{"id":935,"date":"2024-11-13T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utilitybusinessmena.com\/?p=935"},"modified":"2024-11-13T00:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:03:00","slug":"saudi-arabia-retenders-ras-mohaisen-baha-makkah-water-transmission-project-with-expanded-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/news\/saudi-arabia-retenders-ras-mohaisen-baha-makkah-water-transmission-project-with-expanded-capacity","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia retenders Ras Mohaisen\u2013Baha\u2013Makkah water transmission project with expanded capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saudi Arabia<\/a> has relaunched its Ras Mohaisen\u2013Baha\u2013Makkah Independent Water Transmission System (IWTS) project<\/a>, with the state-owned Water Transmission Company (WTCO) stepping in to oversee the project\u2019s procurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally handled by the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC)<\/a>, the project has now been rebranded and retendered with revised specifications to support the Kingdom\u2019s growing water needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WTCO, established in 2019 to manage Saudi Arabia\u2019s water transmission and storage, issued a call for Expressions of Interest (EOI)<\/a> for the IWTS project on November 6, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EOI submission window closes on November 19, inviting firms to participate in the competitive bidding process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project\u2019s transmission capacity has been significantly raised to 515,000 cubic meters per day (m\u00b3\/day) from a previous level of 185,000 m\u00b3\/day, marking an important expansion aimed at meeting the Kingdom’s strategic water goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 300-kilometer-long pipeline project will be developed through a Design, Build, Finance, Lease, and Transfer (DBFLT) model, with a lease term lasting up to 35 years under a Water Transmission Development and Lease Agreement (WTDLA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project will rely on a consortium of advisors, including Synergy Consulting as the financial adviser, Clifford Chance as the legal adviser, and ILF as the technical adviser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IWTS project is a key part of Saudi Arabia’s National Water Strategy (NWS 2030) and Vision 2030, aimed at achieving water sustainability and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will connect desalination facilities with urban areas and contribute to the country’s goal of providing 90% of urban water supply through desalinated sources, thereby minimizing reliance on non-renewable groundwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The retendering of the Ras Mohaisen\u2013Baha\u2013Makkah project follows a period of activity in the Kingdom\u2019s water transmission sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent months, SWPC has moved forward with additional projects, including the Jubail-Buraydah and Riyadh-Qassim water transmission systems, reinforcing Saudi Arabia\u2019s commitment to expanding its water infrastructure in line with future demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The EOI submission window closes on November 19, inviting firms to participate in the competitive bidding process<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,520,53,1078],"tags":[1077,150,1079],"class_list":{"0":"post-935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-projects","9":"category-water","10":"category-water-transmission","11":"tag-independent-water-transmission-system-iwts","12":"tag-swpc","13":"tag-water-transmission-company-wtco"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheeltech.com\/utilitybusinessmena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}