Saudi Arabia Prequalifies Bidders for Jeddah–Makkah Direct Highway Project

Saudi Arabia’s Roads General Authority (RGA), in collaboration with the National Centre for Privatisation & PPP (NCP), has announced the companies that have been prequalified for the Jeddah–Makkah Direct Highway Project.

The following bidders have advanced in the procurement process:

• Consortium of Saudi Arabia’s Algihaz Holding and ICA Construction, a Turkish-Italian joint venture
• Consortium of Saudi Arabia’s First Lamar for Development and China’s Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group Corporation
• Mada International Holding

The Jeddah–Makkah Direct Road will feature four lanes in each direction over a distance of 64 kilometres, and will include six intersections, one camel crossing, and five vehicle overpasses. The Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Jeddah–Makkah Direct Highway project and its associated Motorway Service Areas (MSA) was issued in October 2024.

The public-private partnership (PPP) structure includes an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract for the Jeddah–Makkah Highway, as well as a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain (DBFOM) contract for four new service areas located on both sides of the highway.

The concession term is for a period of 10 years.