EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company),UAE, has issued Request for Proposals (RFP) to qualified companies and consortiums that had expressed interest in developing the new Mirfa 2 (M2) Reverse Osmosis (RO) Independent Water Project (IWP).
The M2 project is to be located adjacent to the existing Mirfa IWPP, and involve the development, financing, construction, operation, maintenance and ownership of a standalone brownfield RO seawater desalination plant with a capacity of up to 80 million imperial gallons per day of water output, together with associated infrastructure.
M2 will desalinate seawater using RO, a low carbon-intensity technology, to produce up to 80 million gallons per day of potable water, sufficient to meet the water demand for over 140,000 households, and improve the security of water supply in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The RFP is being issued to bidders that had passed the qualification process following the Expression of Interest (EOI) stage that took place in February 2021.
A total of 41 companies and consortiums submitted EOIs, while 22 companies and consortiums have pre-qualified for the RFP stage after submitting Statements of Qualification.
The RFP provides detailed requirements and proposed technical parameters for the project to support companies and consortiums in their submission.
The expected date for starting commercial operations is Q2 2025.
Responses to the RFP are expected by Q1 2022, following which EWEC will hold a public event to confirm the companies and consortiums who submitted proposals.
