Transmission tenders

Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina Faso (Sonabel) on 16 September launched three tenders for the construction of transmission lines.Two tenders relate to the 90kV Koudougou-Zagtouli line, both with submission deadlines of 12 November and site visits on 8 October. The West African Development Bank is funding the contracts.

One contract is to build the 90kV line as well as a 2km extension and replacement of the cable guard.The other is for construction of a 90/33kV substation at Koudougou with a double-circuit 33kV line and fibre-optic cable, as well as integration of both Koudougou and Zagtouli substations with the control system of the national dispatching centre.

Contact: Kabore Blandine, Procurement Expert, Département Marchés de la Sonabel, 01 BP 54 sis au 55, Avenue de la Nation, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso. Tel:+226 25 30 61 00; Email: blandine.kabore@sonabel.bf, cc: raoudaoued@yahoo.fr.

The third tender is for the construction of a 90kV double- circuit transmission line between Ouagadougou Nord-Ouest substation and Kossodo substation.The contract is being funded by the African Development Bank as part of the Yeleen rural electrification project and work is expected to last for 14 months. Submissions are due by 13 November.

Contact: Baba Ahmed Coulibaly, Sonabel Director General, Sonabel, 01 BP 54 sis au 55,Avenue de la Nation, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso. Tel: +226 25 30 61 00; Fax: +226 25 31 03 40; Email theodore.zigani@sonabel.bf, cc: blandine.kabore@sonabel.bf, reinsa11@yahoo.fr.