Signed by its general manager, Christophe Avognon, the call for competition covers three components, namely civil engineering, electromechanics and finally the line and post market.As part of the implementation of this project, the KHPC press release created on September 25, 2023 indicates that the deadline for the admissibility of files is set for September 6, 2024 and the market remains open to all companies or groups of companies.
While the process of prequalifying candidates should be launched at the beginning of the 2024 quarter, expressions of interest can be submitted for one or more markets. This notice of advertisement presents, apart from the other conditions, an essential specificity. Indeed, to express interest in this market, companies or groups of companies should not be subject to prohibitions or suspensions with respect to the State of Cameroon, the World Bank or the International Finance Corporation at the time of the deadline for submitting files.
In addition to this specific condition, interested companies or groups of companies should have experience and skills in the construction of large reinforced concrete and embankment dams; the construction of large power plants, including hydroelectric power plants; the design, supply and installation of high-voltage substation energy evacuation equipment and transmission by 400 KV power line. In addition to these skills, companies bidding on the market must express real and demonstrated capacities to respect the highest standards in environmental and social terms; and have the capacity to work with export credit financing. As a reminder, the Kikot-Mbébé hydroelectric plant located on the Sanaga River, once operational, should become one of the largest in the country with a planned installed capacity of 500 MW.
According to the project’s technical data sheet, it is a question of building a dam nearly 1,200 meters long and a hydroelectric plant equipped with six Kaplan turbines, each with a power of 83.3 MW, allowing a head of approximately 35 meters. In addition, and according to the schedule envisaged by EDF, the construction of the hydroelectric infrastructure should begin in 2025 for commissioning in 2030. An assurance for the government which, within the framework of the SND 30, has defined the offer of low-cost electricity production as a priority.