Bukhara Airport Tender Enters Second Stage

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The first stage of an international tender for the construction and management of the new Bukhara International Airport project has been completed under a public-private partnership framework.

The request for qualifications (RFQ) phase ran from 11 March to 21 May 2026. Applications were reviewed from international and local companies interested in participating in the project.

Following the prequalification process, an interdepartmental tender commission approved a list of companies that advanced to the next stage. In total, 51 companies from the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America expressed interest in the project.

The list included firms from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Türkiye, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, India, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and other countries, as well as local enterprises.

After a three-stage evaluation covering technical, legal and financial criteria, a shortlist of six international companies was selected to proceed to the second stage of the tender, the request for proposals (RFP).

The project is being implemented by Uzbekistan Airports in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Economy and Finance under a presidential decree on the development of public-private partnerships for 2024–2030.

It aims to attract private investment and develop the country’s transport infrastructure.