Abu Dhabi invites bids for three schools

Calls private sector tenders for partnership

Abu Dhabi is scaling up its PPP (public-private partnership) programme by calling in private sector bids for the procurement of three new schools and Phase 2 for a street lighting upgrade.

These form part of the Partnership Projects framework issued by Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio) last year. “We are launching new major infrastructure projects as part of a pipeline of PPP projects that will strengthen sustainable private sector-led economic growth in the emirate,” said Dr Tariq Bin Hendi, director general of Adio.

The three schools in Zayed city will have a capacity of 5,360 students. The project is structured in a collaboration between Adio and the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (Adek).

“The project for three new charter schools will offer convenient and high-quality education options for catchment students,” said Amer Al Hammadi, under-secretary of Adek.

Phase 2 of the street lighting PPP programme will see around 140,000 of the emirate’s street lights replaced with energy-efficient LED technology. This could result in a reduction of 76 per cent in power consumption — or equal to cost savings of Dh705 million.