Bids open for 512 new homes in Madinat Salman

The Tender Board has opened bids for engineering oversight on the construction of 512 housing units in Madinat Salman, a project backed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning and paid for by the Government of Bahrain.
Set on Island 12, the work involves contract management and site supervision across three designated plots: 15, 18 and 19. Eleven local firms are in the running, including Mazen Alumran Consulting Engineers, Mohammed Al Gharib Architects and Engineers, and Dheya Tawfiqi Engineering Consultancy Bureau. Prices ranged from BD 602,000 to BD 1.3 million.Only consultancies classified under Category A and licensed by Bahrain's engineering regulator, the CRPEP, were allowed to take part. The ministry said the full terms and bidder requirements were laid out in the official tender pack.
The housing units form part of ongoing work to shape Madinat Salman into a new residential area built on reclaimed land off the coast of Budaiya. This is the latest in a string of housing projects launched in the area this year. Four tenders have already been floated, three of them tied to the Government Land Development Programme, with a total of 649 homes planned.

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