Dubai Metro Gold Line: RTA Extends $9.2B Mega-Project Contractor Deadline to October 9

A new submission deadline for prequalification statements has been set for contractors bidding to win the tender for the Dubai Gold Line Metro project. Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has set a new deadline of October 9. The initial deadline for submission was August 17. Later on, it got pushed out to September 7. Currently, it has been extended once again now until October. The RTA issued the request prequalification notice in June, and that followed an earlier invitation in May for contractors to express interest in the project. That notice sparked a scramble amongst major construction players who…