RIYADH: Saudi Water Partnership Co., also known as SWPC, has invited bids for the contract to develop the Kingdom’s independent water transmission pipeline project linking Ras Mohaisen, Al-Baha and Makkah.
According to a MEED report, 13 companies have been qualified to bid for the contract, with local firms including Abdul Aziz Al-Ajlan Sons Co. for Commercial & Real Estate Investment, Al-Bawani Water & Power, Al-Yamama Co., Mowah Co., and Vision International Invest Co expressing interest for the project.
Other firms that qualified to submit the bid are Spain’s Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, Kuwait’s Gulf Investment Corp., Japan’s Marubeni Corp., UAE’s Utico, and Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., a consortium of Taqa and UAE, the report added.
As many as 35 firms including 23 local companies had expressed interest in the contract.
The report further noted that the 300-kilometer water transmission scheme will have a capacity to transmit up to 185,000 cubic meters of water a day.
The firm which will be selected for the IWTP will provide the entire transmission capacity to SWPC under a 35-year water transmission agreement.
The MEED report stated that the pipeline is expected to begin commercial operations by the second half of 2026.
