# SHARAKAT receives five consortium bids for Riyadh East sewage treatment plant

> Five consortia bid for the Riyadh East Independent Sewage Treatment Plant, a build-own-operate-transfer project with an initial capacity of 200,000 cubic metres a day.

- Topic: Tender update
- Event date: 2026-09-28
- First published on EPC Feed: 2026-10-24T06:44:58.097Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T06:44:58.097Z
- Countries: Saudi Arabia
- Page: https://epcfeed.com/news/sharakat-riyadh-east-istp-bids


## Key facts

- Owner: SHARAKAT (Saudi Water Partnership Company, owned by the Ministry of Finance)
- Project: Riyadh East Independent Sewage Treatment Plant
- Bids received: 5 from consortia
- Capacity: 200,000 m3/day initial, expandable to 400,000 m3/day
- Model: Build-own-operate-transfer, 25 years, PPP
- Next step: Evaluation, then preferred bidders and signing

SHARAKAT, the Saudi Water Partnership Company, announced on 28 September 2026 that it has received five competitive bids from consortia for the Riyadh East Independent Sewage Treatment Plant (ISTP) in Riyadh. The release names the members of each consortium.

The proposals will be evaluated to determine the winning consortium. After preferred bidders are announced, agreements will be signed, and development is expected to begin next year, according to the release, with commercial operations targeted for 2030.

The project is a build-own-operate-transfer model for 25 years under a public-private partnership. The request-for-proposal documents were issued in October 2025. The initial design capacity is 200,000 cubic metres a day, expandable to 400,000 cubic metres a day, and the project includes treated effluent reuse systems and a transmission pipeline.

The bids have not yet been evaluated, so no winner or preferred bidder has been named. The release does not state a project value and does not say which consortium member would act as EPC contractor.

## Sources

1. [SHARAKAT Announces Receipt of Five Competitive Bids for the Development of Riyadh East ISTP Project](https://www.sharakat.com.sa/en/sharakat-announces-receipt-of-five-competitive-bids-for-the-development-of-the-riyadh-east-istp-project/). Company release, SHARAKAT, Published 2026-09-28, Read 2026-10-23.