Saudi Arabia evaluates Al-Haer wastewater bids

23 August 2023

Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) is still evaluating the proposals it received in June for the contract to develop the proposed Al-Haer independent sewage treatment plant (ISTP) project in Riyadh.

According to SWPC, the consortiums that submitted bids for the contract are:

  • Acciona (Spain) / Tawzea (local)
  • Alfanar Company (local) / Civil Works Company (local)
  • GS Inima (Spain/South Korea) / Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies Company (local)
  • Miahona (local) / Besix (Belgium)

SWPC qualified over 20 companies last year to bid for the Al-Haer ISTP contract, which is part of the third batch of the kingdom's ISTP programme.

It issued the request for proposals for the contract to qualified bidders in November last year, as MEED reported.

The plant's design capacity will be 200,000 cubic metres a day (cm/d).

Third batch schemes

Two other projects comprise the third ISTP batch. The Riyadh East and Khamis Mushait ISTP schemes will have 150,000 cm/d and 50,000 cm/d capacities, respectively.

The following 22 firms have been qualified to bid for the Riyadh East and Khamis Mushait ISTP projects:

  • Ajlan & Bros 
  • Acciona Agua
  • Al-Bawani Water & Power (local)
  • Alfanar Company
  • China Gezhouba Group Overseas Investment Company
  • Civil Works Company
  • Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios
  • International Water Distribution Company (Tawzea)
  • GS Inima Environment
  • Metito Utilities
  • Miahona Company
  • Mowah Company 
  • Saur
  • Rawafid Alhadara Holdings Company (local)
  • SA de Obras y Servicios, Copasa Group
  • Suez International
  • Utico
  • Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies Company
  • China Everbright Water Investment
  • Jinluo Water Company – Dubai Branch
  • Lamar Saudi United Holding
  • Vishvaraj Environment Private
Additional schemes

Originally comprising three schemes with a total capacity of 400,000 cm/d, batch three of Saudi Arabia's ISTP programme has been expanded to include the Hadda ISTP, which has a design capacity of 500,000 cm/d, and the Arana ISTP, which has a design capacity of 800,000 cm/d.

The procurement process for these two schemes will be undertaken separately.

Each of the five schemes will include a treated sewage effluent transmission pipeline of about 50 kilometres.

Future Water & Power Consulting, KPMG and White & Case are providing technical, financial and legal advisory services, respectively, to the client for the ISTP batch three projects.

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Jennifer Aguinaldo
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