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Saudi Water Partnership Company has issued a Request for Qualification for the Jazan plants that have a daily capacity of processing 104,500 cu m of sewage
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The Jazan Cluster is made up of 17 small plants with sizes ranging from 1,000 cu m/day to 15,000 cu m/day
Saudi Arabia authorities have invited bids from interested parties to develop small sewage treatment plants at Jazan, said local reports on Tuesday, July 13.
The reports said the Saudi Water Partnership Company or SWPC has issued a Request for Qualification for the plants that have a daily capacity of processing 104,500 cu m of sewage.
The Jazan Cluster is made up of 17 small plants with sizes ranging from 1,000 cu m/day to 15,000 cu m/day.
They are reportedly supplied by networks of 1,500 km, with lengths that range from 7 km to 415 km.
The main indicative plant features are expected to include influent connections, tanker-discharge points, all bypasses, inlet works and primary, secondary and tertiary treatment, pumping facilities including all the associated buildings, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical supply, control and instrumentation infrastructure, the SWPC was quoted as saying in a statement.
It added that 46 companies, including 27 Saudi firms, as part of 38 consortia, have expressed their interest in the project.
The winning group will be expected, through a to-be-incorporated project company, develop the SSTP project on a build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) model.
This will be under a 25-year Sewage Treatment and Collection Network Implementation Agreement with SWPC.
For the collection network, the project will follow the design, build, finance and transfer (DBFT) model, said the reports.
Those in the fray include Spanish companies Acciona Agua, FCC Aqualia, and Copasa; France’s Saur Sas, Japan’s Marubeni, the Netherlands’ Arkoil Technologies, and Indian group VA Tech Wabag.
Chinese firms Jiangxi JDL Environmental Protection, Jinluo Water Company, and China Railway Construction Company have also reportedly applied.
The Saudi companies include Ajlan & Bros Energy Company, Tawzea, AlFanar, Al Khorayef Water, Haji Abdullah Alireza, Amiantit, Nesma, Mowah Company, and Tamasuk Holding.
Companies from elsewhere in the GCC in the fray include the UAE’s Metito Utilities; Egypt’s Elsewedy Electric; and Bahrain-based Lamar Holding.
SWPC has reportedly roped in KPMG Al Fozan & Partners as lead and financial advisors, Jacobs Engineering Group (CH2M Saudi Limited) as technical advisor, and Amer Al Amr Law Firm as the legal advisor.
