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Last year, the Tender Board assigned new tenders and projects at a cost of RO 819.6 million, in a move that translates the governments commitment to spreading the umbrella of development throughout the country and moving various economic activities.
The Sultanate increased last year the volume of expenditures on projects that were awarded through the Tender Board by a significant rate exceeding 530 percent compared to the tenders awarded by the Council in 2018, amounting to RO 129 million.
The Tender Board is responsible for submitting tenders, opening offers, reviewing the results of the study and analyzing or undertaking this study and analysis on its own, and assigning all government tenders that cost more than 3 million Omani riyals, and the role is played by this through electronic procedures aimed at raising the level of performance in government agencies to ensure good And efficient use of public money.
Total government spending in the period from January to November last reached 11.3 billion Omani riyals, of which 8 billion Omani riyals for current expenses, RO 2.1 billion in investment expenses, RO 634.9 million for contributions and support, and RO 563.1 million in actual expenses under settlement.
The tenders awarded last year included various economic, social, educational, health, public services and other sectors, and the Council assigned additional work to a number of previous projects.
The tender for providing educational services for the academic and technical studies curricula of the technical colleges affiliated to the Ministry of Manpower for a period of three years came in the list of higher tenders in terms of cost. From the intersection of the Muscat Highway to the intersection of the Eastern Highway (part one) with an amount of RO 86.2 million, and the project of establishing connections, interchanges and bridges came within the Al Batinah Highway project (the seventh package) with a value of RO 81.3 million in It ranked third.
The construction of two tunnels and the implementation of additional works for the third lane for the duality of the Eastern Highway project (first stage - first part) amounted to RO 71.5 million, and the fifth ranked came a project for the establishment of a multi-use investment building that includes the construction of offices, a hotel, residential and commercial units, and their accessories at heights A high cost of Muscat Governorate for the civil service employees pension fund, amounting to RO 54.6 million.
At the sectoral level, the education sector witnessed the awarding of several tenders, including the establishment of 5 schools for the Lowe housing project (transfer of affected families to the activities of the Sohar Industrial Port in Liwa State) at a cost of 12 million Omani riyals, and provision of English language teachers to the Faculties of Applied Sciences and the College of Education in Rustaq for academic years from 2019 To 2022 to the Ministry of Higher Education in the amount of RO 5.9 million, the electronic correction project for exams for general education diploma students and their level for the two academic years (2019-2020 and 2021-2020) to the Ministry of Education at a cost of RO 2.8 million, and the cooperation project with University of California / Berkeley to establish the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the University of Oman at a cost of RO 2.3 million.
In the health sector, several tenders were awarded, including: the supply of medicines, vaccines and vaccines to the Ministry of Health in the amount of RO 29.1 million, the supply of laboratory materials for 2020 in the amount of RO 8.1 million, and the provision of periodic maintenance services with the provision of spare parts for medical devices for a number of hospitals and health units affiliated To the Ministry of Health at a cost of RO 6.5 million, and to supply consumable surgical materials to the Ministry of Health at a cost of RO 6.9 million.
Regular maintenance services were also provided, along with the provision of spare parts for medical devices to a number of hospitals and health units of the Ministry of Health at a cost of RO 6.5 million, and assigning three tenders to provide technicians for operating and maintaining health equipment of the Ministry of Health in the Dhofar and South Eastern provinces, at a total cost of approximately RO 11.8 million. .
In the airports sector, additional work has been assigned to the civil works project for the Muscat International Airport (within the project for the development of the Muscat International Airport and Salalah) of the Ministry of Transport by about RO 14.9 million, and the completion of the completed works for the project to construct the Ras Al Hadd Airport in the South Eastern Province (the second package) at a cost of 9.1 million riyals Omani, attribution of the practice related to the project of a contract for maintenance of air traffic management systems (civil aviation) in the amount of RO 3,8 million, and the provision of consulting services to oversee the project for the development of Muscat International Airport and Salalah Airport by approximately RO 3,6 million.
During the past year, the Sultanate was interested in expanding the construction of dams, as a project to establish a protection dam in the Jaffin area in the Muscat Governorate was commissioned with an amount of RO 45.6 million, the construction of a flood protection dam in the Wadi Uday area in Muscat Governorate, by about 36 million Omani riyals, and the construction of a protection dam from Flood risk in Al-Jafina area, in the Wilayat of Al-Amarat, in Muscat Governorate, by about RO 34.6 million, and the construction of two underground dams in the Wilayat of Ibra in the North Eastern Province, by approximately RO 2.2 million.
The past year also witnessed interest in the fisheries sector through the assignment of an expansion and development project for the fishing port in Dibba Governorate, Musandam Governorate, at an amount of RO 39.8 million.
The Sultanate expects that the total public spending during the current year will be 13.2 billion Omani riyals, including RO 8.9 billion for current expenses, RO 2.6 billion for investment expenses, and 770 million Omani riyals for contributions and other expense |
