Nicaragua’s Ministerio de Energia y Minas (MEM) seeks bids for turnkey equipment supply for the 220-kW Salto Negro hydroelectric project. Bids are due August 13.
With funding from Swiss, German, Dutch, United Nations, and World Bank sources, the government is developing the small hydro project at Villa Sandino in Chontales Department, under a program of small-scale hydropower development in off-grid areas. (HNN 12/13/06) Nicaragua took bids under the program in March to equip the 212-kW El Naranjo project. (HNN 2/7/07)
MEM seeks turnkey installation, minus civil works, of a 220-kW cross-flow horizontal turbine, synchronous generator, transformer, control cabinets, lightning protection, cables, batteries, and accessories, plus instructional manuals, operator training, and spare parts.
Bid documents may be obtained until July 6 by e-mail request to: Coordinador del Proyecto, Ing. Miguel Barrios, E-mail: [email protected], with copies to: Ing. Elias Juarez, E-mail: [email protected], and Lic. Aura Maria Gonzalez, E-mail: [email protected]. Documents will be sent by e-mail.
For information, contact the addresses above by e-mail, or by Fax: (505) 222-4629, until July 9. Bids, in Spanish, are due by 2 p.m. August 13 to: Secretario General Donald Espinosa Romero, Ministerio de Energia y Minas, Del Hospital Bautista 1 cuadra abajo, 120 varas al Lago, Managua, Nicaragua.
