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Materials and Products

Qatar-based Al Jabar Engineering LLC has awarded two contracts award worth $268.7million (€200 million) to the French building materials company Saint Gobain PAM to deliver large diameter pipes, fittings and valves.

Saint Gobain will manufacture the products in France and will be shipped to Qatar, to be utilised on Qatar’s plan to construct five "Security Mega-Reservoirs" throughout the nation to assure it has an emergency backup supply of drinking water capably of lasting at least seven days.

The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa), initiated the project with Hyder facilitating design and site supervision support.http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/saint-gobain-gets-2687-million-contracts-qatar-218.php

Technology and Equipment

Lockheed Martin awarded a $25 million full-production contract award to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business news unit of General Dynamics, to develop components for the U.S. Air Force, Network Communications Element (NCE) on Global Positioning System (GPS) III space vehicles seven and eight (SV 07-08).

The next-generation GPS III satellites will enhance location, navigation and timing services and facilitate high-tech proficiency generating exceptional system security, accuracy and reliability.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/general-dynamics-receives-25-million-contract-gps-iii-satellite-components-217.php

Energy and Related Services

FortisBC Energy Inc. is collaborating with the Canadian unit of U.S construction company, Bechtel Canada Co. to help extend its Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG) facility in the Lower Mainland.

To match up the increased market tender requirement for LNG, FortisBC is investing $400 million to extend its Tilbury LNG facility, functional since 1971, which will add up around 1.1 million gigajoules of LNG repository as well as around 34,000 gigajoules of liquefaction capacity every day.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/fortisbc-awards-bechtel-400-million-tilbury-lng-expansion-project-215.php

Transport and Related Services

Transport For London (TfL) has awarded £660 million ticketing and fare collection services contract for over 10 years, to technology and specialised services firm Cubic Transportation Systems Ltd.

The continuing collaboration between TfL and Cubic is likely to further enhance London’s ticketing and fare collection other services for clients. The Electra contract award includes the maintenance and availability of ticketing and fare collection equipment on 8,500 buses; 1,900 ticket gates at London Underground and London Overground stations; 1,800 stand-alone validators, consisting the DLR; 1,600 ticket machines; and 250 National Rail stations where card readers are placed. There are also about 4,000 retail devices at Oyster Ticket Stops throughout London. Oyster is a smartcard used for travelling around London which holds pay as you go credit, Travelcard and Bus & Tram Pass season tickets.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/cubic-transportation-systems-gets-pound660m-electra-contractnbsp-214.php

Defence and Security

The Air Force has awarded up to a $20 million contract award to a Dayton-based Edaptive Computing Inc. to analyze acquisition, logistics and sustainment at a Wright-Patterson office, according to the Department of Defense.

Under the recent contract, Edaptive Computing will perform the work at the Large Aircraft Countermeasures partner Program Office inside the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson, according to the Defense Department.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/edaptive-computing-bags-us-air-force-20-million-contract-213.php

Energy and Related Services

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyz Republic have entered into an agreement for a new electricity transmission system to connect all four countries of Central Asia, South Asia called “CASA-1000”, which would help make the most efficient use of clean hydropower resources in the Central Asian countries by enabling them to transfer and sell their electricity surplus during the summer months to the deficient countries in South Asia. The CASA-1000 project would also complement the countries efforts to improve electricity access integrate and expand markets to increase trade and find sustainable solutions to water resources management.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/casa-1000-212.php

Construction and Real Estate

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), a unit of Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed three contracts worth around £2.8 billion with the public other services provider Amey to manage its estate.

The 'next generation estate' partner programme is aimed to manage and upgrade defence infrastructure. The Oxford-based Amey are part of a joint venture along with Carillion and follow awards for contracts in May offering an overall potential value of £4.5 billion.

An estimated Regional Prime Central contract by MoD to be worth £435m over the initial contract period of five years, has been awarded to the JV, which can be extended by a further five years subject to approval.Read complete story athttp://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/uk-mod-awards-amey-jv-pound28-billion-estate-management-contracts-211.php