The Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has extended the deadline to respond to a request for proposal (RFP) for the Jubail 3B desalination project. The new deadline is July 12, 2020. Qualified bidders can submit their proposals until the deadline.

The desalination project will be developed in Jubail, the eastern province in the Persian Golf Coast of Saudi Arabia. The Jubail 3B plant will have a capacity of 570,000 cubic meters per day. The scope of work includes development, financing, procurement, implementation, operation and maintenance of both plants. WEC will purchase the output and entire capacity of the project, under a Water Purchase Agreement for a period of 25 years.