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The Sultanate is working to accelerate the pace of the national economy through the establishment of new projects and the injection of additional funds in the economy. The full year 2018 amounted to RO 129 million.
During the current year, the Sultanate adopted an expansionary approach to allow the private sector to acquire new business. It also focused on the completion of a number of vital projects. RO 1 billion for development expenses, RO 800 million for oil production and RO 500 million for gas production. The estimated total public expenditure in the current year budget is RO 12.9 billion, an increase of RO 400 million over the estimated expenditure in last years budget.
According to the statistical data issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information, the total government expenditure at the end of last May amounted to about RO 5 billion and 75 million, of which about 3.6 billion RO for current expenses, RO 868.2 million for investment expenses and RO 175 million for contributions and support in addition to actual expenses. Under adjustment amounting to RO 448.5 million not included in the last three items.
From January to August 7, the Tender Board held eight meetings during which 86 tenders were awarded, twice the number for the whole of 2018, with 46 tenders awarded by the Board last year. The Council is responsible for awarding government projects costing more than OMR 3 million, while government units award tenders that are less expensive, but there are no published official statistics for the total projects awarded by government units worth less than OMR 3 million.
The projects approved by the Tender Board during the current year included various economic, social, health, educational and other sectors. Second place was the addition of the third and fourth lanes for the duplication of the Rusayl - Nizwa road from the Muscat highway intersection to the eastern highway intersection (part I) for RO 86.2 million. T junctions and bridges within the project of the Al Batinah highway (seventh package) worth 81.3 million rials.
In the road projects, the Council also approved the construction of two tunnels and the implementation of additional works for the third lane of the Duplication of the Sharqiya Highway (Phase I - Part I) amounting to RO 71.5 million and the additional works for the upgrading of Falaj Al Qabeel Roundabout in Sohar by RO 3 million and the additional works for the project. Duplication of the road of Aqaba Al Rustaq in Al Batinah South Governorate by more than RO 2 million.
The Tender Board has awarded three projects in the field of protection dams during the current year: the construction of the Dam Dam in Al Jafnain area in the Governorate of Muscat for RO 45.6 million, the construction of the flood protection dam in Wadi Adi area in the Governorate of Muscat by RO 36 million and the construction of the Dam Dam. The risk of flooding in Al Jafina area in the wilayat of Amerat in Muscat Governorate is about RO 34.6 million.
In the health sector, several tenders were awarded, including: supply of medicines, vaccines and serums to the Ministry of Health for RO 29.1 million, and three tenders for the provision of technicians for the operation and maintenance of health equipment belonging to the Ministry of Health in the governorates of Dhofar and South-Sharqiyah at a total cost of about RO 11.8 million. In the airport sector, the contract for the maintenance of air traffic management systems (civil aviation) contract was awarded to RO 3.8 million and advisory services to oversee the development of Muscat International Airport and Salalah Airport at RO 3.6 million.
The tenders awarded during the current year also included the construction of a mixed-use investment building that includes the establishment of offices and hotel and residential and commercial units and their accessories in the high cost of Muscat Governorate for the retirement fund of civil servants worth RO 54.6 million, and the expansion and development of the fishing port in the wilayat of Dibba, Musandam Governorate to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries RO 39.8 million, construction of mosques, mosques and 5 schools for the Liwa housing project National transport hip (transportation) by about 7.6 million to RO.
It is expected that the new projects will contribute to stimulating the economic movement and provide more work for the private sector companies, thus increasing the employment opportunities available to citizens. |
