National Water Company (NWC) announced in a statement, that a Saudi-French-Philippines consortium won the third O&M water management contract.
The Consortium consist of Saudi Arabia’s “Miahona”, France’s Saur Group, and Philippine’s “Manila Water”.
The consortium will undertake operation of the water and environmental treatment services in the Eastern Cluster (Eastern Region), at a value of more than 221 million Saudi Riyals, for a period of Seven years.
NWC stated that the winning consortium has the experience in water services and environmental treatment management, as Miahona (under Vision Global Investment, a subsidiary of the Abunian and Al-Muhaidib groups) is a leading developer of the water and sanitation infrastructure in the last 20 years.
The French “Saur Group” is a major international provider of water services serving more than 20 million customers worldwide, and have been present in the Kingdom through its water supply, wastewater treatment, and industrial refrigeration services in Jubail and Yanbu in partnership with Marafeq.
“Manila Water” is the operator of the concession contract on Manila city east side, one of Asia’s largest and most successful concession contracts. “Manila Water” also contributed to the transformation of water services for more than 14 million customers in Manila and around the world, in addition to providing water services in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.
These contracts depend on achieving 14 key indicators that the Consortium must achieve, the most important of which are: improving the customer experience and developing it, raising operational efficiency through cost rationalization, reducing water loss, and improving network management.
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