Incheon, TAV submit bids for Kuwait’s T4

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KUWAIT CITY, July 12: The Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) has opened the financial bids for the operation, management, service improvement, training, maintenance, and development of Terminal Four (T4) at Kuwait International Airport. Sources told the Arab Times newspaper that two international companies have submitted bids, indicating the Korean company Incheon offered KD72 million, while the Turkish company TAV offered KD84 million. Sources said the offer from Incheon is the lowest among the bids.

Sources revealed that the Board of Directors of CAPT referred the bidding documents to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) — the entity concerned with the bid– to study and analyze the offers from the technical and financial perspectives. Sources said the DGCA will present its recommendations within 30 days from the date of receiving the documents. Sources added that the directorate will base its recommendations on the results of the study conducted in this regard and then submit them to CAPT for the latter to decide whether to award the contract to the best bidder.

Sources stated that the recommendations will then be referred to the remaining regulatory authorities to complete the other requirements; affirming this step is under the policy of involving the private sector in the management and operation of the airport, especially after the remarkable success of the private operator’s experience with T4 over the years, which contributed to improving services provided to passengers and the achievement of high operational efficiency that were reflected in the overall performance of the airport. Sources revealed that the aforementioned companies previously met the required percentage in the technical evaluation, with the Korean company receiving a rating of 87.5 percent, while the Turkish company got a rating of 87 percent.

By Mohammad Al-Enezi
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff