Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), the main off-taker for independent water and water projects in Saudi Arabia, has announced Request for Qualification (RFQ) for the Al-Ahsa and Eastern Province Independent Strategic Water Reservoir Project. 

Apart from companies who responded to the expression of interest (EoI) invite issued last month, SWPC has also invited entities that hadn't submitted an EoI and has obtained SWPC’s approval by submitting their request by email to AhsaEastern.ISWR(at)swpc.sa;iswrsynergyteam (at)synergyconsultingifa.com; dla-iswrs(at)dlapiper.com and iswrwsp(at)wsp.com before 10 February 2022, according to a statement posted on SWPC's website.  

The project comprises of two water reservoirs, namely Eastern Province reservoir with an indicative water storage capacity of 3,510,000 cubic metres, and Al-Ahsa reservoir with an indicative storage capacity of 1,389,000 cubic metres.  

A total of 21 companies, including 10 Saudi companies, have responded to the EoI invite as follows:   

  1. AAW & Partners 
  2. Abdul Aziz Al Ajlan Sons Co. for Commercial & Real Estate Investment – Ajlan & Bros 
  3. Alfanar Co 
  4. Alghanim International General Trading and Contracting Co 
  5. Alkhorayef Water and Power Technologies Company 
  6. Al Rajhi Holding Group 
  7. ARKOIL Technologies Nederland  
  8. Carpi Tech 
  9. China Harbour Engineering Company  
  10. Civil Works Company  
  11. Contrax International  
  12. Gulf Investment Corporation 
  13. Marubeni Corporation 
  14. Metito Utilities  
  15. Mowah Co 
  16. Mutlaq Al-Ghowairi Company (MGC) 
  17. Nesma Co  
  18. Orascom Construction (OC) 
  19. TECTON Engineering & Construction Saudi Contracting Company 
  20. Thabat Construction Company  
  21. Vision International Investment Company 

SWPC had said the project would be procured on Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis. 

(Writing by SA Kader; Editing by Anoop Menon)  

(anoop.menon@lseg.com)

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