Prequalification launched for South Africa’s inaugural procurement of independent …

The Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) has formally launched the first stage of its independent transmission projects (ITP) procurement programme with an invitation for companies to respond to a request for prequalification (RFQ) by September 23. Through the RFQ, the department aims to identify and shortlist prequalified bidders with the technical expertise, financial capacity and experience to build the transmission lines and associated substations to participate in a subsequent request for proposal (RFP).