Tenders, biddings panel to be set up at Foreign Ministry

June 05, 2014 - 6:50:02 am Doha: The Cabinet has approved its draft decision forming the tenders and bidding committee at the Foreign Ministry. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired meeting at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Following the session, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud said as per the decision, a committee for tenders and biddings will be set up at the ministry to undertake functions of the central and local tenders committee as stipulated in the related tenders and biddings law of the ministry. The meeting also endorsed the application of the provisions of law No 24 of 2002 concerning retirement and pensions of Qatari employees of Qatar Jet Fuel Company, Woqod Vehicles Inspection, CH2M Hill International PV, Investors’ Group Company, Arrayan Hospitality Company, Aventicum Capital Management Qatar, and Al Rayan Financial Brokerage and Al Rayan investment companies affiliated to Masraf Al Rayan The Cabinet also approved increase in annual financial support to Qatar Cancer Society, hosting of the Ninth Arab Conference on World Trade Organisation in Doha in October, and draft memoranda of understanding between Qatar Tourism Authority and Qatar Airways and Qatar and Kenya. The session then reviewed a proposal of the Ministry of Transport extending the exemption of Qatar Ports Management company of franchise fees set by Article 3 of the decree law No. 17 of 2009 and a letter from the Minister of Justice concerning the legal adaptation of a draft memoranda of understanding between Qatar Financial Markets Authority and its counterparts in other countries. QNA