The municipality of Dubai has invited firms to express interest by August 11, 2023, in bidding for the contract to provide project management consultancy for Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels public-private partnership (PPP) Project. 

The project involves building a deep-tunnel sewer network in the Deira and Bur Dubai areas of Dubai. The 26 km tunnel and the 56 km deep tunnel sewer will be split into 2 contracts. The tunnels terminate at two terminal pumping stations located at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WTP) at Warsan and Jebel Ali. The Deep Tunnels Portfolio scheme will include the development of assets in the cities of Dubai and Hatta. In Hatta, a conventional sewerage and drainage system and a sewage treatment plant will be built. The scheme also includes recycled water distribution systems connected to the WWTP.

The AED80 billion (US$22 billion) project is designed to meet the needs of the people of Dubai over the next 100 years, in line with the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 and the Dubai Urban Plan 2040. 

Interested firms will then need to submit prequalification forms by August 25, 2023.