📋 Tender Overview
Scope of Work:
To Develop Qiddiya Project - a new entertainment, sports and cultural destination at Al Giddiya area.
Description:Saudi government is set to develop a new entertainment, sports and cultural destination at Al Giddiya area, some 40 km west of the capital, Riyadh. The first phase of the 334-km project will be completed by 2022. The inauguration of this vital project is a real translation of the aspirations of Saudi Arabia’s wise leadership and its relentless efforts to develop mega projects that would contribute effectively to achieve many direct and indirect economic returns, and also advance sustainable development for the benefit of the homeland and the citizen, in accordance with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.At need for Qiddiya Project to provide them with entertainment. The project will save about $30 billion, which will be used to develop the domestic economy and create new job opportunities for Saudi youths.
Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) has extended the bid submission date for the utility package of the Qiddiya entertainment city. Previous bid submission date was 07 June 2020. Now QIC sets the new bid submission date as 30 June 2020. Local firms, ACWA Power and Alfanar are the two developers bidding for this project. The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) package will include power generation (major Solar PV Power Plant) and distribution, Potable water generation & Distribution, Wastewater network & treatment, Irrigation water distribution, District Cooling, Solid Waste Management, Associated administration buildings and Information Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure. The substation will be further connected to Saudi Electricity Company’s grid.
On July 2019, Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) has started the process of building offices on the site of the 334km2 gigaproject in Saudi Arabia by signing a contract with Dubox, a member of Amana Group, to build a 2,000m2 building. With a capacity of 100 people, the building, which will be located 30 minutes from Riyadh, will act as temporary office space while Qiddiya is being constructed, allowing the project’s development team to have a base on site, as well as in the firm's headquarters. The offices will feature modern amenities and will be designed in line with Qiddiya’s environmental and sustainability principles. The building will be fully fitted-out and furnished, ready for occupancy within a period of 180 days.
Twenty-one architects – including nine US firms – have reportedly been contracted to work on the project. The US firms are – HOK, Populous, Arquitectonica, Morphosis, Asymptote, 5+, CallisonRTKL,Rossetti Architects and Rockwell Group.
