SWPC - Ras Mohaisen To Al Baha IWP And WTP: Ras Mohaisen Independent Water Plant
The Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) is planning to build the desalination plant which will be located in Ras Mohaisen, Al-Qunfudhah Governorate, Makkah Region, 300 km south of Makkah, on the coast of the Red Sea in the Western Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This plant will meet the needs of Makkah and Al Baha Region.
The project will have two stages under one purchase agreement.
a. Stage one - 100,000 m3/day
b. Stage two - 200,000 m3/day
The US$693 million project includes the following:
1. Construction of RO desalination plant with a 300,000 m3/day potable water capacity
2. Construction of seawater intake
3. Construction of storage tanks with a capacity of 600,000 m3
4. Construction of a transmission line with a length of 17km
5. Construction of transfer station
6. Installation of overhead transmission line (OHTL)
7. Construction of Renewable power plant (30MW)
8. Installation of pressure exchangers
9. Installation of membranes
10. Associated facilities
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14 March 2025
A consortium led by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) with Lantania has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by ACWA Power.
07 February 2025
The consortium of ACWA Power, Hajj Abdullah Ali Reza & Partners, and Al-Kifah Holding Company has been appointed as the developer for US$693 million (SAR2.6 billion) and the client has also signed a 25-year Water Purchase Agreement (WPA) with Acwa power for the project.
17 October 2024
The consortium of Haji Abdullah Alireza & Co Integrated Services Ltd, Al-Kifah Holding Co & Acwa Power is the preferred bidder and ACCIONA is the reserved bidder. Financial closure is expected to be achieved by Q1 2025.
18 July 2024
The main contract bids are under evaluation for the project.
03 April 2024
The following companies have submitted the bids: Acciona and the consortium of ACWA Power, Haji Abdullah Alireza & Partners Company and AlKifah holding.
10 March 2024
The main contract bid submission has been further extended to end of March 2024. (Source: MEED)
12 February 2024
The main contract bid submission has been further extended to end of February 2024. (Source: MEED)
14 September 2023
The main contract bid submission remains unchanged and bid submission is due on October 1, 2023.
12 July 2023
The main contract bid submission has been further extended to October 1, 2023. (Source: MEED)
30 May 2023
The main contract bid submission has been further extended to september 25, 2023.
02 May 2023
The bid submission has been further extended to July 5, 2023.
14 February 2023
The main contract bid submission has been further extended to March 9, 2023
08 August 2022
RFP has been issued with submission due on January 10, 2023. The project is expected to be completed by Q2 2026.
26 July 2022
There is no news on the tender issue date yet.
23 May 2022
The main contract tender is not yet issued and the time-frame for the same is currently unknown.
10 April 2022
The SOQ(statement of qualification) for supervision and contract management services has been issued with a submission deadline of April 18, 2022. (Source: MEED)
08 February 2022
The main contractor tender is expected to be issued by April 2022. (Source: MEED)
02 December 2021
The main contract tender is not yet issued.
06 October 2021
There is no news regarding the main contract tender issue.
16 August 2021
There is no news regarding the main contract tender issue.
30 May 2021
The following PQ companies/consortium have been shortlisted to bid for the project: 1. Acciona Agua. 2. ACWA Power. 3. Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios. 4. FCC Aqualia 5. Kahrabel FZE 6. Malakoff Corporation and Kindasa Water Services. 7. Marubeni Corporation. 8. Power and Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu (Marafiq) and Alfanar Company. 9. Rawafid Al Hadara Holding Co. 10. Utico FZC and Mowah Company.
22 April 2021
The PQ activities are still underway.
04 January 2021
The following 44 companies have submitted expressions of interest documents for the contract to develop the project. *Acciona Agua (Spain) *Acwa Power (local) *Advanced Water Technology(local) *Ajlan & Brothers Company (local) *Al-Awael Modern Contracting (local) *Alghanim International (local) *AlJomaih Energy (local) *Al-Khawter Industries (local) *Al-Sharif Group Holding (local) *Alfanar (local) *Al-Yamama (local) *Aqualia (Spain) *Archirodon (Cyprus) *Arkoil Technologies (Netherlands) *Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios (Spain) *Consolidated Contractors Company (Lebanon) *Elsewedy Electric (Egypt) *Engie (France) *Essar Power (India) *GS Inima (Spain) *Haaji Abdullar Alireza & Company (local) *Hydro Industries (UK) *Infralinx International (local) *J&P International (Cyprus) *Kindasa Water Services (local) *Lamar Holding (Bahrain) *Malakoff Corporation (Malaysia) *Marafiq (local) *Marubeni Corporation (Japan) *Mashaal al-Jandali (local) *Metito (UAE) *Mowah Company (local) *Nesma Company (local) *Orascom Construction (Egypt) *Posco (local) *Rawafid Industrial Company (local) *Saur (France) *Shibh al-Jazira (local) *Sojitz (Japan) *Strukton (Netherlands) *Tabat Construction Company (local) *Utico (UAE) *VTech (India) *Veolia Middle East (France). Request for Qualification (RFQ) has been issued to the interested companies on the project.
10 November 2020
SWPC has received expressions of interest (EOI) from the qualified companies on November 5, 2020.
05 October 2020
SWPC has invited the qualified companies/consortia to submit their expressions of interest (EOI) for the Ras Mohaisen Independent Water Project (IWP) by November 5, 2020. The advisory team includes KPMG Al Fozan & Partners as Lead and Financial Adviser, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP as Legal Adviser and WSP as Technical Adviser.
02 September 2020
No further information has been procured related to supervisory consultant and the pre qualification tender to be executed within the timeframe.
04 June 2020
There is no news regarding the supervisory consultant and the pre qualification tender issue on the project.
24 February 2020
The companies have submitted the consultancy bids and the client is likely to issue the pre qualification tender by Q3 2020. (Source: MEED)
28 November 2019
There is no news regarding the main contract tender issue.
07 August 2019
The EOI is expected to be issued by the first quarter of 2020 and RFP by 3rd quarter of 2020.