Two groups submit proposals for Dubai’s Hassyan independent water project

State utility Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) received two proposals for its planned Hassyan independent water producer (IWP) project.

The lowest proposal of $0.306 per cubic metre (cm) was submitted by a consortium of the local Utico and local Ghantoot. This was 3.7 per cent lower than the $0.318 proposal submitted a consortium of Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power and Kuwait’s GIC.

The lowest bid is a world record low levelized tariff for an RO (reverse osmosis) IWP project.

Dewa received the proposals on 27 February. The client issued the request for proposals (RFP) on 13 October last year after prequalifying 9 international bidders to participate in the tender.

The project is Dubai’s first IWP, with previous desalination projects having been tendered under engineering, procurement and construction contracts.

The Hassyan IWP will be developed in two phases. The first 60MIGD phase is due to be commissioned in April 2023 and the second 60MIGD phase is due to be operational in August 2023.

Dewa appointed the UK’s EY as lead and financial adviser for the project, UK-based CMS as legal adviser and Canada’s WSP as technical adviser.