Defence and Security

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract award worth $20 million for the supply of upgraded armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to the Philippines Armed Forces. The upgrade will consist of 25mm unmanned turrets, 12.7 mm remote controlled weapon stations and fire control systems for 90 mm turrets. The APCs will be supplied over a period of one-year.

The contract is the first one awarded to Elbit Systems in the Philippines leading into an important breakthrough.

Getting the contract for the Philippines Armed Forces makes the company feel contented and we look forward to attain many more in near future. The company’s comprehensive portfolio and the vast experience allows us to provide our clients advanced solutions, answering the particular needs of numerous combat vehicles, and this project even recognizes us as pioneers in the field of ground vehicle upgrades across globe, says, Udi Vered, General Manager of Elbit Systems' Land and C4I.

 Environment and Sanitation

Miami-Dade County commissioners in Florida has awarded a $91 million contract award to Aecom in Florida to oversee $1.6 billion in federally assigned repairs to the county’s sewer system.

As per the project, Aecom will facilitate program and construction management services for the modification of the present wastewater treatment plants and the collection and transmission system pipes and pump stations, consisting inspecting and supporting the early planning, design and construction stages of the capital program.

The company will also look after the application of various capacity, management, operations and maintenance programs needed by a federal consent decree.

The project facilitates great opportunity to exhibit Aecom’s proficiency in delivering complex and significant projects, which consists various large water and wastewater projects all over the world. The company is delighted to be the part of this project which will interest the residents and visitors of Miami-Dade County through major advancements to the county’s wastewater system and facilities, says, Michael S. Burke, Aecom president and chief executive officer.

The contract awarded is of five-year, with two five-year extension options.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/miami-dade-countywards-91-million-wastewater-contractnbsp-63.php

 Defence and Security

A new strategy has been adopted by Ministry of Defense (MoD) to amend the procurement process for defense equipment, reinstating a 44 year old strategy that aimed on domestic development.

In order to boost the economy and the international competitiveness of Japan’s defense industry, the new policy tends to encourage collective development of defense equipment and technologies with other nations.

Defense Minister, Itsunori Onodera, commented there is a strong need for Japan to upgrade its defense equipment and technologies to match up with the rest of the world.

The change in focus comes at a duration when high-tech defense equipment, like stealth fighters, is mainly being developed involving numerous countries under joint projects.

Japan faced deflation blow in April, finally abated its blanket ban on exports of defense equipment to encourage joint development with other nations and target the lucrative arms market.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/japan-defense-ministry-modifies-equipment-procurement-policy-62.php

Construction and Real Estate

The Board of Trustees, Mission CISD has awarded E-Con Group the Mission Collegiate High School contract award.

The department negotiated the price of the project down by $67,000. The group also shortened the number of days for project completion. The group has also done two projects for the Board: the ag building addition at Veterans Memorial High School and the Waitz Elementary kitchen dining addition, the group proposed the lowest quote with the alternatives, says, Rick Rivera, executive director for maintenance, facilities and construction.

The best and final offer from the group was evaluated at $12.6 million; the project would begin in the first week of July 2014 whereas the project completion date is set for July 2015.

The district also has plans for various contracts at Tom Landry Stadium. Presently, the stadium is getting a new turf and track; additional seats are also summed into ADA requirements. Thirty-six seats would need to be added to the home side, while the visitors’ side will have 30 more addition.

According to Rick Rivera - At present there are four (ADA approved seats) on each side. Requests for qualifications are being advertised. This will be a design-build project. We are waiting to see how many proposals we get for this project.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/e-con-group-receives-126-million-collegiate-high-school-contract-61.php

 Defence and Security

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract award modification by the US Air Force (USAF) to carry on providing hardware and support for the AN/AAQ-24 large aircraft infrared countermeasure (LAIRCM) missile defense system.

The $238 million project is modified from an earlier awarded contract, to deliver additional transmitters, processors, missile warning sensors, lasers, control interface units and supporting equipment to the air force.

The contract serves as an extension of the company’s 14-years relationship with the air force to secure the aircrews, the LAIRCM open engineering has facilitated this system to be build up and modified over time to develop new technologies to counter rising threats, while deducting system cost, and constantly increasing authenticity leading to an exquisite total life span cost for the system, says, Carl Smith, vice-president, Northrop Grumman Land and Self Protection Systems Division infrared countermeasures programmes.

Armed with five infrared (IR) missile warning system (MWS) sensors, LAIRCM is devised to secure large transport and rotary-wing aircraft from IR-guided missile threats by baffling their instruction systems, without the need of inputs from the aircrew.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/northrop-grumman-bagsfrared-countermeasure-system-support-contract-60.php

Defence and Security

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) – UK has awarded GBP5 million (USD8.5 million) study contract award to BAE Systems to classify integrating the MBDA Brimstone missile system onto the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft.

As per the announcement made on 19 June, the contract not only facilitates at equipping the Typhoon with the Brimstone air-to-surface missile by 2018, but with testing a common launcher access which could also be used for other multiple ammunition stores such as SPEAR 3.

At BAE Systems’ facility in Warton, the Wind tunnel tests of the Typhoon-Brimstone combination are already taking place.

