Tubli sewage plant tender expected by 2010

Bahrain also has plans for plants at Al Dair and Zallaq.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Works has reiterated its commitment to issuing the tender documents for the expansion of its Tubli sewage treatment plant by 2010.

Assistant undersecretary of sanitary engineering Khalifa Ebrahim Al Mansoor said yesterday that preparations were underway to engage the private sector and “the release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected before the end of the year.”

The project forms part of a wider ongoing national Privatization Strategy and Implementation Plan (PSIP) and a significant effort by the government to upgrade the country’s sanitary infrastructure.

Al Mansoor was speaking at the pre-bid conference for the Muharraq sewage treatment plant, the Kingdom’s first sanitary engineering privatization project.

He added that there are also plans for plans for plants at Al Dair, in the south east, and Zallaq, in the south west, which are expected to be complete within eight to ten years.

Bidding for the Muharraq plant opened last month and the RFP was issued yesterday.

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The prequalified consortia will be bidding for a 27-year Build Own Operate (BOO) contract to develop a greenfield sewage treatment plant and conveyance system which includes designing, financing, constructing, commissioning, testing, owning, operating and maintaining the plant and sewer system, as well as associated facilities, network extension and modification works.

The plant will have an initial design capacity of 100,000 cubic metres a day which the government can choose to expand to 160,000 cubic metres during the BOO term. The tender will close on October 28 and is expected to be awarded by March or April next year.

Al Mansoor said he was delighted with the turnout to the pre-bid conference which attracted around 100 representatives from 12 international consortiums.

Consortiums attending the event included YTL Power/Wessex Water; Acciona/Kuwait Financial House; United Utilities/Intstrata Capital/Samsung Engineering; Aqualia/Peninsula Consortium; Summitomo/Dregremont; Berlinwasser/Metito; Saudi Oger, K-Water/Samsung C&T; Biwater; Kharafi National; and Keppel/Veolia.

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