Saudi Arabia’s The National Water Company (NWC) announced in a statement that, it has signed the first operation and maintenance contract with the private sector to operate water and environmental treatment services in the northwestern cluster, which includes the regions of Medina and Tabuk.
The project signed with a consortium comprising Saudi Arabia’s Miyahuna, French Group Saur, and Manila Water of the Philippines.
The value of signed contract is SAR 198million (USD 52,800,000)
The duration of the contract is for a period of seven years.
H.E. Engr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadley, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, NWC Chairman of the Board of Directors, oversaw the signing ceremony between Engr. Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Mowkely the CEO of NWC with representatives of the consortium.
The contract will contribute to improving services, operational performance and the level of operations at the sector level in general, including operational efficiency and technical knowledge, quality and availability of services and maintenance requirements, ensuring the sustainability of the service to the customer.
The contract with the winning consortium includes 14 key indicators that the consortium must achieve, the most important of which are: improving and developing the customer experience, raising operational efficiency by rationing costs, reducing water waste and improving network management, in addition to contributing to financial sustainability.
“The national water strategy included restructuring water services, involving the private sector, and the company has begun restructuring by merging 13 administrative districts to operate under the umbrella of 6 sectors” said NWC’s CEO Mohamed Bin Ahmed Al-Mowkely.
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