This first study contract is part of a broader ammunition upgrade package that is aimed on delivering a full air-to-ground proficiency for the Typhoon in time for the retirement of the Panavia Tornado GR.4 from UK Royal Air Force (RAF) other service in 2019.

The Eurofighter consortium along with Brimstone is presently working in order to integrate the MBDA Shadow and Taurus cruise missiles to facilitate the Typhoon stand-off strike proficiency. The anti-shipping missiles, such as Boeing AGM-84 Harpoon, and MBDA Italy Marte are also being treated to give the Typhoon maritime strike proficiency, as per the Airbus Defense and Space officials.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/bae-systems-receives-85-million-typhoon-brimstone-study-contract-54.php

Construction and Real Estate

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board of Directors today awarded a $210 million contract award for the South Coast Rail Project, officially moving the much-anticipated project from planning into construction.

The 10-year contract with Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB)/HNTB Corporation for partner Program and Construction Management awards $12 million in first year funding to begin program management, early design development, and environmental permitting, with additional awards in following years up to the contract limit of $210 million.

South Coast Rail will provide a reliable commuter transit services for residents and business from Boston to Fall River and New Bedford by way of Canton Junction. New stations are outlined for North Easton, Stoughton, Raynham Park, Tauton, Freetown, Taunton Depot and Fall River.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/massdotwards-210-million-south-coast-rail-contract-53.php

Energy and Related Services

The Prysmian Group has been awarded a new major order for a total cost of approximately EUR 80 million ($108 million) for power transmission system expansion projects, by KAHRAMAA, the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation.

The contract constitutes engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning services for added high voltage underground cable systems for a total of 173km of 220kV cable and associated network components.
The contract is a part of second stage of Phase XI of the Qatar Power Transmission System Expansion project targeting to concrete the main transmission networks and at securing power necessities to the industrial and residential sectors.

Replacement of an overhead line with an underground cable system is also included in the latest upgrade.

The contract award is the result of Prysmians’s potential to match up the increasing needs for the development of new power grids in Qatar and its critical region. KAHRAMAA has complete trust in Prysmain’s work which have already installed and supplied other regions within the KAHRAMAA power transmission grid in Qatar, says, Antonio Chiantore, general manager for Prysmian Group.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/prysmian-group-bags-108-million-grid-project-52.php

 Environment and Sanitation

A new wastewater treatment plant in Tottenham is to be constructed by Bennett Mechanical Installations Ltd as per the recent contract award; a lowest bid of $16,607,000 (not including HST) was quoted by Bennett. But a $2.5 million probability factor, and $358,000 in construction administration expenses, raises the total budget to $19.45 million.

According to Brendan Holly, Director of Technical Services, New Tecumseth updated the councilors about the contingency, which generally on a project this content is between 5-6 per cent, is approximately 14 per cent here because Bennett has served in a low profit margin, the higher rate to secure against expected change orders are recommended by the Town’s project consultant, Conestoga-Rovers.

The frequency, the quantity, and the aggregated magnitude of change order are likely to increase, with a contractor who has bid with a very low profit margin, and can conclude in double or even triple the normally expected range. Resulting in a probability that requests for a change orders by the contractor, can raise up to and beyond 10 to 15 percent of the actual contract price, as the low-bidding contractor has low profit, or risk margin, in their quote, commented by Conestoga-Rovers.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/bennett-mechanical-installations-ltd-build-tottenham-sewage-plant-51.php

Defence and Security

The contract award for the sustainment of the reentry subsystem for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system has been awarded to Lockheed Martin by the US Air Force (USAF).

The contract has an initial value of $109m which involves repair, modification and testing of hardware and software components in the reentry system-reentry vehicle (RS-RV) subsystem. Under the USAF’s Future ICBM Sustainment and Acquisition Construct will be developed to provide a safe, secure and decisive Minuteman III weapon system through 2030.

According to Doug Graham, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company ICBM and advanced programmes – More efficient support and direct application of our functional skills will be delivered to this significant national mission area with the signing of this contract.

The total potential value of the RS-RV contract goes to $452m, which has a one-year performance duration and options for and extension of four years.

Since the 1960’s, Lockheed being the main designer, sustainer and manufacturer of Minuteman III reentry systems, the company has also evolved a process for refurbishing the MK21 reentry vehicle’s fusing and arming assemblies at a portion of the expense of producing new units.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/usaf-signs-lockheed-martin-minuteman-iii-contract-50.php

Computer and Related Services

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the Information Technology Shared Services – Combined Contract award (ITSS-CC) project costing $59.7 million to OST, a management consulting, integrated information technology, R&D, engineering and services provider. The program will facilitate services across the nation including FAA headquarters in Washington, DC, Oklahoma City, OK and Atlantic City, NJ, centers.

As the part of this technical services program, OST will facilitate continues assistance to the enterprise software application and system maintenance activities. Additional services such as database development and management, other service desk support, configuration management, desk support, business intelligence, company data warehousing and system documentation will also be undertaken by OST.

The new program will allow us to support FAA in accomplishing its strategic goals on a broader scale. OST have worked for the past 15 years for FAA, which itself is an honor feeling to be associated with such an enterprise, says, Vijay Narula, Chief Executive, OST.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/ost-gets-it-shared-services-contract-worth-597-million-49.php

 Environment and Sanitation

The operations have begun at a new 20 million gallons per day (MIGD) desalination plant at Al Hamriya by Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA).

The facility costing around AED 446 million ($120 million) was launched by Dr Rashid Obaid Jumaa Al Leem, chairman of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa) on Sunday.

A project for construction of deep sea water intake and pump house to feed the new plant has also been completed, with the project value of AED 140 million.

According to Al Leem – The new plant is one of the critical projects started by SEWA to fulfill the water requirements of the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, Emirates Industrial City and inhabitants of Sharjah.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/sharjahtroduces-new-desalination-plant-worth-120-million-48.php

 Computer and Related Services

BuyerQuest, the world-class Procurement Software and Services Company, announced the launch of BuyerQuest 3.0.

The new upgradation to the BuyerQuest platform are structured to cater the new levels of collaboration, connectivity, and analytics necessary to enhance the business of procurement in today’s world of rapid moving, wide networked economy. BuyerQuest is the only platform powered by eCommerce technology in the procurement industry, this latest addition further strengthens BuyerQuest’s hold as the most disruptive facilitation solution provider across globe.

According to Salman Siddiqui, Vice President of Product at BuyerQuest – The release of BuyerQuest 3.0 broadens and reevaluates core procurement, collecting and payables processes from an end-user prospect. BuyerQuest continues to manage its concentration on enabling P2P operations to be more decisive and productive while, simultaneously, building a new industry standard for UI format and system administration.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/buyerquest-inc-launches-buyerquest-30-47.php

 Technology and Equipment

California State has awarded Integra, Oregon based company, another contract to assist government agencies to expand more bandwidth for its online connections, covering both open and private networks.

Integra owns and operates metropolitan glass fiber networks across California and the West.

Integra won the first-phase contract award, in January, which permits to seek government business through California as a part of CALNET 3, a contract applied to assist the state telecommunications partner program. That program was designed to help get advance telecommunications services out to state and local agencies and departments.

The California Department of Technology Statewide Technology Procurement Division awards Integra with the second contract which subjects to expand more broadband services, such as Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) ring connectivity, Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Ethernet, SONET point-to-point connectivity and managed Internet services.

Integra’s second award from CALNET 3 proves its reputation serving state and local governments with a complete range of voice, data and networking solutions. The company is contented to be a part of this creative, futuristic approach technology initiative and looking forward to the mission- critical work of assisting California state agencies and the rest who serve them, say, Kevin O’Hara, CEO, Integra.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/integra-gets-contractcrease-bandwidthgencies-46.php

 Energy and Related Services

Praxair, Inc. is a large international industrial gases company from Danbury, Connecticut has been contract awarded by NASA to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida and Ames Research Center, California.

The project’s worth of $5.3 million with probable performance duration of five years is a firm-fixed price contract with an Economic Price Adjustments commence July 1.

An approximate quantity of 175,000 liters of liquid nitrogen and approximately 52,400 tons of liquid oxygen will be supplied by PRAXAIR Inc. to support operations at the preceding NASA centers and partner facilities. Oxygen serves as an oxidizer in cryogenic rocket engines whereas the pressurization, pneumatic actuation, purging and inerting and the cooling value is done using Nitrogen by the agency.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/praxair-inc-bags-53-million-liquid-nitrogennd-liquid-oxygen-contract-45.php

Other Services

As per the set of proposed legal amendments, the fee for public procurement petitions in Bulgaria is to be included with the contract award price.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Daniela Bobeva at the annual conference on industrial construction and investments, announced that the cost for appealing public procurement procedures was to be approved next week by the Council of Ministers.

The new provisions were to restraint meaningless appeals setbacks the implementation of a number of contracts, including important EU-funded municipal projects imposing strict deadlines for the absorption of the funding.

The authorities were also employed on the Implementing Rules for the Public Procurement Act. The professional firms in construction already had a stand on the Implementing Rules; the document was to be ready in a month. The first electronic tenders for pharmaceuticals and goods would be floated soon. The Bulgarian government was cooperating with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the supply of services on electronic tenders, says, Bobeva.

However there would be no introduction of electronic public procurement in the construction sector in recent future. The government’s reindustrialization strategy would likely to be presented on Thursday. 

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, Bulgaria required concrete efforts to encourage the industry, NGO’s and academia shares the same belief. Total of around BGN 150 M had been entrained for industrial infrastructure, mainly roads, covered by the Public Investment partner Program of the government. The amount will used to cover the construction and rehabilitation of around 350km of roads.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/bulgaria-public-procurementppeals-fee-beculcate-contract-value-44.php

Defence and Security

Lockheed Martin Corp., Liverpool, New York was contract awarded a $35,710,660 firm-fixed-price contract. The contract aims on the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Search (AN/TPS) 59A version (V)3 Array Electronics. 

Research and Development

BioCatch, the worldwide leader in behavioral biometric authentication and threat detection solutions for mobile and Web applications, announced today the completion of its $10 million financing round. The funding will be utilized for the expansion of R&D activities and constant growth in key markets, covering the U.S and Europe. The venture capital firm Blumberg Capital led the funding round along with equity crowdfunding firm OurCrowd. Current investors also took part in the funding round.

BioCatch productively collects and examines over 400 bio-behavioral, subjective and physiological specifications to design unique user profiles for visitors to banking and ecommerce sites. BioCatch also largely reduces the resistance related with risky transactions, and then verifies visitors upon their return to a site as well as recognizes users exhibiting behaviors persistent with scammers. Businesses using BioCatch as a mechanism to enhance the employee verification experience while securing permission to critical IT assets.

According to Benny Rosenbaum, CEO, BioCatch – The company’s main aim is to facilitate efficient fraud protection, while enhancing user-experience for clients visiting banking and eCommerce sites. This funding will permit us to carry on strengthening our offering and stretch our worldwide reach in strategic markets, simultaneously keeping the world’s biggest and most significant institution safe and secure.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/biocatch-generates-10-million-funding-boost-rapid-development-42.php

Construction and Real Estate

The Newfoundland and Labrador government says Pavex Ltd. has been awarded a project to undertake $37.2 million to pave 60 kilometres between Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Churchill Falls this year, in order to improve the key transportation infrastructure in Labrador.

The company will also undertake asphalt repairs on Hamilton River Road and widening and paving of three kilometres at the Trans-Labrador Highway. 

The contract award  also involves the paving of 80 kilometres between Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Cartwright Junction, which will be done in 2015.

The combination of such large projects in one generates the opportunity for operational adaptabilities and a better overall cost. This approach has proven very adequate and interests the citizen of the province. The project will support the government’s commitment to advancing transportation infrastructure across Newfoundland and Labrador in a timely and cost effective way, says, Nick McGrath, Transportation and Works Minister.

The completion of the final portion of the Trans Labrador Highway between Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Cartwright Junction will make a critical link safe and impact the region in a positive manner. This major investment will link up communities and expand new opportunities for businesses and residents. 

To date, an investment of more than $500 million has been made in the Trans Labrador Highway and has resulted in 463 kilometres of paved highway that links communities and creates new opportunities.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/pavex-ltd-receives-372-million-road-work-project-newfoundlandnd-labrador-41.php

Environment and Sanitation

Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz Engineering and Construction Group, has been contract awarded by Qatargas Operating Company Limited ("Qatargas") for the turnkey operation package of a new wastewater facility located at the LNG Plant, Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

The project costs around US$125m, the scope of work involves Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning (EPICC) services to deliver wastewater reprocessing and reduction facilities to four LNG trains. All the project activities will be undertaken and executed through Kentz's Engineering and Projects (E&P) Business Unit. Total strength of approximately 440 staff and field personnel will be engaged as the maximum workforce, aiming the project completion scheduled in 2016.

According to Tush Doshi, Group President, Engineering and Projects Business Unit, Kentz – This award signals the constant success of Kentz E&P business in the area and mirrors the progressive outcome of a concentrated strategy within one of our core markets. A very impressive growth rate have been observed in all three business units throughout the Middle East in recent times and generates a very positive approach within the company across the region, the company is excited with the latest contract and aims at long lasting relationship with Qatargas.  Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/wastewater-facility-project-worth-us125mt-qatargas-lng-plant-40.php  

 Technology and Equipment

The installation work of ETCS Level 2 signalling system on two high speed lines under construction in northwest Spain region has been contract awarded by Adif, a Spanish state-owned infrastructure manager to a corporation by Alstom consisting Bombardier and Indra.

The new facility will connect Valladolid, with Venta de Baños and Leon, and Venta de Baños with Burgos. The project completion will boost high speed other services between Gijon, Madrid, Bilbao and San Sebastián.

Bombardier with a share of €144m in the entire contract will undertake installation of Interflo 450 Level 2 system on the Venta de Baños – Burgos region. The system will consists of , Ebi Lock 950 computer-based interlocking, Ebi Com radio block centre, Ebi Link balises, and train detection functions.

Bombardier will setup its system within a period of 24 months and will arrange a two-year warranty and maintenance for 20 years.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/adifwards-euro339m-project-alstoms-consortium-39.php

 Defence and Security

The Department of Defense (DoD) US assigns two contracts award for work on air-cushioned craft (LCAC) to L-3 Unidyne Inc., Norfolk, Virginia.

The first contract is of four landing craft, air-cushioned (LCAC) craft in fiscal 2014, 2015 and 2016 on a firm-fixed-priced value of $22,231,067 is for the service life extension partner program (SLEP). The new contract will expand the other service life from 20 to 30 years, replace obsolete electronics, repair corrosion damage, enhance craft capability, reduce life span cost by developing reliability and maintainability, increase survivability, and enact a common configuration baseline. The LCAC SLEP scope of exercise contains gas turbine engine replacement, repair and upgrade of the buoyancy box, set up of a new skirt, installation of an assimilated C4N equipment package, and completion of selected craft alterations and repair work.

The work will be conducted in Camp Pendleton, California, and is likely to be done by October 2016.

The second contract is of two landing craft, air-cushioned (LCAC) craft in fiscal 2014, 2015 and 2016 on a firm-fixed-priced value of $13,821,952 is for the service life extension program (SLEP). The work details are similar to the first contract, whereas the work will be conducted in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is likely to be done by June 2016. Both the projects were for Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/l-3-unidyne-gets-36-million-lcac-contracts-38.php

Energy and Related Services

Oman Gas Company is the Sultanate's natural gas transportation company; wholly-owned by Oman Oil Company has announced the gas pipeline supply contract award for the Duqm Economic Zone with an estimated project value goes to $93.5 million (OMR 36 million).

OGC are held responsible for delivering natural gas to the dynamic economic sectors and major consumers including domestic, power and desalination plants, methanol, petrochemical, fertiliser, refineries, steel and cement plants. 

The 36-inch pipeline will run for 230 kilometres will serve the specifications of Duqm Economic Zone, and is regarded as one of the major infrastructure projects at present in the region.

The tender for the construction activities will be announced soon, the entire project is likely to be completed in 2018 and will be ready to serve the Duqm refinery, which will potentially be the first gas consumer at the region, says, Mansoor Al Abdali, acting general manager for engineering at Oman Gas Company.

The company has also declared for the first time that the internal and external coating for the pipes will be undertaken by the local companies. This will help encourage local industries and hold valuable investments in the Sultanate of Oman.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/ogcnnounces-935mn-gas-pipeline-contract-37.php

Service Stream gets two-year extension to its current field services delivery contract award covering five states and territories; this is the second contract renewal for work on the national broadband network in a month.

Total revenue of $140 million is expected to be generated by Service Stream mentioned in ASX filing.

Installation of NBN connection boxes and power supply units in residences and businesses, physical cable connection from the street to the home will continue to be handled by Service Stream across Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Under the new contract extension, Service Stream also likely to take up additional works in NSW, an area which was not part of the initial contract.

The field services work in NSW as well as in Queensland and the ACT has been undertaken by Silcar, under a project cost of up to $78 million.

Last month, Service Stream also gained a contract renewal from NBN Co for the continuing roll out of fibre to greenfields developments for two more years across NSW, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

The contract is expected to yield $70 million whereas further revenue of $70 million if the two available one-year extensions were engaged.

Visionstream an associate NBN greenfields fibre contractor was also awarded a renewed contract in May to carry on work in Queensland and Victoria, and was assigned new work in Tasmania under a deal costing around $90 million for two-years.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/nbn-connounces-extension-field-services-delivery-contract-36.php

The Newtownabbey-based company MCLAUGHLIN & Harvey gets £65 million construction contract award for the Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital at the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital site, work will commence soon within weeks and the project should be done over two year duration. 

The two storeys building, 23,000m2 (approx) will comprise accommodation for other services presently delivered from Omagh Health Centre, Tyrone County Hospital and the community mental health unit at Dergmoney House. The Ground floor will occupy services such as GP practices, cardiac assessment, urgent care and treatment, renal dialysis, out-patients, special children’s department, X-ray and imaging. The first floor service profile will consist of day case theatres, allied health professionals therapy centre, community dental, the community mental health team, special centre for women’s health care, in-patient rehabilitation, recovery and palliative care services undertaken from single en-suite rooms. 

After the briefing staff of the plans on Wednesday, Western Trust management announced the construction contract. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/mclaughlin-harvey-receives-pound65m-construction-contract-35.php

CGI an independent information technology and business process services firm has been awarded with a four-year contract award by the UK Government to manage application support services to the Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network (RIMNET 3). CGI will be subjected to make sure that critical monitoring services are available should a likely nuclear event occur overseas, facilitating UK authorities to examine incidents and correspond to any needed emergency response.

The UK government's national radiation monitoring and nuclear emergency response system RIMNET 3, was set up after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as part of its provisions for handling with the effects of overseas nuclear incidents within the UK.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), as the lead government commission for overseas nuclear incidents, integrates the government’s feedback to accidents and inspect the operation of the RIMNET system, which was instrumented by the Met Office.

Support services will be delivered from CGI’s service centre in South Wales, which will include application management, security management, facilities management and support other services, in partnership with SME CC Engineering for hardware break-fix services.

According to the Energy Minister, Baroness Verma – The expertise and experience of CGI and Met Office in the development of Radiation Incident Monitoring Network (RIMNET) system, plays an important role in UK’s national radiation monitoring and nuclear emergency response portfolio.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/uk-governmentnnounces-radioactive-monitoring-project-34.php

European leader in energy, technical and facilities management services, Cofely has been engaged by Telereal Trillium to provide a range of hard and soft facilities management and contract award services in a £300 million contract.

The new contract appoints Cofely as a key partner to Telereal Trillium and will be subjected for delivering a variety of FM and contract  other services throughout Telereal Trillium’s Department for Work and Pensions and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Aviva profiles.

Telereal Trillium has laid a strong performance record of managing and rearranging FM supply chains and complex estates, over the span of last two decades. Telereal Trillium’s service delivery model will continue to deliver further more potent and efficient services to the customers, after the appointment of Cofely, commented Adam Dakin, joint managing director at Telereal Trillium. 

Cofely is looking forward to function with Telereal Trillium and developing the existing relationship with the Department for Work and Pensions. The latest venture clearly portraits the strength and capabilities of Cofely in relation with both variety of services and geographical coverage, says, Wilfrid Petrie, chief executive of Cofely.

About 275 Telereal Trillium service delivery staff will transfer to Cofely in July 2014, as a part of new contract, which remains active until March 2018.

More than 900 locations throughout UK will receive services from Cofely. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/cofely-bags-pound300m-ifm-contract-33.php

Agilex, a leading provider of mission and technology solutions to the federal government, announced today that it was contract awarded a one year $16.1 million competitive contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and implement VA’s enterprise Web and Mobile Application Image Viewing Solution. Agilex will build upon Calgary Scientific’s ResolutionMD® enterprise image-viewer to facilitate VA clinicians nationwide with secure, on-demand access to radiological images throughout a variety of mobile and desktop devices.

Clinicians will be adept to use the visualization and workflow tools on smartphones, tablets and desktops.

The solution will help VA improve care by accelerating and improving diagnosis and treatment, strengthening collaboration, and help cut costs. Images will be more widely and easily accessible.

The telehealth options will be intensified and expanded through Agilex’s new solution. Facilitating a chance in the traditional health care model, with the use of mHealth technologies to connect patients and health care other services anywhere, by exercising this same model for clinicians, diagnostic images will turn into more easily accessible, improving care quality and clinician efficiency, thus making VA a leader in mHealth technologies, says, Dr. Wyatt Smith, vice president of health care strategies for Agilex.

FDA showed an approval to the ResolutionMD, which shall be directly, unified with the VA mobile framework and the VistA clinical systems.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/vawards-161-million-contract-mobile-radiology-viewingpps-32.php

Multiple new contracts award for the maintenance of 1,450 strong fleet of small boats, has been awarded by the Ministry of Defence(MoD) - UK. 

Offshore raiding craft, police launches, 50 metres pontoons and Pacific 24 rigid inflatable boats and inflatables are included in the fleet of boats.

The Five year contract will benefit 6 UK based companies which will provide support for 1,450 boats used by the Royal Marines, Royal Navy, British Army, and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Police.

Maintenance work related to repair, chartering, upkeep, technical support, furnishing of spares and replacements and defect rectification will fall under the contracts.

A constant amount of work for the UK’s marine support is generated through the award of these contracts by the MoD, assisting to maintain engineering and technical expertise in this sector. A wide range of interest attracted from across the marine industry by this competition, and is another illustration of the MoD’s undertaking to comb best cost for money from the commercial market, says Philip Dunne –The Ministry for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology.

Small boats form a significant component of the UK’s military effect, patrolling in the UK and globally. Right from policing the UK’s naval bases to counter-piracy operations off Africa to training new entries into the Royal Navy, small boats occupies a special place in all areas of maritime, says the team leader for commercially supported shipping – Alistair Hughes, MoD’s Defence Equipment & Support organisation.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/uk-military-boat-support-industry-getsn-improvement-defence-contracts-31.php

Jacobs surmise to be one of the largest and most distinct providers of technical professional and construction services across globe, bags the contract award for basic engineering contract for Northcliff Resources prospected 30,000 tonne/day Sisson tungsten/ molybdenum project in New Brunswick, Canada. Northcliff Resources stakes the major operations and ownership activities of the contract. 

The contract states Jacobs will address engineering services and planning activities for the plant and related site infrastructure of the proposed mine project, which is supposed to advance from the cost and initial engineering phase to the detailed engineering phase in start of 2015.

According to the Terry Hagen – Vice President, Jacobs Group, they are contented to apply their symbolic expertise in mine engineering and construction and their active presence in New Brunswick to assist Northcliff on the Sisson Tungsten/ Moly project.

In 1979 – 1982, Kidd Creek Mines initiated the exploration drilling work on the Northcliff’s Sisson deposit, and following delineation drilling by Geodex Minerals from 2005-2009. The first estimated resource was completed in 2007, and updated in 2009. Socioeconomic and Baseline environmental data collection began in 2007. Geodex minerals conducted the preliminary metallurgical test report, with positive results. Northcliff completed 66 drill holes (11,175 metres) in support of feasibility work, from 2010-2011.

Northcliff released positive results from the Sisson Project Feasibility Study, comprising: a pre-tax net current value (NPV) of $714 million at an 8% discount rate, an internal rate of return (IRR) of 20.4% and a 4.1-year payback on initial capital expenses of $579 million and a post-tax NPV of $418 million, IRR of 16.3% IRR and payback of 4.5 years, in January 2013.Read complete story at www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/jacobs-engineering-group-gets-project-contract-canada-30.php

Space taxis build to fly NASA astronauts to the international space station are soon to get an unmanned version. Heated competition for cargo resupply other services is likely to rise among two companies contended for the same.

The cargo resupply and commercial crew initiatives are to be kept separate – NASA. Both the partner programs provide the U.S space agency a back way to financially assist multiple vehicles for a broader sphere of missions. 

Presently NASA has combine valued contracts of $3.5 billion with Orbital Sciences Corp. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to supply cargo to the station at first through the end of 2015. Extensions for two years were announced on March 31. 

According to documents placed on NASA’s procurement website, a draft solicitation for a follow up on contract is expected to be announced on June 16.

Spacex, the California-based firm, established and run by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, also has a separate partnership contract and funding via NASA’s commercial crew program to modify its Dragon cargo capsule to transport people. Boeing and privately owned Sierra Nevada Corp. are the other competitors for a fourth and final round of space taxi advancement funds. One or more awards are likely to make by NASA in late August or September. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/competition-mounts-space-taxis-contract-29.php

The cement and minerals business line of France, the Fives FCB gets the contract award for the fifth production line contract by Qatar National Cement Co. (QNCC). The new fifth production line will have a clinker production capacity of 5000 tpd. The supply contract covers all equipment from raw material preparation to final dispatch, contains the following process technology:

• A 5-stage sole string FCB Preheater and its FCB Zero-NOX precalciner.

