Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-10-30
Buyer: Construction Authority for Potable Water and Wastewater
Country: EG
Region: LU000
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45252127
Estimated value: 225546390.28 EUR
Award criteria: price
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: This International Invitation for Pre-qualification relates to design, construction, operation and maintenance for  “Alexandria West Wastewater Treatment Plant Extension and Upgrade Project”.
The design capacity of the Alexandria West WWTP is 462,000 m3 /d, currently receiving an inflow of about 340,000 to 410,000 m³/d. The plant only provides primary treatment with primary sludge dewatering. 
The works covered under this contract, under FIDIC Yellow Book, regards the refurbishment of existing facilities, as well as the construction of new facilities to upgrade the level of treatment to secondary (biological) treatment level with sludge digestion, sludge hydrolysis and biogas generation. The works envisaged will enable the achievement of the National effluent standards. Total capacity of the plant will be increased from around 462,000 m³/day to 600,000 m3/day. 
The Contractor shall commission and operate the complete AWWWTP (both primary and secondary stages) for the duration of two years within the Defects Notification Period (DNP)..
This contract is expected to commence in Q4 2025 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 30 months for Implementation and 24 months for defect notification period
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated on the procurement documents
The procurement type will be International Restricted (with Pre-qualification). The contract will be financed from EIB and National Resources.
The Works tender is open to all firms from world, provided that the candidate: i) is not subject to financial sanctions imposed by the EU, either autonomously or pursuant to the financial sanctions decided by the United Nations Security Council on the basis of article 41 of the UN Charter; and ii) does not have a conflict of interest.
Tender documents can be downloaded free of charge.
No tender security is required.
Tender submission will be by post or hand-delivered.
In the pre-qualification phase between 8 candidates will be short-listed.
In the second phase, the tender will be awarded based on the best price-quality ratio; the ratio is established by weighing technical quality against price on an 70/30 basis, by multiplying:
- the technical scores awarded to the technical offers multiplied by 0.70,
- the financial scores awarded to the financial offers by multiplied 0.30.
The scope of the contractor regards the following :
The works covered under this contract, under FIDIC Yellow Book, regards the refurbishment of existing facilities, as well as the construction of new facilities to upgrade the level of treatment to secondary (biological) treatment level with sludge digestion, sludge hydrolysis and biogas generation. The works envisaged will enable the achievement of the National effluent standards. Total capacity of the plant will be increased from around 462,000 m³/day to 600,000 m3/day. the Contractor shall commission and operate the complete AWWWTP (both primary and secondary stages) for the duration of two years within the Defects Notification Period (DNP).
Procurement will be carried out in accordance with the European Investment Bank’s “Guide to Procurement for Projects Financed by the EIB.
The type of contract to be used will be a lump-sum based fixed price contract. FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design – Build (Yellow Book), First Edition, 1999, will be used as a basis.


Winner: Hassan Allam Construction (Egypt), Metito Overseas Limited (Guernsey)  JV
Award value: 225546390.28
Number of bids: 4