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The Central Agency for Public Tenders of Kuwait (CAPT) has stated that the agency awarded 235 tenders worth $5.9 billion in 2021.
Secretary-General of CAPT Usama Al-Duaij told Kuna that number of awarded tenders has been mounting on an annual basis, however, the total sum of offers reached, in 2020, only 98 ones, worth approx $1 billion, due to ramifications of coronavirus crisis.
Last year, the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy had won the lion’s share of tenders, reaching 50 awarded contracts valued at $353.7 million. Coming second was Ministry of Health, with 25 tenders worth $364.6 million, followed by the Ministry of Education, with 13 awards valued at $103.2 million.
Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources ranked fourth, in this respect, with 13 offered contracts worth $67.6 million, then Kuwait University with 11 tenders worth $18.1 million.
Sixth was Kuwait Ports Authority with ten tenders valued at $52.8 million; seventh was the Ministry of Public Works with nine contracts with $66 million, eighth was Kuwait Fire Force with nine tenders worth $37.9 million. This was followed by the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training with nine tenders totalling $28 million.
Al-Duaij added in the interview with Kuna that Kuwait Oil Company was the tenth with respect to the awarded tenders reaching up to eight ones, worth $3.9 billion, followed by Kuwait Civil Service Commission with eight worth $12.8 million, then the Ministry of Information, with an equal number of tenders worth $9.5 million.