Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 11:13

Tender award signals light at end of airport tunnel

The award last week of a tender for the provision of operator services for the tunnel under the runway suggests that the day when it opens to the public is finally drawing closer. This had been a long drawn out saga which started in 2008 and has spanned the lifetime of four successive governments of Gibraltar.

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On 26 January, the Gibraltar Gazette, which is where official announcements continue to be made, proclaimed that under an Open Tender Procedure, an award had been made of a tender for the provision of tunnel operator services. The successful applicant was Jebel Tarik Security Ltd of Don House, The Arcade and the value of the contract sum was £1,041,912. It was made clear in the transparent announcement that this was the most economically advantageous tender in respect of the criteria stated in the tender documents.