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Japanese group, Acwa eye $272m Oman utility projects

MUSCAT, October 11, 2016

Four consortiums are in the race for the RO105-million ($272 million) Salalah and Sharqiyah independent water projects (IWP), reported the Oman Tribune.

These include Saudi-based Acwa, Japanese group JGC Corporation and Spanish groups GS Inima and Tedagua, said the report, citing a statement from Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP).

The scope of the projects includes design, construction, ownership, financing, operation and maintenance of high-efficiency desalination facilities with total potable water output of 180,000 cu m per day, .

The new seawater desalination projects are in Dhofar and South Sharqiyah.

While the Salalah project will be commercially operational in the third quarter of 2019, the Sharqiyah independent water project (IWP) will be ready in the second quarter of 2020, said the report.

The OPWP has signed 20-year water purchase agreements for the two projects.

The request for proposal (RfP) was released in March to the companies that participated in the prequalification process which began in December.

The Omani firm had opened the bids for the IWP projects. The evaluation of the bids is to begin soon and the award and execution of all project agreements are expected to be in place by the end of this year, said the report.




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