KUWAIT CITY, Dec 26: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) will soon sign a contract with an international British company to provide consulting services for the evaluation of air quality monitoring network in the country, follow up the environmental performance, and implement the executive regulations for the environment as part of the transition to environment friendly cities and to contribute to the implementation of the Smart Cities Program, reports Al- Anba daily quoting sources.

Sources disclosed the company received offers from various companies, indicating British company Ricardo- AEA won the bidding as it offered the lowest price — KD 4.7 million — out of four local and international companies that participated in the bidding. Sources added the project consists of different qualitative programs, the most important of which are the programs for verifying data of air quality stations and developing the skills of national professionals in this field.