Dubai Municipality expects to award the first package of its USD 6.8 bln strategic sewerage tunnels mega project by the end of 2025, a top municipality official said.
“We have completed the feasibility study of the first package, and it is now in the prequalification stage. We are targeting by the end of next year to sign the first package,” said Ahmad Al-Sabbah, Investment & PPP Expert, Dubai Municipality, while speaking at the PPP MENA forum in Dubai.
According to the official, DSST would be implemented in multiple phases (3) and packages through the public-private partnership (PPP) model over a period exceeding seven years. The selected consortiums would be responsible for the design, build, financing, operations, maintenance (DBFOM) of the assets, and their transfer back to Dubai Municipality.
US-based Parsons, which is the technical advisor for the project, had noted on its website that DSST will be procured and delivered in six packages.
According to Parsons, DSST works include building two deep wastewater tunnels, and the associated deep pump stations and link sewers. When complete, the project will eliminate over 100 pump stations throughout the city.
Local company Tribe Infrastructure is the projec’s principal and financial advisor while UK-based Ashurst is the legal advisor for the project.
