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Kuwait is planning to offer contracts for the maintenance of its roads and 35 foreign companies are already competing for the deals, a newspaper said on Friday.
Public Works Minister Amani Bu Qumaz this week discussed the projects with six foreign embassies which supplied names of firms interested in undertaking such work, the Arabic language daily Alqabas said, citing official Kuwaiti sources.
The firms comprise 20 from Turkey, 5 from Japan, 3 each from China, France and South Korea, and one from Germany, the report said.
“Those companies sent questions to the Ministry about the contracts...the Ministry is expected to complete answers within two weeks,” the paper said, adding that some of the contracts could be awarded in June.
Companies winning such projects would have to open offices in Kuwait to oversee regular maintenance work, the paper added without mentioning contract duration.
(Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)
