Ethekwini Municipality Tender: Outdoor Switchgear and Equipment

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Description

Supply, delivery, installation and testing of outdoor 132kV and 275kV switchgear and associated equipment for a period of 36 for various substations

What this tender is about

The Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality is inviting bids for the supply, delivery, installation, and testing of outdoor 132kV and 275kV switchgear and associated equipment. This contract is for a period of 36 months and will be delivered to 166 K E Masinga Road, Durban. The procurement method is Request for Bid (Open-Tender). Bidders are required to provide detailed pricing for various switchgear components, support structures, and associated equipment as outlined in the Bill of Quantities. The closing date for submissions is 30 October 2026 at 11:00. Interested parties should refer to the tender documents for full specifications and submission requirements.

Scope of work

• Supply, delivery, installation, and testing of outdoor 132kV and 275kV switchgear and associated equipment.
• Provision of circuit breakers, disconnecting circuit breakers, capacitor bank circuit breakers, and isolators at various voltage ratings.
• Supply and installation of support structures, hold-down bolts, and templates for switchgear components.
• Installation of earth switches, voltage transformers, current transformers, and post insulators.
• Supply and erection of steel lattice gantry columns and beams, and lighting masts.
• Supply of various types of stranded and tubular conductors, including fittings and clamps.
• Installation of marshalling kiosks, equipment labels, and key management systems.
• Supply and installation of secondary cabling, trenching, backfilling, and earthing electrodes.
• Casting and installation of new concrete bases, and cutting of existing redundant bases.
• Dismantling of existing circuit breakers, isolators, gantry structures, and other equipment for scrapping.

How to submit

• Submissions are to be made by the closing date of 30 October 2026 at 11:00.

What is in the documents

• 34827-5E BOQ.xlsx

  This document is an Excel file containing the Bill of Quantities (BOQ) for the tender. It lists numerous items related to outdoor switchgear and associated equipment, including circuit breakers, isolators, transformers, conductors, gantries, and cabling, with estimated...

Special conditions

-There will be no clarification meeting. Bidders are requested to submit emailed queries related to the bid. -Emailed queries are to be submitted by 2026-10-15. Emailed questions and answers will be consolidated and posted on eTenders/Municipal website by 2026-10-22. -9EP -Technical Qaphela Ngubane (t) 031-311 9432 General: Nyaniso Mlilo (t) 031-311 9422

Tender documents (3)

• XLS34827-5E BOQ.xlsx
• PDF34827-5E Response to queries .pdf
• ZIP34827-5E.zip

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