PROJECTS: Saudi Water Partnership Company receives EOIs for two major projects

PROJECTS: Saudi Water Partnership Company receives EOIs for two major projects

Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), the principal offtaker for water and wastewater projects in Saudi Arabia, said that it has received Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the Ras Mohaisen - Baha - Makkah Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) and the Jazan Small- Scale Sewage Treatment Plant (SSTP) projects. SWPC said a total of 37 companies, including 25 Saudi companies, submitted EOIs for the IWTP project, while a total of 46 companies, including 27 Saudi companies (as part of 38 consortia) submitted their interest in the Jazan SSTP project, according to statements posted on SWPC's website on Monday. The EOI notices for both projects were issued on 22 March with submission deadline of 6 May. The 300-kilometre-long Ras Mohaisan-Baha-Makkah IWTP would have a total capacity of 400,000 cubic metres per day, according to SWPC's website. The EOI notice said the IWTP would be procured on Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis with the selected developer company entering into a Water Transmission Agreement (WTA) with SWPC that is expected to be up to 35 years. SWPC's advisers on the project are Synergy Consulting as lead and financial adviser; Amer Al Amr Law Firm as legal adviser; and Fichtner as technical adviser.