SWPC issues RFPs for 500,000-cu-m Saudi water pipeline

SWPC issues RFPs for 500,000-cu-m Saudi water pipeline

Saudi Arabia - Saudi Water Partnerships Company (SWPC) has announced that it has issued request for proposals (RFPs) to the pre-qualified bidders for the development of Rayis-Rabigh Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) project that will have a 500,000 cu m/day transmission capacity.

The 150-km-long pipeline project is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2025, said SWPC in its notification.

Initially, the project was set to have a 900,000 cu m/day transmission capacity and was pipeline was 100 km long.

A total of 14 developer/developer consortiums have been prequalified for the project. These include global players such as Spanish infrastructure major Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios; Japan's Marubeni Corporation; and Chinese group Harbour Engineering Company in addition to regional firms - Utico and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (from UAE), and Kuwait's Gulf Investment Corporation.

SWPC said that in December last year, a total of 31 companies had expressed their interest in the Rayis-Rabigh project, of which 14 were Saudi firms.

The major local firms which have now been prequalified are Abdul Aziz Al Ajlan Sons; Al-Fahd Trading Industries & Contracting; Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies; Mowah; Al-Rawaf Trading & Contracting; Mutlaq Al Ghowairi; Nesma and Vision International Invest Company, it added.

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