Consulting services of “Mekorot Water” company Ltd (Israel) on the implementation of the seawater desalination project will cost Azerbaijan 2 million 839.000 manats ($ 1 million 670.000). The contract on this subject was signed on behalf of the state by JSC “Azersu” on August 22 of this year and is subject to execution within 365 days. This is stated in the information published on September 13 in the Unified Portal of State Electronic Procurement. In the technical order for consulting services https://etender.gov.az/main/competition/detail/292838 It includes: development of a feasibility study for desalination of the Caspian Sea water, preparation of documents on the organization of the tender procedure for the selection of a contracting company, holding a tender, evaluation of proposals and selection of the winner, as well as signing a contract. Worthy of note is that the “State Agency of Water Resources of Azerbaijan” reported https://mst.gov.az/az/news/537 on signing the contract with the company “Mekorot Water” company on September 8. The decree of the President of Azerbaijan “On Measures to Implement a Pilot Project in the Field of Drinking Water Production by Desalination of Seawater” was signed on April 12 this year. The project is aimed at improving the provision of water to the city of Baku and adjacent territories.
Source: Turan News Agency