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Eight contractors have made offers for a contract to supply, install, test and commission glass-reinforced epoxy (GRE) water transmission pipelines and associated works for the Hassyan seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) phase two network in Dubai.

The contract relates to project one of the Hassyan pipeline network expansion being undertaken by state utility Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa).

Local firm Binladin Contracting Group submitted the lowest offer of AED335.92m ($91.5m), according to results published by the utility.

The other bids were:

• Green Oasis General Contracting (UAE) – AED345.00m ($93.9m)
• Al-Nasr Contracting (UAE) – AED391.54m ($106.6m)
• Wade Adams Contracting (UAE) – AED393.80m ($107.2m)
• RMB Contracting (UAE) – AED437.96m ($119.3m) 
• Tristar Engineering & Construction (UAE) – AED441.55m ($120.2m)
• Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast (UAE/India) – AED451.47m ($122.9m)
• Gulf Petrochemical Services Trading (UAE) – AED495.20m ($134.8m)

RMB also submitted a conditional discounted offer of AED427.02m ($116.3m). Three companies submitted regret notices, while one offer was rejected after no valid commercial offer was received. 

In January, Dewa announced that construction of the 180-million-imperial-gallon-a-day phase one of the Hassyan SWRO independent water project was 90% complete.

Dewa has two other contracts out for tender for GRE water transmission pipeline work related to the Hassyan SWRO phase two network.

Project two was tendered on 22 January and has a bid submission deadline of 21 July. Project three was tendered on 26 January and has a bid submission deadline of 29 July.