Contractors Sought to Build Ice Plants in 5 Islands

The Ministry of Finance has announced a search for contractors to build ice plants planned by the government in five islands across the Maldives.

The Finance Ministry has opened international bidding to find a party to develop ice plants in HA. Ihavandhoo, Sh. Komandoo, AA. Rasdhoo, HA. Dhidhdhoo, and GDh. Rathafandhoo.

The opportunity to submit bids for interested parties to carry out these projects is open until October 20, and this has now been publicly announced.

The announcement published by Finance states that registration to participate in the bidding will be open from tomorrow until October 15, and a fee of MVR 1,500 will be charged for this. Additionally, MVR 250,000 must be submitted as bid security, and the bid security period is 148 days from the date of bid opening, the announcement also stated. Furthermore, a pre-tender meeting is scheduled to be held on September 10, according to the announcement.

According to the announcement, the party to establish the ice plants will be selected under the International Bidding (NCB) policy in accordance with the Saudi Fund for Development's "Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and Contracting for the Execution of Works".

The government is making efforts to resolve the difficulties faced by fishermen in obtaining ice. In this regard, the government is working on building ice plants to make arrangements for fishermen to get ice without any hardship from all regions of the Maldives. Also, it has been decided to transfer the ice plants previously operated by Fenaka under the supervision of MIFCO, to be operated by MIFCO. The handover process is currently underway.