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Saudi Arabia receives Jizan sewerage cluster bid

19 March 2025

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Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has received a single bid for the contract to develop and operate the Jizan small sewage treatment plant (SSTP) cluster and collection network project in Saudi Arabia.

The client tendered the contract to develop 12 SSTPs of varying capacities with a total combined treatment capacity of 74,700 cubic metres a day (cm/d) in May 2023.

MEED understands the local Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies Company submitted a bid for the contract on 17 March, following which SWPC has started the bid evaluation process.

In addition to the cluster of SSTPs, the project entails the development and operation of a 166-kilometre associated collection network in Jizan in southwest Saudi Arabia.

The project aims to reach commercial operation by Q4 2028.

In June 2022, SWPC qualified the following firms to bid for the contract as consortium leaders or members:

  • Aljan & Brothers Company (local)
  • Bio Treat International (Bangladesh)
  • China Railway Construction Corporation International (China)
  • Alfanar Company (local)
  • China Harbour Engineering Company (China)
  • Mowah Company (local)
  • Alkhorayef Water & Power (local)
  • China State Construction Engineering Corporation (China)
  • Ercole Marelli Impianti Tecnologici (Italy)
  • Al-Jazea Company (local)
  • Civil Works Company (local)
  • Metito Utilities 
  • Miahona Company (local)
  • Saur Group (France)
  • Citic Construction Company (China)
  • Merit Technologies Incorporated (India)
  • Sarh Attaqnia Construction Company (local)
  • International Water Distribution Company (Tawzea, local)
  • Al-Yamama Company (local)

According to an industry source, the project underwent a review and was restructured after it was tendered in 2023.

First cluster

Comprising 12 facilities, the Jizan cluster is the first of seven SSTP projects that the kingdom plans to procure. 

According to the original work scope, the capacities of the individual plants ranged from 1,800 cm/d to 15,000 cm/d. The collection network was initially planned to have a total length of 1,350 kilometres.

The Jizan SSTP was to include an effluent connection; tanker discharge points; inlet works; and primary, secondary and tertiary treatment and pumping stations.

It was also expected to include associated buildings and civil, structural, mechanical, electrical supply, control and instrumentation infrastructure.

The Jizan SSTP scheme will be developed under a build-own-operate-transfer contract, while the collection network will be implemented on a design, build, finance and transfer basis, based on the initial plan.

The collection network will be handed over to the National Water Company once construction is completed.

A project company will be incorporated to develop the project. The company will sign a 25-year sewage treatment and collection network implementation agreement (STCNIA) with SWPC.

SWPC’s obligations under the STCNIA will be guaranteed by a credit support agreement from the Saudi government. 

KPMG Al-Fozan & Partners is the client's financial adviser on the project. Jacobs Engineering (CH2M) is the technical adviser while Amer Al-Amr Law Firm is the legal adviser.

MEED’s April 2025 report on Saudi Arabia includes:

> UPSTREAM: Saudi oil and gas spending to surpass 2024 level
> DOWNSTREAM: Aramco’s recalibrated chemical goals reflect realism
> POWER: Saudi power sector enters busiest year
> WATER: Saudi water contracts set another annual record
> CONSTRUCTION: Reprioritisation underpins Saudi construction
> TRANSPORT: Riyadh pushes ahead with infrastructure development
> BANKING: Saudi banks work to keep pace with credit expansion

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Jennifer Aguinaldo

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