Tender Details

Pre-qualification for Bus Shelters

Tender Number: 517/2025/BTB (MTT/PQ/LTD/01/2025)

PA Ref Number: MTT/PQ/LTD/01/2025

Tender Description

In line with Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications’ strategy to improve the infrastructure of public transport facilities in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Ministry intends to start the prequalification procedure for bus shelters. The Ministry would like to invite all companies and suppliers with the capability to carry out works related to the bus shelters to participate in this prequalification. The scope of work for this prequalification will including Manufacturing, supplying, Installing and maintenance of bus shelters of various types furthermore relocating these shelters to other sites as needed. The Ministry would like to clarify that only companies successfully prequalified will be eligible to participate in most of the future tenders related to public transport furniture in Bahrain.

Issued by
Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications
Internal/External
External
Invitation Method
Public (LOCAL GCC)
Initial Bond
Not Applicable
Bid Validity / Initial Bond Validity Period (Days)
180 days
Tender Fees
BD 50
Contract Duration
Is Alternate Bid Allowed
No
Publish Date
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
Purchase Before
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Closing Date
Sunday, 28 September 2025
Opening Date
Monday, 29 September 2025

Additional Notes

  1. If the applicant is a Consortium/JV, the leader partner should be the applicant (The one who will purchase and submit the bid).
  2. If the applicant is a Consortium/JV, the leader partner should not participate in another applicant.

,تماشياً مع استراتيجية وزارة المواصلات والاتصالات الهادفة إلى تطوير البنية التحتية ومرافق النقل الجماعي في مملكة البحرين، ترغب إدارة مشاريع النقل البري بالبدء في إجراءات التأهيل المسبق لمحطات إنتظار حافلات النقل الجماعي. و تدعو الوزارة جميع الشركات والموردين القادرين على تنفيذ الأعمال المرتبطة بالمحطات، إلى التقدم للمشاركة في هذا التأهيل. حيث سيشمل نطاق العمل تصنيع وتوريد  وتركيب وصيانة محطات انتظار حافلات النقل الجماعي بمختلف أنواعها، ونقل وتحريك هذه المحطات إلى مواقع أخرى حسب الحاجة. كما تود الوزارة التوضيح بأن المشاركة في معظم المناقصات المستقبلية المتعلقة بمرافق المواصلات العامة في المملكة ستكون مقتصرة على الشركات التي سيتم تأهيلها خلال هذا التأهيل. ,

In line with Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications’ strategy to improve the infrastructure of public transport facilities in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Ministry intends to start the prequalification procedure for bus shelters. The Ministry would like to invite all companies and suppliers with the capability to carry out works related to the bus shelters to participate in this prequalification. The scope of work for this prequalification will including Manufacturing, supplying, Installing and maintenance of bus shelters of various types furthermore relocating these shelters to other sites as needed.

The Ministry would like to clarify that only companies successfully prequalified will be eligible to participate in most of the future tenders related to public transport furniture in Bahrain.


How to Participate?

  • Those who are capable and wish to participate in the above tender have to purchase the Tender Documents online through the Bahrain Tender Board’s portal https://etendering.tenderboard.gov.bh starting from Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Bidders are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the tender value whichever amount is lesser, provided that no initial bonds value shall be less than BD 100/-. (Except for the Two-envelope tenders).
  • For Two-envelope tenders, bidders, are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above.
  • The initial bond should be in the form of a Certified Cheque, Bank Guarantee, Insurance Policy or Cash (or as specified in the Tender Documents) valid for the duration specified above.
  • The bids deposit place: (As Mentioned in the Tender Documents)
  • This tender is subject to the provisions of the Tender Law issued by the Legislative Decree No. 36 of 2002, its amendments, and its Implementing Regulations issued by the Decree No. 37 of 2002.
  • In addition, these conditions have to be considered:
    • Enclose copy of a valid Commercial Registration Certificate (CR) in line with the tender's subject.
    • Enclose copy of a valid certificate of compliance with the employment percentages for Bahraini manpower (Bahranization Certificate) issued by the Ministry of Labour.
  • This advertisement is considered supplementary to the tender documents. In case of any discrepancy between the Advertisement and the Tender Document, the Tender Document prevails.
  • Small and Medium Enterprises are eligible to obtain 10% preference in the financial evaluation stage, when submitting the "SMEs Classification Certificate" during bidding for this tender. The certificate is awarded by Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism to the SMEs and can be obtained when applying on the SMEs Registration System which can be reached via the following link: https://www.moic.gov.bh/en/eServices/sme
  • Vendors who are not registered in the Tender Board's e-tendering system shall be required to register through the below-mentioned link, and for assistance please contact the Tender Board through email helpdesk@tenderboard.gov.bh or call on Tel No. +97317566617.
  • For Registration

Inquiries

For further inquiries please contact on:

Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications
  17337878