- South Africa’s National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), which became operational as a fully independent entity from Eskom on 1st July 2024, ย has signed long-term EPC agreements with 19 local companies in the various categories of overhead line construction panels.
- Five companies were signed on for EPC, nineย companies for PC and a total of seventeen companies for Construction.
This follows the Eskom Transmission Division, which is the predecessor to NTCSA, issuing an open tender enquiry in May 2023.
The NTCSA explains that the process to be appointed to the EPC panel will be opened to the market annually on the anniversary of the panel, which is around July each year, to enable other companies to participate. The suppliers will compete for various tenders over the coming years, and the contracts are expected to be worth in the region of R32 billion over eight years.
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“The NTCSA’s strategic move to accelerate the development of the transmission infrastructure through partnerships is a significant step towards enhancing South Africa’s power network that underscores the importance of strategic planning and efficient execution,” stated Segomoco Scheppers, Interim Chief Executive Officer of NTCSA.
“This milestone not only demonstrates the collaboration between the public and private sectors, but is expected to support economic growth by creating sustainable and skilled job opportunities,” he continued.
The contracting strategy has been designed to allow for efficient procurement processes to maintain and strengthen governance and reduce lead times to adequately deliver on the Transmission Development Plan (TOP) requirements, while promoting localisation as per legislation.
The 19 local companies that have signed agreements are:
- Ady Em Technical (Ply) Ltd
- Bona-GPWG JV
- lmbawula Technical Services and Suppliers Group (Pty) Ltd
- KRM Global Works (Ply) Ltd
- Letacla (Pty) Ltd
- Melees Electrical Lines (Pty) Ltd
- Mico Construction (Ply) Ltd
- Mkhulu Electro Distribution Projects (Pty) Ltd
- Murray and Roberts (Pty) Ltd
- NYC Water and Mining (Pty) Ltd
- Olot Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Power Line Africa (SA)(Pty) Ltd
- Rethuseng Live Line and Services (Pty) Ltd
- Siya and Aya Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Siyavuya Power Projects (Pty) Ltd
- SKM Africa (Pty) Ltd
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- Thenga Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- Tractionel Enterprise (Pty) Ltd
In June, the NTCSA signed a 101 Transformer Panel contract, which is one of the key initiatives to support a faster and scaled-up roll-out of the Transmission Development Plan (TDP).ย The contract will be used to procure approximately 34 transformers that are part of the priority program.ย The various companies will compete for various batch orders of transformers.ย The first batch order of 26 transformers is expected to be placed by July 2024 and will enable the delivery of approximately 28,000MW to the grid by the 2028 financial year.ย Read more
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