Media learned that the Central Tenders Agency postponed deciding on the National Petroleum Company’s request to award the tender for the support centre for information technology, leasing services, and technical support for personal computers, laptops, peripheral devices and their accessories, for all KNPC websites, to the bidding company at the lowest prices (8.27 million dinars).
For a period of 5 years and seven months, the Agency also requested to extend the initial insurance for all companies participating in the tender.
On the other hand, sources reported that the Central Agency agreed with the Kuwait Oil Company to launch a tender to provide repair and renovation services for production facilities in the regions of southern and eastern Kuwait while deciding on the company’s request to issue a tender to replace the current electrical sub-stations in the assembly centres “GC-27” and “GC-28”, with a new elevated electrical substation.
She added that the authority also postponed the decision on the request of «Kuwait Oil» for a second extension of the tender contract to provide maintenance services for equipment, mechanical systems and air cooling systems in the new Ahmadi Hospital for a period of 12 months, starting from 12/1/2022 until 11/30/2023, provided that the six The first months are continuous and the other six months are on a month-to-month basis at an amount of 1.353 million dinars, with an addition of 200,989 thousand dinars from the reserve amount for Kuwait, bringing the total amount of the extension request to 1.554 million dinars, until the completion of the procedures for awarding the new tender.
Jurassic production
On the other hand, the sources indicated that the Agency returned a tender and practice to the Kuwait Oil Company at its request, explaining that the tender is for Jurassic production facilities in East and West Al-Rawdatain, West Sabriya and Umm Naga. $1 million, equivalent to 4.45 percent of the contract value, with the first extension being made for a period of 608 days, starting from 5/21/2022 until 1/18/2024, without financial cost.
As for the practice of contracting Jurassic production facilities in East and West Al-Rawdatain, West Sabriya and Umm Naga, “Kuwait Oil” had requested the issuance of a first change order for it with an increase of $18.677 million, equivalent to 4.93 percent over the contract value, with the first extension being made for a period of 719 days as of From 10/8/2022 to 9/25/2024 without any financial cost.
