KUWAIT: The Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Education, Matrouk Al-Mutairi, announced that the financial sector has completed the procedures for maintaining air conditioning for all schools of the Ministry of Education in its various educational regions and stages, in addition to the Ministry’s general office by issuing two tenders.

Al-Mutairi explained in a statement to the ministry on Thursday that each tender includes 14 contracts with a total of 28 contracts for the next three years, noting “the first tender includes separate air conditioning units and drinking water coolers with a total value of approximately KD 9.4 million, where the winning companies were directed to deliver financial guarantees and sign contracts immediately.”

In the same context, Al-Mutairi stated that the second tender is awaiting final approval by the State Audit Bureau to start completing the procedures for signing contracts with companies, as these contracts include the maintenance of the air conditioning and central ventilation system with a total value of approximately KD 8.3 million.

“The financial sector has been keen to launch these two tenders for more than a year and has been following up with the regulatory authorities until all the necessary approvals for these tenders were awarded so that work can commence immediately after signing these contracts,” he added.

Al-Mutairi pointed out that these procedures ensure the provision of contracts for a period of three years to facilitate the maintenance of air conditioning in various schools of the educational zones, praising the concerted efforts of the concerned authorities inside and outside the ministry to follow them up and their keenness to conclude these procedures within a short period of time.