SWPC - Riyadh to Qassim Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP)
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) is planning to undertake the Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) from Riyadh to Qassim in Saudi Arabia.
The project is part of government's plan to interconnect regions across the Kingdom and ensure a reliable and sustainable water supply. The project will integrate solar power solutions to reduce carbon emissions while relying on the grid.
The project will be implemented under a Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) model.
The US$1970 million project includes the following:
1. Installation of 859 km water transmission pipeline from Riyadh to Buraydah (Al Shamisiyah) with a contracted Capacity of 685,000 m3/day
2. Construction of branch lines with a capacity of 480,000 m3/day and 340,000 m3/day."
3. Construction of 6 strategic storage tanks in Riyadh with a total capacity of 1,020,000 cubic meters
4. Construction of 32 operational tanks along the pipeline route with a total capacity of 571,000 cubic meters
5. Construction of pumping stations
6. Construction of lifting stations
7. Construction of filling station
8. Construction of potable water with a storage capacity of 1,591000m3
9. Installation of water cooling system
10. Installation of valves
11. Installation of SCADA system
12. Installation of meter connections
13. Construction of other associated facilities
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30 December 2025
The consortium of Mapa Insaat and Limak Holding is likely to be EPC contractor by Vision International Investment for the project.
26 December 2025
Vision International Investment Company has been selected as the preferred bidder and consortium of Lamar Holding, Etihad Water and Electricity Company, and Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group as the reserve bidder.
10 December 2025
The Financial close is expected to be reached in 2026. (Source: MEED)
07 December 2025
Vision Invest has been emerged as the frontrunner and is expected to be awarded in few weeks. (Source: MEED)
18 September 2025
The following consortia have submitted the bids for the development of the project: *Consortium of Al Jomaih Energy and Water Co, Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies, Al Bawani and Buhur for Investment Co, *Consortium of Lamar Holding, Etihad WE and Shaanxi Construction Engineering and *Vision Invest.
31 August 2025
The main contract bid submission has been further extended to September 17, 2025. (Source: MEED)
24 June 2025
There is no news regarding the main contract bid submission date.
20 February 2025
The main contract bid submission has been further extended to from Feb 03, 2025 to May 2025.
18 December 2024
The developers and contractors are expected to submit their Letter of intent(LOI) to bid for the contract by December 31, 2024 and the bids are expected to be submitted on Feb 03, 2025. (Source: MEED)
28 November 2024
The main contract bids are expected to be submitted by February 2025 and the following companies have attended the developer conference meeting: Al Bawani Group, Alfanar Company, Lamar Holding, Vision Invest, Nesma Company, Mutlaq Al-Ghowairi Contracting Company and Buhur Investment and several China-headquartered firms. (Source: MEED)
13 October 2024
WSP Global Inc is appointed as the consultant for this project and Alfanar projects amongst others have also been shortlisted.
07 July 2024
The main contract tender has been issued and the bid submission deadline is unknown at this juncture and the project is expected to be completed by Q3 2029.
26 June 2024
The main contract tender is yet to be issued for the project.
14 March 2024
The main contract tender is yet to be issued.
02 August 2023
The main contract tender is yet to be issued.
04 June 2023
The main contract tender is yet to be issued.
18 January 2023
The main contract tender is yet to be issued.
11 December 2022
The main contract tender is yet to be issued.
25 July 2022
The main contract tender is yet to be issued.
24 May 2022
There is no news on the issue of the tender for the project.
21 April 2022
The following companies are shortlisted for the development of the project: 1. Abdulaziz Alajlan Sons Co. for Commercial & Real Estate Investment â Ajlan & Bros, 2. Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, PJSC (TAQA), 3. A. Hak Pijpleidingen Saudi Company Limited 4. Al Bawani Water & Power (AWP) 5. Al-Fahd Company Trading Industries & Contracting 6. Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies 7. Al-Rawaf Contracting Company 8. Al Sharif Group for Cont. Dev. & Trad. (Holding) Limited Co 9. China Gezhouba Group Overseas Investment Co. Ltd 10. China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) 11. China Railway Construction Corporation (International) Limited 12. Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, S.A. 13. Gulf Investment Corporation G.S.C. (âGICâ) 14. Lamar Holding W.L.L (Lamar) 15. Marubeni Corporation 16. Mowah Co. (CJSC) 17. Mutlaq Al-Ghowairi Co. for Contracting Limited (CJSC) 18. Nesma Company Ltd. 19. SICIM S.p.A. 20. Vision International Investment Company.
07 April 2022
Market sources indicate that there is no news on the PQ shortlisted companies nor the ITB issue date.
30 December 2021
The RFQ submission date has been extended from January 24, 2022 to January 31, 2022.
22 December 2021
SWPC has issued RFQ to the interested companies and the last date for submission by January 24, 2022.
21 November 2021
The client has received EOI documents from the 31 companies: Ajlan & Bros, Abengoa Agua, TAQA, Acciona Agua, Al Bawani Water & Power, Al-Rawaf Contracting Company, Al Fahd Company Trading Industries & Contracting/Alghanim International General Trading & Contracting Co, A. Hak P Saudi Company Limited, Alkhorayef Water & Power Technologies, Al-Sharif Group/SICIM, Arabian Bemco Contracting Co, China Gezhouba Group Co, China Harbour Engineering Co, China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co, China Railway Construction Corporation, El-Seif for Commercial Investments Limited (ESI)/Al Qahtani Group of Companies/El Seif Engineering Contracting/El Seif Operations & Maintenance, Civil Works Company, Gulf Investment Corporation, Hassan Allam Holding, Kindasa Water Services Company, Lamar Holding, Marubeni Corporation, Mowah Company, Mutlaq Al-Ghowairi Company, Nesma Company, Orascom Construction, Passavant Energy & Environment, Petroleum vision company/Saad Ali Al Essa group for Trading and Contracting, Powerchina International Group Limited, Tecton Engineering & Construction and Vision International Investment Company.
14 September 2021
Client has issued the expressions of interest (EoI) request with the submission deadline on October 31, 2021. (Source: MEED)
25 August 2021
The project is still in initial phase of development and there is no news regarding the main contract tender issue yet.
11 May 2021
The Expression of Interest (EOI) is not yet issued on the project.
02 February 2021
The Expression of Interest (EOI) is not yet issued on the project.
04 November 2020
The Expression of Interest (EOI) is not yet issued on the project and the time frame for the issue is yet unknown.
05 August 2020
The Expression of Interest (EOI) is not yet issued on the project.
07 May 2020
The client is likely to issue Expression of Interest (EOI) by Q4 2020 and Request for Proposal (RFP) by Q2 2021.
25 November 2019
The client has appointed Synergy Consulting as a financial advisor, DLA Piper as a legal advisor and Fichtner Consulting as technical advisors. (Source: MEED)
31 October 2019
SWPC is expected to award the transaction advisory services contract by the end of November 2019. (Source: MEED)
29 August 2019
Saudi Water Partnership Company has invited firms to submit proposals for the transaction advisory services role. (Source: MEED)