The Public Establishment for Road Communications has announced a domestic tender, under the total-speed procedure and the add-or-deduct method, for maintenance and improvement works on the Baniyas-Qadmus-Masyaf road and the Tartus-Dreikish road, including the treatment of landslides.

Scope and Duration

The tender covers maintenance and improvement works on both roads, together with landslide treatment. The contract period is 150 calendar days.

The tender follows the Unified Public Entities Contracts System (Law No. 51 of 2004) and the General Conditions Book (Legislative Decree No. 450 of 2004), along with the special technical specifications and the special legal and financial conditions book. Bidders are deemed to have reviewed the project file.

Value and Guarantees

• Estimated value: SYP 32,364,700.
• Initial guarantee: 5% of the estimated value, valid until the bidder's commitment to its offer ends.
• Final guarantee: 10% of the award value.
• All partners must provide the provisional and final guarantees, and the participation request must state that they are jointly and severally liable.

Participation Requirements

• A contractor classification certificate for roads and bridges works in the third, fourth or fifth category (2026 classification), issued by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing for 2026. Bids without it are rejected.
• A receipt showing purchase of the project file.
• Bidders remain bound to their offers for 60 days from the date of submission.
• The nominated contractor remains bound for 180 days from the day after notification of the award order.

Public construction institutions and companies receive a preferential margin: their prices are accepted if they exceed the lowest private-sector price by no more than 10%.

Key Dates

Bids are accepted before the end of official working hours on Wednesday, 11 November 2026. The public bid-opening session takes place at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, 12 November 2026.