Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), previously called Water & Electricity Company (WEC), has invited this week expressions of interest (EOIs) from worldwide developers and consortia to finance, build and operate and maintain a key seawater reverse osmosis desalination water project near Jubail Industrial City, reports TradeArabia.
The Jubail 4 & 6 Independent Water Project will have a total capacity of 600,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day. The facility will be built 18 km south of Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia, adjacent to the existing plant units (Jubail Phase 1, Jubail Phase 2, Jubail 3A & 3B), in the Eastern Province of the kingdom.
#SWPC is pleased to announce that the request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Jubail 4 & 6 Independent Water Projecthttps://t.co/vWbjJYLi4j
— الشركة السعودية لشراكات المياه (@SWPCsmllc) December 8, 2022
The company announced it will supervise a competitive tender process to select a private developer or developer consortium that will provide financing, procurement, implementation, operation and maintenance services for the project.
The deadline for the submission of bids is January 9th, 2023.
The successful bidder will develop the plant and sell the entire capacity and output to SWPC under a 25-year concession pursuant to a Water Purchase Agreement.