11 firms apply for metro project prequalification

MANAMA: Eleven companies have applied to the Transportation and Telecommunications Ministry for prequalification of Bahrain Metro Phase One, through which the ministry intends to prequalify suitably experienced and qualified companies with relevant expertise to design, build, finance, operate, maintain and transfer the project.

The Bahrain Metro will be developed in four phases with the initial one comprising two lines with a total length of 29 km and 20 stations.

The first phase of the project will be carried out with the private sector. The pre-qualification tender stage is the first step to identify qualified individual companies or consortium of companies.

Pre-qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next stage.

The state-of the art metro system is fully automated, driverless and with modern technology following international standards.

Source: https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1093344