DSPA pledges to open wastewater treatment plant tender

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) has pledged to open a public tender for the industrial park’s wastewater treatment plant operation service following the expiration of the current contract.
On Monday, it was announced that the consortium Waterleau-ATAL was granted a new contract, which would enable the company to continue providing maintenance and operation services in the Wastewater Treatment Plant of the Concordia Industrial Park. From 2015 until 2016, the government will pay Waterleau-ATAL a total of MOP3.2 million.
DSPA told Radio Macau that awarding a new contract to the consortium was in the public’s best interests, as this would therefore ensure that the service will no longer be disrupted.
The bureau said that the new contract’s conditions and rules are similar to those featured in the previous contract.
The next contract, said DSPA, will be awarded through a public tender, in order to choose “a qualified operator.”
One of Waterleau’s contracts was under investigation during the corruption case involving Macau’s former Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Ao Man Long.