Four companies pre-qualify for tender to choose single water distribution operator
Four companies have pre-qualified for participating in a tender that was announced by the Armenian government to choose a single operator for delivery of water supply services across the country, Volodya Narimanyan, deputy head of a nature protection ministry’s division overseeing water resources, said today.
The tender was announced on January 15, 2016 and its results are expected to be announced in the summer. The winner will get a 15-year license and is to launch operation from January 1, 2017.
The priority will be given to the company that will offer the lowest price for water. The current price for households in the capital city Yerevan is 170.256 drams per one cubic meter, Narimanyan said. The pre-qualified companies are French operators Saur and Veolie Generale des Eaux, the Armenian-German consortium A&G Service and the Italian ACEA.
French Saur is running the Armenian Water and Sewerage company, providing water services to seven regions of Armenia. Veolie Generale des Eaux is the operator of Yerevan-Jur, which is in charge of water supply in Yerevan and several adjacent communities. The A&G Service is the operator of water distribution system in Armavir, Shirak and Lori regions.
There are still 560 communities in the country which are not covered by any of the five Armenia-based water operators. -0