“Tenders”: 19.3 million dinars for insulation and fire protection services for “Bapco Refining”

Sayed Hussein Al-Qassab

The Tenders and Auctions Board opened the envelopes for 15 tenders, which received 113 bids, including a tender for Bapco Refining Company, to provide insulation, thermal and fire protection services in the company’s operating areas.

The company stated that the work includes supplying and installing insulation for equipment and pipes, in addition to removing and reinstalling existing insulation using new materials when needed. It also includes the supply and installation of corrosion-resistant thermal linings in furnaces and other processing units, in addition to some other works. The tender received 4 bids, the lowest of which amounted to 19.3 million dinars.

For its part, Gulf Air issued a tender for the project to renovate and equip the headquarters and medical center of Gulf Air. The tender received 3 bids, the least of which amounted to 6.9 million dinars.

In a second tender for Gulf Air, it wants to obtain disposable cutlery for economy class passengers, as it received 6 bids, the lowest of which amounted to 294 thousand dinars.

Gulf Air also launched a third tender to supply 200 ml bottled water and soft drinks, for which it received 248 thousand dinars.

For its part, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning issued a tender for a specific contract for the maintenance of the Ministry’s housing units, related services, and related works in various locations in Bahrain. The tender received 11 bids, the least of which amounted to 903 thousand dinars.

On the other hand, Bahrain Polytechnic announced a tender for solar energy panels for parking lots. The tender includes design, supply, installation, testing and operation of the PV solar energy system. The tender received 12 bids, the least of which amounted to 396 thousand dinars.

For its part, the Ministry of Social Development wants to supply and install furniture for the comprehensive social services complex, for which it received 12 bids, the least of which amounted to 81 thousand dinars.

In turn, the Municipality of the Southern Region announced the launch of a public tender to rehabilitate Ahl Al-Ataa Park in the Southern Governorate, indicating that this tender includes installing play equipment in the park, painting work, cleaning the entire site, and removing dead trees and damaged objects. The tender received 8 bids, the least of which amounted to 76 thousand dinars.

For its part, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority issued a tender to provide SD-WAN technology for the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s headquarters and its affiliated stations in the Kingdom, where it received 7 bids, the least of which amounted to 54 thousand dinars.

In turn, the Ministry of Works announced a tender to replace electric elevators, including electrical and related civil works, in the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, Building No. 2 in the Diplomatic Area, where it received 6 bids, the least of which amounted to 28 thousand dinars.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Health wants to supply public health laboratories with chemicals and consumable materials, indicating that the required materials are related to chemical and microbial tests for the food safety laboratory, in addition to the infectious disease testing laboratory and finally the viral genetic classification laboratory, where it received 7 bids, the least of which amounted to 16 thousand dinars.

While Babacar Energies Company announced a tender for AWS certified partners to provide AWS billing services (Amazon cloud services) and associated support services, for a period of three (3) years, the tender received 4 bids, the least of which amounted to 10 thousand dinars.

Bapco Exploration and Production Company also issued a tender for pre-qualification to supply the MPFM technology service, explaining that it is a technology that is considered an alternative to the traditional separation of tests in some applications and according to the scope of the wells. The tender received 6 bids, but their value was not announced.

In turn, the Electricity and Water Authority called for the qualification of “current and new” local contractors for the work of time contracts for civil maintenance work in the Electricity Transmission Department. It obtained 23 bids, but their value was not announced.

In another tender, the Electricity and Water Authority intends to launch a limited international tender to develop the Al-Hadd Independent Water Production Station project, which consists of establishing a seawater desalination plant using reverse osmosis (SWRO) technology with a build-own-operate (BOO) system.

The Authority stated that the guaranteed net contractual water capacity (GNCWC) for the station will reach 11,364 cubic meters per hour, as it received only one bid.