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Forty-nine Saudi and international firms have expressed interest in a contract to develop the kingdom’s One-Stop Station project on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis.

The project is being jointly undertaken by Saudi Arabia’s National Centre for Privatisation & PPP (NCP), in collaboration with the Roads General Authority (RGA).

The project includes the development of facilities at several locations within the RGA’s 73,600-kilometre intercity road network.

The facilities include refuelling stations, commercial facilities, parking lots, driver rest areas, vehicle maintenance centres and other hospitality amenities.

The Saudi firms include:

• Albawani
• AlDrees Petroleum & Transport Services Company
• Algihaz Holding Company
• Alkifah Holding Company
• Alyamama Company for Trading & Contracting
• Alayuni Investment & Contracting Company
• Aljari Oil Station Company
• Alfahd Company
• Alfanar Company
• Almansouryah General Contracting Company
• Almusbah Telecom Company
• Almutlaq Real Estate Investment Company
• Alrawaf Company for Trading & Construction
• Annasban Group
• Asyad Holding Company
• Buhur for Investment
• Cayan Group
• Cooperative Society for Transport & Vehicles
• Darb Stations Company
• Elm Company
• Erada Advanced Projects
• Go Station for Petroleum Services
• Liter Trading Company
• Mada International Holding
• Mohrkey Company
• Mounes Mohamed Al-Shayeb for Civil Construction
• Naft Alsayar Company for Fuel
• Namaya International Investment Company
• National Transportation Solution Company Petromin
• Nesma Company
• Pankingdom Real Estate
• Petrogen
• Petroly
• Ports Projects Management & Development Company
• Red Sea International Company
• Roadsbaha
• Sasco
• Sevenplus
• Shibh Al-Jazira Contracting Company
• Sierra Asasat
• SkyBridge
• Zahrat AlSahra Trading & Contracting

The international firms are:

• Contrax International (UAE)
• EDECS (Egypt)
• IC Infrastructure (Turkiye)
• Lamar Holding (Bahrain)
• Meinhardt (Singapore)
• Ramky Infrastructure (India)
• Tamasuk Holding Company (US Minor Outlying Islands)

The project will be implemented under a 30-year design, build, finance, operate and maintain contract, and will be tendered in three waves, comprising six packages.

The first wave will include the initial package, while the second wave will encompass the second and third packages and the third wave will cover the remaining three packages.

NCP issued the expressions of interest notice on 8 July and the firms submitted their expressions of interest on 28 July.

Saudi PPP market

The value of PPP contracts in Saudi Arabia has risen sharply in the past two years as the government seeks to develop projects through the private sector and diversify funding sources.

According to data from regional projects tracker MEED Projects, the value of PPP concession contracts hit an all-time high of $28.2bn in 2023, equivalent to more than 23% of the total value of all project contracts awarded that year. Although this figure fell to 18.3% last year, it was still far higher than the historical average in the kingdom.

The figures are even starker when taking only government spending into account. The value of signed PPP contracts totalled more than a third of the value of government or government-related projects awarded in 2023 and more than a quarter in 2024. This is compared to an average of 15.6% in 2019 and 2022, and just 3.5% recorded in 2018. 

Government contracts include awards made by ministries, municipalities and royal commissions, in addition to state-funded project clients such as Saudi Water Authority, the National Housing Company and Jeddah Airports Company. Subsidiaries of sovereign wealth vehicle the Public Investment Fund, such as Neom, the National Water Company and Rua Al-Madinah, are also included.