Oman signs more than RO1bn of housing and tourism deals
- Client
- Oman Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning
- Winning contractor
- BIG (A’Thuraya consultancy); Detonator Engineering (Kumzar school and health-centre tenders)
- Contract value
- Not confirmed in source
- Award date
- Not confirmed in source
Contract scope
Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has announced 20 partnership, development and tender-award agreements covering project investments of more than RO1bn (US$2.6bn) across residential, public-service and tourism projects.
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- Client: Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has announced 20 partnership, development and tender-award agreements covering project investments of more than RO1bn (US$2.6bn) across residential, public-service and tourism projects.
- Winning contractor: Another Sultan Haitham City package, worth more than RO14m, covers a wadi-diversion channel along the eastern boundary of Al Baraka Palace. A RO4.5m consultancy was also awarded to BIG for the detailed masterplan of A’Thuraya City’s third phase. Other announced packages include two tenders worth a total of RO5m for a school and a health centre in Kumzar awarded to Detonator Engineering, and a RO50m integrated residential neighbourhood in Khazaen Economic City with Mada Group.
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Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has announced 20 partnership, development and tender-award agreements covering project investments of more than RO1bn (US$2.6bn) across residential, public-service and tourism projects.
The agreements were signed on 5 October during the Oman Home and Building Expo and World Habitat Day events. They include a construction tender worth more than RO12m for a rehabilitation complex for people with disabilities and elderly people in Sultan Haitham City, on a 10,300 sq m site with about 28,000 sq m of built-up area.
Another Sultan Haitham City package, worth more than RO14m, covers a wadi-diversion channel along the eastern boundary of Al Baraka Palace. A RO4.5m consultancy was also awarded to BIG for the detailed masterplan of A’Thuraya City’s third phase.
Housing agreements include a RO45m contract with Zawaya Group for A’Thuraya neighbourhood 5C, comprising 220 units, and a RO55m agreement with Al Namaa for neighbourhoods 5A and 5B, comprising 265 units.
Other announced packages include two tenders worth a total of RO5m for a school and a health centre in Kumzar awarded to Detonator Engineering, and a RO50m integrated residential neighbourhood in Khazaen Economic City with Mada Group.
The programme also includes tourism-development agreements for the Sultan Qaboos Port Waterfront with OMRAN, Al Bandar and Yenkit Hills. Individual values and detailed scopes for those tourism packages were not disclosed.