Ecuador energy procurement watch

Ecuadoran power company Empresa Eléctrica Quito (EEQ) has awarded a contract to supply an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) platform.

The winner of the US$16.4mn, three-year contract is Consorcio PMK Hexing (Hexing Electrical-Electromec Ecuador-Comercializadora Je Electronic Jcom-Tecmasur Electronica Integral-Innovacion Tecnologica Innovaseet).

BNamericas previously reported that the consortium had advanced in the call which was issued in April.

The work entails the acquisition and installation of 44,457 meters and related infrastructure across the utility’s coverage areas.

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National oil company Petroecuador declared void the tender to determine the definitive route of an erosion-impacted section of the SOTE crude and Shushufindi-Quito fuel pipelines.

The NOC took the decision after none of the three individual consultants that were invited submitted offers.

Information of whether a new process would be launched was not disclosed.

The 497km SOTE pipeline transports Amazon crude to the Balao maritime terminal on the Pacific coast. Shushufindi-Quito stretches 308km.