The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) today said that 22 bids have been submitted to provide 1.5 MW of renewable energy to Bartica.
In a release, MPI said that the ‘Request for Proposal’ for submissions closed on Monday February 29, 2016 with a total of 22 bids being received from: Scheherazade Ishoof Khan Business Development (Guyana), Jamaica Energy Partners (Jamaica), Trinidad and Tobago Power Ventures Ltd., GMS Solar (Guyana), UDECM Inc. (Ontario, Canada), Solar City (USA), Innogen Technologies Inc. (Barbados), Green Hearth Tree Energy (Canada), Future First Energy Experts and Suntuity (USA), Roraima Consulting Inc. (USA), DYNAF (Curacao), Blue Tech Financing Solutions (USA), Sunmoon, Pinnacle Construction and Engineering Guyana (Guyana), Deltro Group (Canada), Our Sun Guyana Inc., SMA Sunbelt Energy (Germany), Associated Energy Developers (USA), Solus Energy (USA), K&P Project Management Company (Guyana), AGRLNDMAR Global (USA) and Peka Solar & Renewable Energy Inc. (USA).
MPI said that the Guyana Energy Agency facilitated the opening of the tenders which was attended by representatives of 10 of the bidding companies and observed by Dr. Mahender Sharma, CEO of GEA and Horace Williams, CEO of the Hinterland Electrification Company Inc.
MPI said that the proposals will be evaluated on criteria, including:
- How well the proposed project is defined and the likelihood of it reaching the minimum energy output target.
- The energy price compared to other proposals and GPL’s avoided cost for its Bartica operations.
- How quickly the project can supply electricity to the Bartica Grid.
- The guaranteed firm capacity and availability of the system.
- The proposer’s experience in power generation using the proposed renewable energy technology or technologies.
Following this evaluation, a shortlist of qualified firms will be invited to submit full proposals, MPI said.
The initiative is part of the government’s ‘Green Bartica Plan’.
On January 3rd this year, MPI invited proposals from power producers interested in designing and developing a generation system to produce electricity from renewable sources to power Bartica.
“Consistent with the Government of Guyana’s plans to ‘green’ Bartica, the MPI is soliciting competitive proposals from suitable firms, as an Independent Power Producer, to design and develop a generation system utilizing an appropriate renewable energy technology, or combination of technologies, under a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer structure to supply electricity to the Bartica grid, under a negotiated and agreed Power Purchase Agreement,” the ministry said in an ad in the Sunday Stabroek.
