Owner's Engineer for power system upgrade and expansion of Paramaribo and Nickerie, Surinam
The Caribbean Development Bank granted a loan to the Surinamese electricity company (EBS EnergieBedrijven Suriname NV) to finance a network extension which includes substations, overhead lines and refurbishment of small photovoltaic plants. Fichtner was engaged to prepare the tender documents and to assist during the tendering stage and later during the implementation phase of the project.
Our services
- Recompilation of basic design
- Proposal for tender form, evaluation criteria
- Preparation of tender documents
- Clarifications for bidders
- Technical-commercial evaluation of bids
- Contract negotiations and contract documents preparation
- Design review
- Site supervision, commissioning, acceptance and defects notification period
Technical data
- EBS network expansion
- Substations (6.3 kV, 12.6 kV, 33 kV, 110 kV)
- Overhead lines (33 kV, 110 kV)
- Project-related substation automation including local SCADA HMI and substation control & monitoring system (SCMS) with digitalization at the bay level (process bus)

