Power transmission line construction bidding delayed 3 months

The  presentation of tender proposals to build the Sabanitas, Colón transmission line to the Panama III substation. has been postponed by the new administration of state-owned Etesa until November 6.

Delivery of proposals was originally scheduled for  Tuesday, August 6.

The decision to move the date was taken at the request of some of the companies interested in submitting offers.

“It is necessary to increase the transmission capacity from the province of Colon to Panama City, in order to reliably, efficiently and safely transmit the generation of the new thermoelectric plants,” says Etesa.

The 230-kilovolt transmission line, with runnning 47 kilometers from Colon to Panama, has a reference price of $ 98.5 million.

In addition to the line, other parallel works are planned, such as the construction of the new Sabanitas substation, located in the Colón area, and the Panama III substation, which starts in the Mocambo sector, near the North corridor highway. This Panama III substation will serve to connect 1,2,3 and future 4 transmission lines, coming from the west of the country. Panama III will become the center where the entire generation of the country will be received.

The project must be built over a period of 18 months. The proponent chosen should submit a short-term financing plan, with details of the cost of the effective financing rate.