Companies bidding for the tender to manage the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will need to submit their final bids by 15 December, GEM’s general supervisor and army general, Atef Moftah said, according to Al Mal. The winning bid will then be announced within two-and-a-half months, Moftah said. 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.