Requests for proposals have been invited for the operation and maintenance of the Fujairah Water and Power Plant (FWPP) in the UAE.

A notification issued by the UAE Offsets Group/Union Water and Electricity Company (UOG/UWEC) said the plant at Qidfa was designed to produce 100 million gallons per day (mgpd) of desalinated water (62.5 per cent multi-stage flash and 37.5 per cent reverse osmosis) and generate 656 MW (500 MW net export).

The contract may also include operation and maintenance of the 180-km twin 64-inch pipeline from Fujairah to Al Ain/Sweihan in Abu Dhabi.

A prospective contractor should have already operated and maintained (either as owner or as contractor) a desalinated water production plant using MSF and RO technology with a capacity of not less than 40 mgpd and power generation capacity of not less than 300 MW.

Bidders for the pipeline contract should have operated and maintained a pipeline at least 50 km long with a throughput of more than 40 mgpd.