• A 6400 kW raw grinding FCB B-mill and its correlated FCB TSV™ 7500 Classifier.

• A 4.8 x 76 m three-pier FCB Kiln.

• Two 4200 kW cement FCB B-mills of and their correlated FCB TSV® 4000 Classifiers.

• Two TGT® process filters.

The project will be executed in three steps: first, the cement mill within 17 months, the second grinding plant within 19 months, clinker production and firing up the kiln within 27 months. Belgium’s TPF-Basse Sambre s.a. will work as consultant engineer on the project.

The increasing demand driven by infrastructure projects in Qatar, such as preparation task for the World Cup 2022, will be assisted by the additional capacity. QNCC’s lines 2, 3 and 4 turnkey projects, with a total capacity of 11 000 tpd of clinker, earlier carried out by Fives FCB.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/qatar-national-cement-cowards-fifth-production-line-contract-28.php

Clemens Schulze-Briese, CSO at DECTRIS Ltd. and Hiroyuki Murakita, General Manager of X-ray/Surface Analysis Business Unit at SHIMADZU Corporation entered a frame agreement about the delivery of detectors for the x-ray diffraction systems of SHIMADZU.

The signing of the delivery contract award for detectors of SHIMADZU’s x-ray diffraction systems is the result of the eminent reputation of DECTRIS in the x-ray diffraction market. 

The detector includes 1280 channels, faster analysis of XRD customers can be realized from this point for several applications, like the analysis of catalyst, quality control of chemical materials consisting pharmaceutical. SHIMADZU designed the partner program for handling this detector and succeeded to expand the performance of the detectors says, Hiroaki Furukawa, Product Manager for X-ray products at Shimadzu.

DECTRIS’s experience in the synchrotron field permits highly stable and sensitive detectors for the laboratory market. The customers will be very satisfied from the systems from SHIMADZU including such high performance detectors and x-ray diffractometer says, Clemens Schulze-Briese.

The Swiss Economic Award 2010 was awarded to DECTRIS in the High-Tech Biotech category; it is the most esteemed prize for start-up firms in Switzerland.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/dectris-enters-contract-shimadzu-x-ray-diffraction-systems-27.php

A.P. O’Horo Co an industrial and commercial general contractor receives a contract award to construct a one-million-gallon tank in Mahoningtown. The company was the lowest of five bidders, submitted a bid of bid of $1,884,000 for the flow equalization tank by the sewage treatment plant.

According to Richard Christofer, authority executive director, the construction is likely to commence around July 1 with most part of the work to be done by the end of this year, the bid value is estimated around $2 million. 

The authority is subjected to provide primary and secondary treatment to everything flowing through the plant, as per the consent order passed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

No secondary treatment has to be rendered for all sewage before the consent order. Only flows over limiting 18 million gallons per day were allowed to bypass secondary treatment.

The periodical over flow above the 18 million gallon is due to the infiltration of storm water into the sanitary lines. To overcome this issue the new tank will accumulate the excess water, which will further be treated under the primary and secondary treatment.

Half the cost of the project is incurred by the authority and the remaining by a state H20 grant.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/youngstown-firm-gets-tank-construction-contract-22.php

Henkel Construction Co. of Mason City will be primary contractor of the new emergency services center at the J Street corner and Highway 69.

The overall estimated contract award value goes to $3.1 million including the architectural fees and other expenditures. Among the eight bidders for the project with a bid of $2.7 million, Henkel Construction submitted the lowest base bid. The Forest City Council has awarded the contract to Henkel Construction Co. along an alternate bid for the roof that reduced total construction pricing by $139,000.

With the roof expense reduction, the project falls under the estimated price of $2.7 million. The new center will house the Ambulance other Service and Fire Department. Funds are being raised for the center by the Emergency service groups.

Mark Johnson, Fire Chief, Forest City is expecting an additional raise of $200,000 for the building. Descent amount of fund are already available. 

If fundraising tasks are not met, discussion at the council meeting recommended using a fund set aside for capital expenditure like fire trucks to assist cover costs.

At June 16 meeting the next step in the building process is to be approved. A speculated completion date is set for June 2015.

A single story building will be modeled facing west toward U.S. Highway 69. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/henkel-construction-co-gets-contractward-emergency-center-21.php

The first major international confrontation for the newly formed Modi government is fermenting at the WTO talks in Geneva; the US has not permitted progress on talks to assure fixed protection to India’s food subsidies from WTO caps, even after six months of the Bali ministerial conference. Narendra Modi, PM, must delve support measures from BRICS, mainly China, in the forthcoming visit to Brazil in July. Presently India leads the G-33 group of 46 developing countries that is looking around for amelioration to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture to permit procurement of food grains from minimal and subsidence farmers. WTO restrained subsidies should exclude grains to fight hunger.

