Ukrenergo: 14 applications are submitted for the tender for 700 MW of new generating capacity

M. Yurkov pointed out that according to the tender procedure, all entities that have submitted bids or their authorised representatives at the meeting are allowed to participate in the tender opening process.
He also clarified that at this stage of the tender (qualification), the outer envelope (container, box) is opened, its contents are listed, then the envelope with the qualification part of the proposal is opened and its contents are listed and recorded in the minutes of meeting the Tender Commission.
"There will be no evaluation of the proposals today. The whole purpose of today's meeting is to open the bids, M. Yurkov said. The date, time and venue of the second stage (price offers of participants) will be announced additionally to all qualified bidders.
As reported earlier, Ukrenergo is holding a tender for the construction of new generating capacities for the first time. Applications were accepted until February 28, 2025. The tender procedure was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 677 of July 10, 2019.
In the first stage of the tender, 700 MW is procured in two zones: 500 MW in the priority regions (Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Poltava, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions); 200 MW in the non-priority regions (Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, and Zakarpattia regions). The period of commissioning is until December 31, 2027.
In a blitz interview with Energoreforma in early February, the Ukrenergo CEO Oleksiy Brekht said that he saw great interest from investors in this tender. He clarified that the tender would be held for the cost of the construction of a generating capacity unit, which will be compensated by Ukrenergo through the transmission tariff for 10 years after its commissioning. O. Brecht added that the state is interested in new capacities, and this is a new way to stimulate their construction, especially now – in the context of the war, when investors are in no hurry to do it.
At the end of February, a member of the Supervisory Board of the NPC Ukrenergo Yuriy Boyko said that the company was already preparing to announce a second tender for a new generating capacity and offer potential investors even more interesting conditions compared to the pilot project that is currently underway.