Kuwait to plug gaps in power, water networks

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 29: The Ministry of Public Works will soon award the contract for maintenance works and remediation of traffic bottlenecks and accident-prone areas throughout the country. The project is included in the plan of the ministry for the current fiscal year, with an implementation period of 730 days. The tender will be administered by the Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) and will be open to companies pre-qualified by the agency.

The contract covers a wide range of works, including improvement of road junctions and intersections, rainwater drainage and sanitary sewage networks, along with their infrastructure, civil works, supply and installation of safety barriers, roadside fencing, directional signs and traffic signs, road marking, utility services, miscellaneous works, and electrical works. All works will be carried out in accordance with the terms and specifications in the tender documents. In another development, the Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) set Nov 3 as the deadline for submitting bids for the tender to operate and maintain the rainwater filtration and settling basins in Al-Mutlaa City.

These facilities, originally constructed by the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW), are designed to filter rainwater. The maintenance contract aims to ensure the system’s operational efficiency, extend its service life, and prevent malfunctions and leaks in the city. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy floated 32 tenders through the Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) to develop its electricity and water networks.

The bids for these tenders will be opened at various dates soon. Once opened, the bids will be forwarded to the ministry for evaluation within 30 days, then CAPT will make a final decision to award each contract to the bidder that best meets the requirements. These contracts aim to modernize the electricity and water networks, ensure the infrastructure is fully prepared to meet the growing demand for electricity and water due to the population growth and new residential cities, and improve services provided to the public. The contracts are for the construction and maintenance of two 1,600 mm-diameter freshwater pipelines from Mina Abdullah Water Distribution Complex to West Funaitees Complex and a 1,200 mm-diameter brackish water pipeline from Mina Abdullah Complex to Zour Complex along with the related works, the supply and installation of three main electrical substations along with feeders and auxiliary equipment to support the cloud data center project of the government, and the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of smart water meters.

By Mohammad Ghanem Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff