Ecuador launches bidding to shore up power dispatch capacity

Ecuadoran state power corporation Celec’s transmission unit Transelectric issued calls to carry out work for nearly US$20mn.

One process is for construction of civil works, electromechanical assembly, testing and commissioning to expand the San Juan de Manta and Manta 2 substations and the replacement of the ATR transformer at the Esmeraldas substation.

The US$10.2mn, 540-day project will help cover increasing demand in the provinces of Manabí and Esmeraldas, and dispatch electricity from the planned 200MW El Aromo solar park.

The second tender entails similar work and targets the Totoras and Milagro substations in the respective provinces of Tungurahua and Guayas. This contract is budgeted at US$9mn and will run 450 days.

Procurement information for Manta is available here and at this link for Totoras. Offers are due February 18 and February 26, respectively.

Contract awards

Meanwhile, Celec recently awarded contracts to build infrastructure in the south and southeast, after receiving offers in October.

The US$15.7mn, 747-day contract to build the 138kV Delsitanisagua-Cumbaratza line (20km) and 230kV lines Cumbaratza-Los Encuentros (45km) and Los Encuentros-Bomboiza (30km) went to Consorcio Sur Oriental.

And Pileggi Construcciones picked up the US$9.8mn, 680-day contract to expand the Cumbaratza, Bomboiza and Loja substations.