Saudi Arabia: Miksa programme and expected shortlist of contractorsnote

The contractors invited to bid for the Miksa border surveillance programme have now begun submitting new offers. The contractors in question include notably Raytheon, Thales, Finmeccanica, BAE Systems and EADS. The following 407-word article published in Tactical Report Weekly Brief’s issue of September 12, 2008, tells which contractor has already reviewed his offer and submitted a new one. It also tells what the Saudi Interior Ministry expects from the new offers, how it will treat them and which contractors it expects to shortlist. Besides, the article tells what the positions of the ruling family, the Saudi National Security Council and the Oil Ministry are on the programme.