Bidders have until mid-September to bid for Grand Egyptian Museum tender

The Antiquities Ministry will accept bids for the tender to manage the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) until mid-September and announce the winner at the end of the year, government sources told the local press. Five consortiums made up of Egyptian, British, Italian, French, and American companies have placed bids, and a UAE-based company has applied on its own. Sources said yesterday that the ministry and the cabinet will evaluate these offers by the end of September.