T&TI’s sister publication, Meed, reports that, according to a source close to the project, the deadline has been extended by six weeks, to October 21.
The investor prequalification process for the scheme, which is being procured on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis, follows Dubai Municipality prequalifying engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors that can partner with developers or investors to bid for the contracts.
Under the current plan, the US$22bn DSST project is broken down into six packages, which will be tendered as PPP packages with concession periods lasting between 25-35 years.
The first package, J1, comprises Jebel Ali tunnels (North) and terminal pump stations (TPS). The tunnels will extend approximately 42km, and the links will extend 10km.
The second package, J2, covers the southern section of the 16km Jebel Ali tunnels, which will have a link stretching 46km.
W for Warsan, the third package, comprises 16km of tunnels, TPS and 46km of links.
J3, the fourth package, comprises 129km of links.
J1, J2, W and J3 will comprise the deep sewerage tunnels, links and TPS (TLT) components of the overall project.
J1, J2 and W will be procured under a design-build-finance-operate-maintain model with a concession period of 25-35 years.
J3 will be procured under a design-build-finance model with a concession period of 25-35 years. Once completed, Dubai Municipality will operate J3, unlike the first three packages, which are planned to be operated and maintained by the winning PPP contractors.
The project’s remaining two packages entail the expansion and upgrade of the Jebel Ali and Warsan sewage treatment plants.
The prequalified EPC companies for packages J1, J2 and W are:
- Acciona Construccion (Spain) – Dubai branch
- Besix Construct (Belgium)
- China Harbour Engineering (China)
- China Railway Group (China)
- China State Construction Engineering Corporation (China)
- Daewoo Engineering & Construction (South Korea)
- Dogus Insaat VE Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Turkiye) – Abu Dhabi
- FCC Construcccion (Spain)
- Archirodon Construction (Overseas) Company (Greece) / BESSAC (France)
- China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation – Dubai Branch / Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company (STEC) / China Railway 14th Bureau Group Corporation
- Gulermak Agir Sanayi Insaat (Turkiye) / DETech Contracting (local)
- National Marine Dredging Company (local) / Afcons Infrastructure (India) / ITD Cementation India
- The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Company, Egypt) / Darwish Engineering Emirates (local) / AqualiaMACE Contracting Operation & General Maintenance (local)
- Larsen & Toubro (India)
- Porr (Austria)
- Power Construction Corporation of China (China) – Dubai branch
- Samsung C&T Corporation (South Korea) – Dubai Branch
- SK Ecoplant (South Korea)
- Strabag Dubai (Austria)
- The Petroleum Projects & Technical Consultation Company (Petrojet) – Egypt
- Webuild (Italy)
EPC companies that have been prequalified to bid for package J3 are:
- Acciona Construccion (Spain) – Dubai branch
- Alghanim International General Trading & Contracting (Kuwait)
- China Railway Group (China)
- China State Construction Engineering Corporation (China)
- Daewoo Engineering & Construction (South Korea)
- DETech Contracting
- Archirodon Construction (Overseas) Company (Greece) / BESSAC (France)
- China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (China) – Dubai branch / Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company (STEC) / China Railway 14th Bureau Group Corporation
- Gulermak Agir Sanayi Insaat (Turkiye) / DETech Contracting (local)
- International Foundation Group (IFG, local) / General Construction Company (local)
- Nael Construction & Contracting (UAE) / Concord for Engineering & Contracting (Egypt) – Dubai branch
- National Marine Dredging Company (local) / Afcons Infrastructure (India) / ITD Cementation India
- Mapa Insaat Ve Ticaret (Turkiye)
- Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons (Kuwait)
- Porr (Austria)
- Power Construction Corporation of China – Dubai branch
- Strabag (Austria)
- Tecton Engineering & Construction (local)
- The Petroleum Projects & Technical Consultation Company – Petrojet (Egypt)
According to a source close to the project, packages J1 and W will be tendered together as separate contracts first, followed by J2 and J3, with the requests for proposals (RFPs) to be issued sequentially, staggered around six to 12 months apart.
The packages for the expansion and upgrade of the Jebel Ali and Warsan STPs will be procured in a process separate from the four DSST-DLT components.
The project will convert Dubai’s existing sewerage system from a pumped system to a gravity system by decommissioning the existing pump stations.
This story was first reported by T&TI’s sister publication, Meed
