Local contractors have submitted low bids totaling $711m for three packages on the Al-Ghouse road upgrade project in Kuwait. The Ministry of Public Works project covers 30 kilometres of maintenance, rehabilitation and construction work. The local Combined Group Contracting Company (CGCC) submitted a low bid of $256m for the first package from the Fifth Ring road to the Sixth Ring road. CGCC’s price is about 2 per cent lower than the offer of $261m submitted by Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Company. The local Ahmadiah Contracting is the low bidder, with a price of $234m, for the second package – from the Sabah al-Salem area to the Seventh Ring road. The price is just $1m lower than the offer submitted by Kuwait Company for Process Plant Construction. Kuwait Arab Contractors submitted the lowest price of $221m for the final package – from the Seventh Ring road to the Fahaheel-Ahmadi road. The firm’s offer is about 2.6 per cent lower than the $227m offer submitted by CGCC. The work on Al-Ghouse road is considered crucial since it functions as a major collector road distributing local traffic and running parallel to major roads including the Fahaheel Expressway (route 30) and King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz road.
