Client seeks Jubail independent water bidders

31 JANUARY 2023 | BY JENNIFER AGUINALDO (/AUTHOR/JENNIFER-AGUINALDO)

The Jubail 4 and Jubail 6 schemes will each have a capacity of

300,000 cubic metres a day

Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has invited interested companies to qualify for the contracts
to develop two new independent water projects (IWPs) in the kingdom.

The planned Jubail 4 and Jubail 6 IWP schemes will each be able to treat 300,000 cubic metres a day
(cm/d) of seawater using reverse osmosis technology.

SWPC expects to receive statements of qualifications (SOQs) by 21 February.

The desalination plants will be located 18 kilometres south of Jubail Industrial City, adjacent to four
existing desalination units – Jubail phase 1, Jubail phase 2, and the Jubail 3A and 3B IWP facilities.
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Some 35 companies, including 16 Saudi-based firms, previously expressed an interest in the project:

They include:

 Abengoa Agua (Spain)

 Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa, Abu Dhabi)
 Acciona Agua (Spain)
 Acwa Power (local)
 Ajlan & Brothers Holding (local)
 Al-Kawther Industries (local)
 Al-Shalawi (local)
 Al-Sharif Group Holding (local)
 Alfanar Company (local)
 Alghanim International General Trading and Contracting (Kuwait)
 Aljomaih Energy and Water Company (local)
 Awad Saad Binzafrah Contracting (local)
 Buhur for Investment (local)
 China First Heavy Industries International Development (China)
 Elecnor Group (Spain)
 Fas Energy (local)
 Fisia Italimpianti (Italy)
 GS Inima (Spain/South Korea)
 Hainan Litree Purifying Technology (China)
 Kahrabel FZE (Engie Middle East)
  Kindasa Water Services (local)
 Lantania Aguas (Spain)
 Marubeni Corporation (Japan)
 Metito Utilities
 Mowah Company (local)
 Nesma Company (local)
 Orascom Construction Egypt)
 Power and Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu (Marafiq, local)
 Saleh Saeed Taishan and Sons (local)
 Saudi Pan Kingdom Company (Sapac)
 Shapoorji Pallonji (India)
 Shapoorji Pallonji (India)
 Utico (UAE)
 VA Tech Wabag (India)
 Veolia Middle East (France)
 Vishvaraj Environment (India)

Like IWP contracts already awarded in the kingdom, the successful bidder, through a project company,
will develop the projects and sell the entire capacity and output to SWPC under a 25-year water-purchase
agreement (WPA).

A credit support agreement from the government of Saudi Arabia backs SWPC’s obligations under the
WPA.

SWPC’s transaction advisory team for the projects comprises the Netherlands-headquartered KPMG
Professional Services as lead and financial adviser, UK-based Eversheds Sutherland as legal adviser and
Canada’s WSP as technical adviser.

The projects are part of the 12 IWPs planned between 2020 and 2026 by SWPC. One of these, Jubail
3B, has been awarded, while bids are under evaluation for Rabigh 4 (https://www.meed.com/rabigh-4-
clarifications-get-under-way). Tenders are due for another similar project in Ras Mohaisen
(https://www.meed.com/saudi-arabia-tenders-ras-mohaisen-water-contract) in May. 

The remaining planned IWP schemes to be tendered under the SWPC Seven-Year Planning Statement
2020-26 include Jizan 1, Ras al-Khair 1, Ras al-Khair 2, Shuqaiq 4, Tabuk 1 and Rabigh 5.