At the demand of some countries, work is advancing for a WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation to get into action by the July 31 deadline the Bali Ministerial had set, but on the other two conditions, primarily fixed solution for food security and subject projected by the Least Development Countries, secondly work is not proceeding in the right way as expected by India, says the Commerce Secretary on Wednesday. Under the WTO’s current agreement, India’s governed minimum support costs for food grain procurement run the risk of breaching the allowed subsidy levels. This situation is immediate after the rollout of UPA government’s Food Security Act. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/food-security-not-be-comprisedt-wto-20.php  

The management of the second phase development of Port Marfa in the Al Gharbia Region of the Abu Dhabi, is to be undertaken by Alba Tec, a construction company well versed in pre-engineered building works. The master developer of industrial zones and ports in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, ADPC awards the contract award to Alba Tec, valuing AED20 million.

The contract agreement got sealed at the ADPC’s headquarters by Capt. Mohamed Juma Al-Shamisi, CEO of ADPC and Akram Chalich, managing director of Alba Tec Construction and Development.

Marfa Port’s development work has been divided into two phases. An investment of approximate value AED17 million represents the first phase work, while the addition of the second phase will reach above AED40 million overall.

The first contract award for construction works on the 3km new metro line between Østersøgade and the new Nordhavn metro station has been awarded to a consortium of Züblin and Hochtief. The contract includes the construction works of the 2km underground portion of the branch, which will run in twin TBM tunnels, and the construction and fitting out of the station at Nordhavn.

The contract has a total value of €150m. The design of the project will start immediately: while the first construction works will be commenced in late 2014. The final completed handover to metro owner Metroselskabet will be in 2019.

The installation of railway equipment on the extension will be undertaken by Ansaldo STS says Metroselskabet. The future Line M4 will be operated by the Nordhavn branch.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/zublinnd-hochtief-gets-copenhagen-metro-contract-18.php

The civil engineering company Breheny has been contract awarded a £1m contract by RWE and SSE’s 340MW Galloper offshore wind farm, to execute the onshore works.

The onshore substation at Sizewell in the east of Britain will get the preparatory ground works done as the part of the contract. Temporary compound areas, infrastructure for water, electricity and telecommunications will also be established by Breheny by early 2015.

These facilitation works will be the basis to the construction of the Galloper substation. This is a big milestone for the project and follows the multi-million pound contract awarded to ABP Port of Lowestoft earlier this year, local businesses should take advantage of the opportunities provided by Galloper, says Bart Oberink, project director at Galloper.

Breheny’s experience and skills in wind farm preparation works has grown remarkably in past years and it’s now an influential area of business for us, it’s a proud feeling to have been appointed by Galloper, says Trevor Stiff, managing director – Breheny.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/breheny-getsshore-contract-17.php

The countries in the East Asian region of the world have invested in procurement services to assist them bring in affordable energy. Due to lack of lucrative trade agreements between both the public and private bodies all over the expansive location has made the cost of electricity uneconomical for a large number of masses.

Lately, two economic giants settled a deal that will mostly pacify the preceding issue. China recently strengthened a $400 billion deal last month to acquire Russian natural gas, a step that will anticipate gain to the neighboring nations, including Taiwan and South Korea. A new pipeline linking to Siberian gas fields is expected to transport the resource to China, which will progressively traffic 38 billion cubic meters a year.

Japan is the major beneficiaries of this contract award , which pays the world’s highest value for energy, acquires a third of global liquefied natural gas shipments. Last year, the Japan spent 7.06 trillion yen ($70 billion) in 2013, mainly to support electricity formation to substitute the latent nuclear reactors that were pulled out of commission as a result of the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/asian-procurement-process-getsffected-russia-china-natural-gasgreement-16.php

SustainCo. Inc announced a contract award award from School District 23 to Clean Energy Developments Corp. to facilitate full installation of a Geothermal System costing around $175,000.

SustainCo is a dominant provider of sustainable infrastructure solutions and other services, it facilitates: engineering services, performance monitoring, building automation controls, energy and lighting retrofits, mechanical and electrical installation and services, thermal energy systems, and operations and maintenance services for multi-residential and ICI facilities.

SustainCo serves through its two groups, CleanEnergy Developments and SustainCo Solutions & Services.

CleanEnergy Developments is an early stage developer and investor in clean and renewable energy projects with experience in wind, solar, biomass, and thermal energy projects. CleanEnergy Developments provides strategic capital, funding management, and execution expertise.

The project is expected to be completed by mid-July. Over the past 18 months, CleanEnergy has carried out seven geothermal projects in schools in British Columbia, including this project. Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/clean-energy-developments-corp-bags-geothermal-system-contractward-15.php

The Senate collectively approved the New Procurement Bill last night, by a vote of 28 for, unanimous, no abstentions, the long awaited call for the bill comes to end by approval from the Government. Opposition and Independent Senators, clears the first hurdle towards becoming legislation.

The Bill next moves to the House of Representatives. It took two days as senators judged over amendments to as well as objections to the bill during the committee stage.

An amendment to exempt legal services from the provision of the bill proposed by the Attorney General, Anand Ramlogan at the committee stage, which even lead to overwhelming differences and the Attorney General, admitted that it was not favoured. Concerns that the provisions of the bill conflicted with the provisions of the Legal Profession Act which states that lawyers should not solicit legal work was earlier expressed by the Attorney General. It was opposed to that background that he had made the proposal, however the proposal was discarded.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/trinidadnd-tobago-senatepproves-procurement-bill-14.php