Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is likley to award the contract for the Dubai International Airport's Concourse 3 soon, a report said.

Web-based reports predicted that the contract will be awarded to South Afraica's Murray & Roberts, said the Gulf News report.

It, however, quoted Khalifa Al Zafein, director of engineering and projects, as saying the DCA has not selected a winning bidder yet and that negotiations were ongoing. The overall value of the contract was also unknown and depended on which bid was selected, he added.

Part of a $4.1 billion plan to upgrade and enlarge Dubai Airport, Concourse 3 will be a dedicated facility for Emirates airline with 27 contact gates, including 12 for the new Airbus A380.

Murray & Roberts, in a joint venture with Dubai's Al Habtoor Group and Takenaka of Japan, is currently building Concourse 2, Terminal 3 and a carpark at Dubai Airport, in a deal also valued at $1 billion.