The Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has prequalified 19 developers, including 10 Saudi businesses, for the development of a 104,500m3 per day small sewage treatment plant (SSTP) and collecting network (CN) for the Jazan Cluster. The Jazan Cluster comprises 17 small plants with sizes ranging from 1,000m3/day to 15,000m3/day, together with associated collection networks of 1,500 km (with lengths ranging from 7 km to 415 km).
According to SWPC, the scope of work includes influent connections, tanker discharge points, by-passes, inlet works, primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment, pumping facilities, including all associated buildings, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical supply, control, and instrumentation infrastructure, and civil, structural, mechanical, electrical supply, control, and instrumentation infrastructure.
The Jazan Cluster comprises 17 small plants with sizes ranging from 1,000m3/day to 15,000m3/day
The list of the bidders (lead and/or technical) for the Jazan project includes French water specialist Saur Group; Italian EPC major Ercole Marelli Impianti Tecnologici and California-based Merit Technologies in addition to Chinese heavyweights Harbour Engineering Company; China Railway Construction Company; CITIC Construction and China State Construction Engineering Corporation, plus Hong Kong’s Bio Treat International and UAE’s Metito Utilities Limited.
The winning bidder will develop the SSTP project on a build, own, operate, and transfer (BOOT) model
Ajlan & Bros Energy Company, Tawzea, Al Fanar, Al Khorayef Water, Mowah, Al Yamama Company, Al-Jazea, Civil Works Company, Miahona Company, and SARH Attaqnia Construction Company are the major Saudi bidders.
The winning bidder will develop the SSTP project on a build, own, operate, and transfer (BOOT) model under a 25-year Sewage Treatment and Collection Network Implementation Agreement with SWPC, while the collection network will be on a design, build, finance, and transfer (DBFT) model (DBFT).