a small treatment plant and reservoir for treated effluents.
In the third phase, likely to be tendered out during the first half of 2011, a contractor will be selected to build the passenger terminal and air traffic management facility, among other amenities. Also envisaged is a cargo complex with a capacity to handle 50,000 tons of airfreight per year.
When operational by around 2013, the new Duqm Airport will serve as a new gateway into a region with significant economic, industrial and commercial potential. Besides providing business investors, company executives and government officials with a speedy and convenient mode of transport, the airport also has the potential to open up Duqm to tourism related investment.
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