The Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has invited firms by 14 December, 2023 to bid for the contract to develop Facility E Independent Water & Power Production (IWPP) to be located at Ras Abu Fontas. (October 2023)

• Kahramaa has issued tender for contract involving consultancy services for procuring additional power generation and potable water production capacity “Facility E” through Independent Power and Water Producers. In this regard, Kahramaa intends engaging suitably experienced consulting organizations that will be expected to provide services pertinent to the procurement process from basic concept stage all the way up to and including financial close. Last date to submit bids is 22 September, 2016. (July 2016)
• Client is expected to issue the Requests for Qualification (RfQs) documents by the end of 2016, to pre-qualify firms for its next power generation and potable water production facility “Facility E”. (August 2016)
• Proposals have been submitted for consultancy services contract for the Facility E project. (October 2016)
• Kahramaa has appointed advisory consortium – EY of UK as financial consultant, Poyry of Finland as technical consultant and DLA Piper of UK as legal adviser – to carry out work involving consultancy services for the Facility E project. The appointed consortium will be expected to provide services pertinent to the procurement process from basic concept stage all the way up to and including financial close. (February 2017)
• Pre-qualification entries have been submitted for the IWPP project. (September 2017)
• Firms have been pre-qualified for the IWPP project. They are - Engie of France / Mitsui of Japan, Itochu of Japan, Kepco of South Korea / Mitsubishi of Japan, PowerChina of China, and Sumitomo of Japan. Bids are expected to be invited before the beginning of Ramadan in mid-May. (April 2018)
• The pre-qualified firms are still waiting for the RFPs to be issued for the IWPP. (August 2018)
• Kahramaa has invited firms to submit bids by 26 September, 2019 for its Facility E Transmission Pipelines Contract components associated with Facility E and Umm Al Hul Plants. The contract scope will include: Construction of new 1600 mm transmission pipeline with an approximate total length of 7.75 KM from tie-in point to 1600 mm pipeline at Umm Al Hul plant and up to tie-in to existing 1200 MIC transmission pipeline Construction of new 1600 mm transmission pipeline with an approximate total length of 7.25 KM from tie-in point to 1600 mm pipeline at Ras Abu Fontas plant and up to Reservoir inlet distribution chamber inside Al Thumama PRPS-5 For all new equipment at PRPS-5, Perform and interface Modification and Provide power supply, control and measurement instruments (August 2019)
• Pre-qualified developers have been invited to purchase tender documents for the project. The RFPs have been delayed as the client was assessing to change the project scope due to changing demand forecasts. (September 2019)
• Kahramaa has invited the pre-qualified contractors to submit bids by 10 February, 2020 for the development of Facility E. The pre-qualified groups are: Engie of France / Mitsui of Japan, Itochu of Japan, Kepco of South Korea / Mitsubishi of Japan, PowerChina of China, and Sumitomo of Japan. (October 2019)
• Kahramaa has extended the bids submission deadline from 12 March, 2020 to 2 April, 2020 for the Facility E project. (March 2020)
• Bids submission deadline for the development of an IWPP has been extended to 30 April, 2020 from the previous deadline of 2 April, 2020. (March 2020)
• Bids submission deadline for the development of an IWPP has been extended to 27 August, 2020. (May 2020)
• Kahramaa has appointed a new team of advisers for the planned Facility E project. It includes UK-headquartered PwC and Clyde & Co as financial and legal advisers respectively, and Energo as a technical adviser. The team has replaced an advisory consortium appointed for the project in 2017. (June 2020)
• Kahramaa has issued tender to provide Engineering Consultancy Services for EPC projects related to Facility E Plant Power Evacuation and establishment of series reactors in various existing substations. Last date to submit bids is 3 September, 2020. (August 2020)
• Kahramaa has received bids for the contract on development of an IWPP, known as Facility E. The bidding groups are: Engie of France / Mitsui of Japan / Shikoku Electric of Japan; Marubeni of Japan / Kyushu Electric of Japan; Sumitomo of Japan / Kansai Electric of Japan. (September 2020)
• Kahramaa is set to select a bidder for the contract on development of an IWPP, known as Facility E, in Q2, 2021. (November 2020)
• Kahramaa has received final clarifications from the bidding groups for the contract on the development of an independent water and power project (IWPP), known as Facility E. (December 2020)
• Kahramaa has invited revised bids for the Facility E project. The new bids submission deadline is 28 February, 2021 after revising the design capacity of the planned project. (January 2021)
• Kahramaa has extended the bids submission deadline to 30 June, 2021 to submit revised bids for the development of the Facility E project. After revising the design capacity of the planned project, the power generation capacity has been increased to 2,600 MW from 2,400 MW. (March 2021)
• Kahramaa has once again extended the bids submission deadline to submit revised bids for the development of the Facility E project. Bids are now due to be submitted by 30 September, 2021. (June 2021)
• Kahramaa has yet again extended the bids submission deadline to submit alternative prices for the contract on the development of Facility E project. Bids are now due to be submitted by 15 November, 2021. (October 2021)
• Kahramaa has awarded a contract worth 146.3 billion won ($124 million) to Taihan to expand the power transmission system the Facility E project. Under the contract, Taihan will build new power grids to supply the power produced in this power plant to entire regions of Qatar. It is a full turnkey contract including product supply, electricity and civil engineering work, and completion test. The contract includes construction of power grids for all transmission levels up to 220kV and 132kV, and 400kV, the highest voltage among Qatar’s underground cables. (November 2021)
• Alternative Proposal has been received from a single bidder for the planned Facility E project. Marubeni of Japan / Kyuden International has submitted an alternative proposal for an IWPP with a generation capacity of 2,600 MW rather than the 2,300 MW specified in the original tender. (December 2021)
• Kahramaa has invited bids by 6 January, 2022 for the Assessor Consultancy Services for the development of an independent water and power project (IWPP), known as Facility E. The consultant scope is to provide services as Assessor role as in the Schedule - 17 of Power and Water Purchase Agreement (PWPA). (December 2021)
• Kahramaa is in negotiations with a Marubeni/Kyuden International consortium for the planned Facility E project. (March 2022)
• Kahramaa has invited developers to participate in a Pre-Qualification process for Lead Developers for Re-tender of Facility E IWPP. Last date to submit pre-qualification documents is 6 July, 2023. Interested developers will need to satisfy certain pre-qualification requirements in order to be shortlisted to receive the Request for Bids (RFB). The proposed project will have the power generation and potable water production capacities of approximately 2,300 MW and 100 MIGD respectively. (May 2023)