Bahrain's Ministry of Housing has announced that eight local contractors have submitted bids in response to a request for proposals (RFP) for construction of 284 apartment units within its East Hidd Housing Project.

 

The upcoming project in the village A2/C1/C2 is being funded by the Bahrain government as part of its social housing programme, according to Bahrain Tender Board.

 

In addition to construction of these units, the project scope includes infrastructure works and other external works.

 

The bidding was open to only Ministry of Housing Grade ‘A’ apartment building contractors who have passed the pre-qualification process for the Apartment Building Works with the Ministry of Housing.

 

The key firms in the race are Alghanah Group with bid amount of BD18,500,000; Tamcon (BD17,898,256.176); Ahmed Isa Contracting Construction (BD22,122,263.048); Saleh Abdulla Kameshki & Sons (BD18,253,516.113); Bokhowa Contracting and Trading Group (BD22,009,449.243); Dar Al Khaleej Trading & Contracting (BD17,802,488.340); Loqman Al Haddad Contracting (BD20,448,750) and AlMoayyed Contracting with BD18,460,740.000), it added.