SEC invites bids for Jeddah power plant expansion

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has invited bids from 15 prequalified companies for the contract to expand the 2,640 megawatt (MW) Jeddah South power plant, Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) reported on Tuesday.

Contractors have until September 25 to submit bids for the contract.

The expansion project, which involves installing two new units, will increase the capacity of the plant by about 1,300 MW.

SEC has pre-qualified the contractors in three categories.

Out of the 15 chosen, 10 are in Category A, which allows them to bid without conditions.

The pre-qualifiers in Category A are: Bechtel (US), Black & Veatch (US), Doosan (South Korea), GE (US), Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea), Hyundai Engineering & Construction (South Korea), Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan), Shaw (US), Siemens (Germany) and SNC Lavalin (Canada).

Three contractors – Daelim (South Korea), Daewoo (South Korea) and Samsung C&T (South Korea) – were selected in Category B.

The three have to bid in partnership with an independent engineer.

Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas and the Saudi Arabia’s National Contracting Company pre-qualified in Category C.

The two contractors can bid only as part of consortiums with contractors in category A or B.

The first 660 MW of power from the Jeddah South Plant has recently been commissioned and connected to the kingdom’s national grid, MEED reported earlier this month.