Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has received four bids for the contract to develop the proposed Al-Haer independent sewage treatment plant (ISTP) project in Riyadh. The bidders are: Acciona (Spain) / Tawzea (local) Alfanar Company (local) / Civil Works Company (local) GS Inima (Spain/South Korea) / Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies Company (local) Miahona (local) / Besix (Belgium) SWPC qualified over 20 companies last year to bid for the Al-Haer ISTP contract, which is part of the third batch of the kingdom's ISTP programme. It issued the request for proposals for the contract to qualified bidders on 24 November. The plant's design capacity will be 200,000 cubic metres a day (cm/d). Third batch schemes Two other projects comprise the third ISTP batch. The Riyadh East and Khamis Mushait ISTP schemes will have 150,000 cm/d and 50,000 cm/d capacities, respectively. Separately, the following 22 firms have been qualified to bid for the Riyadh East and Khamis Mushait ISTP projects: Ajlan & Bros Acciona Agua Al-Bawani Water & Power (local) Alfanar Company China Gezhouba Group Overseas Investment Company Civil Works Company Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios International Water Distribution Company (Tawzea) GS Inima Environment Metito Utilities Miahona Company Mowah Company Saur Rawafid Alhadara Holdings Company (local) S.A. de Obras y Servicios, Copasa Group Suez International Utico Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies Company China Everbright Water Investment Jinluo Water Company – Dubai Branch Lamar Saudi United Holding Vishvaraj Environment Private The contracts for the development of Riyadh East and Khamis Mushait are expected to be tendered this year, although SWPC has yet to finalise the dates for issuing the RFPs. (ICE RIYADH)

Fonte notizia: MEED