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Neom has received interest from companies seeking to participate in the tendering process for the Mirage Visitor Centre in the Gateway Cluster of the Trojena mountain development.

According to sources close to the project, contractors submitted prequalification documents by 17 April.

The scope of the design-and-build contract consists of the canopy and spire, the arrival plaza, the bowl, the food and beverage area, the time travel tunnel passenger station and platform, landscaping, utilities and associated infrastructure.

Neom sought firms’ interest in developing the Mirage Visitor Centre in March.

The Mirage Visitor Centre is a transmission hub located at the development’s lower plateau. Visitors will arrive via automated vehicles and transfer to the funicular, travelling through a tunnel passing the Vault and on to the various destinations within Trojena.

US-based engineering firm Jacobs and Lebanese Dar Al Handasah are the project consultants.

Bechtel is the project management consultant.

Trojena progress

Neom is advancing its plans to deliver several key components of the Trojena development.

In April, MEED reported that Neom had issued a notice asking contractors to prequalify for a contract to build The Vault building.

Neom also issued a tender notice inviting contractors to bid for the concrete works package for Trojena’s Ski Village in March.

Neom is also close to awarding a contract for the staff and contractors’ camp facilities at Trojena. The contract covers the construction of workers’ accommodation facilities at Camp 4 and Camp 2 at the development.

In December, it selected Italian contractor WeBuild for an estimated SR20bn ($5bn) contract to build the dams that will create an artificial lake at the heart of the mountain resort.

In October, Neom also awarded a SR4.5bn ($1.2bn) infrastructure development contract to a joint venture of the local Al Ayuni Investment & Contracting and Turkish Limak Holding.