DOHA: The Central Tenders Committee (CTC) will no more float tenders for awarding civic works to contractors as the government has empowered the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning to set up its own tenders panel to invite bids for its projects.
The CTC earlier had the authority to invite tenders for big municipal projects, while a tenders’ committee within the civic ministry was responsible for inviting bids for smaller civic works. A Cabinet decision stripping the CTC of the authority to float civic tenders was recently endorsed by the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
The decision also disbands the civic tenders panel for small projects and empowers the Ministry to have a bigger tenders committee with the authority to decide and float tenders for all of its projects, big or small.
The committee will have four members from the civic ministry and a representative each from the Ministry of Justice, the CTC and the State Audit Bureau — the latter with no voting powers.
The chairman and vice-chairman of the proposed committee are to be nominated by the minister of municipality and urban planning. The Peninsula
