National Water Company (NWC) , Saudi Arabia has invited bids from prequalified consortiums for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of water and sewage treatment plants in the Kingdom’s Eastern Cluster, which covers more than 12 cities and governorates.
The Project is third contract of this category to be tendered.
The operation and management contract will be implemented in coordination with the private sector, it stated.
The winning consortium will supervise the development, management, operation and maintenance of water and sanitary drainage systems in addition to management and development of customer services, bill collection, leakage reduction, training, qualifying and developing current staff, and upgradation of the performance of the water and sewage drainage sectors in the Eastern Cluster, statement said.
The company had in December 2020, tendered the second operation and maintenance management contracts for the Central Region with the deadline for receiving bids set in April 2021.
The first operation and maintenance contract of value $52.8 million for the Northwestern Cluster, comprising the regions of Madinah and Tabuk, which was awarded to a Saudi-French-Philippine consortium for a seven-year period. (read more)
On the Eastern Cluster contract, NWC said it contains key indicators to be reached, the most important of which are: improving and developing customer experience; raising operational efficiency through prorating costs, reducing water waste, and improving network management, in addition to contributing to financial sustainability.
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