Oman: Tender opportunity for The National Railway Project

The Sultanate of Oman, along with other members of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) union, is in the early stages of setting up its first ever railway system. The GCC railway is projected to be operational during the 2016-18 timeframe. The network will carry containers, dry bulk, cement, sand, rock, aggregates and petrochemical products.

The National Railway System is part of the proposed inter-GCC railway network that will run from Kuwait to Muscat, and onward to Salalah and possibly to Yemen. The 1,061-kilometre national network will be built in phases.

Phase 1 will consist of four segments:

(i) from Sohar Port to Muscat (comprising a 242km link from Sohar Port to Al Misfah (Muscat), an 8km spur line to Sohar Railway Yard, and a 20km link from Al Misfah to Muscat Central Station

(ii) from Muscat to Duqm Port (comprising a 486km line from Al Misfah to Duqm, and an 84km link from Sinaw to Ibra

(iii) from Sohar to the UAE border via Al Ain (comprising a 136km line from Sohar to Al Ain and a 27km spur to Buraimi.

The Duqm — Salalah section is also proposed to be implemented as part of phase one, although a 58km length from Sohar to Khatmat Malaha on the UAE border has been deferred to a subsequent phase.

Interested UK companies should register their interest on using the link below. A member of the UKTI team in Oman will then be able to provide further details of this tender and support throughout the process.

Tender documents are on sale until 13 March 2013 and bids are due back on 25th March 2013. Cost of documents is RO 1500.