Consultant sought for EIA of Naifaru ice plant project

The opportunity to submit proposals for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) required to establish an ice plant and cold storage in Lh. Naifaru has been reopened.

The government has tasked the Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company Limited (MIFCO) with establishing a 40-tonne seawater tube ice plant along with a 60-tonne cold storage in Naifaru. MIFCO initially opened the opportunity to find a party to prepare the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for this project on the 10th of this month. However, as an adequate number of participants did not apply during that period, MIFCO reopened the work for bidding on the 19th of this month.

In the announcement published after reopening the bid, MIFCO stated that interested and eligible parties have until 10:00 on 25 March 2026 to submit their estimates or proposals. Bids must be submitted only to the email address contract@mifco.mv, and MIFCO reserves the right to reject bids sent to or CC'd to any other email address, according to the announcement. The Terms of Reference for this work are attached with the announcement.

According to the announcement, the bid opening meeting will be held at 11:00 on 25 March 2026. The meeting will be conducted via Microsoft Teams in the presence of all registered bidders. To register to participate in the bid opening meeting, MIFCO has requested that the following information be completed and emailed to bid@mifco.mv before 10:00 on 25 March 2026.

Information to be included in the email to register for the bid meeting:

• Announcement number

MIFCO stated that participation in this meeting is not mandatory and is optional. Furthermore, MIFCO stated that any party submitting a proposal before the set deadline will be considered a registered bidder. If any clarification is required regarding this matter, MIFCO has requested to email bid@mifco.mv.