Due to the effects of the pandemic, Salvadoran authorities decided to postpone until March the date for submitting bids for the tender for the lighting and video-surveillance of 143 kilometers of road sections, a contract to be executed through a Public-Private Partnership.
The international tender for lighting and video surveillance of 143 kilometers of road sections in El Salvador began, a contract that will be executed through a Public-Private Partnership.
Companies interested in applying for the project will have four months to submit their technical and financial proposal. After an evaluation process, the contract of the winning company must be approved by the Legislative Assembly.
In the first half of 2018, Central American countries imported $57 million in electric incandescent lamps and tubes, and 52% was purchased by companies in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
In El Salvador, consultancy began to structure the project to install a lighting and video surveillance system on 140 kilometers of roads in four regions.
From the Fomilenio II statement:
FOMILENIO II and Deloitte Consulting S.L.U. signed the order to start the consultancy to structure the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) lighting and video surveillance project.
A bill is being prepared in El Salvador to reduce energy consumption in public entities, through replacement of equipment and new infrastructure.
At the beginning of next year, the Salvadoran Energy Council will be presenting a bill to the National Assembly, which will represent an investment of $70 million.
Elmundo.sv reports that "...In 2015, a feasibility study was carried out with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to create this trust, which is expected to reduce energy consumption in public institutions through means of replacing equipment and infrastructure with things that are more environmentally friendly and which have less power consumption."
In 2016 Central American countries imported $90 million worth of incandescent lamps and electric tubes, 13% less than in 2015.
Figures from the information system on the Market for Electric Incandescence Lamps and Tubes in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData:
Members of the municipal council of San Salvador are questioning a contract awarded to a company which was the only participant in the tender, and are proposing holding a new competition.
The contract referred to was won by the company UDP Consortium AGM to install 35,000 LED lamps in streets in the capital, and has been questioned by city council members, who said they would not give their vote of approval and have proposed that the bidding rules be modified and the tender reconvened.
The Argentina Chamber of Electronic, Electromechanical and Lighting considers Panama to be a gateway to the Central American market.
Companies from the argentine electricity sector are looking to consolidate themselves in the Central America and Caribbean market.
The Argentina Chamber of Electronic, Electromechanical and Lighting Companies (CADIEEL) will be participating in the organization of an Argentine Pavilion at the 2014 edition of IEEE CONCAPAN from 12 to 14 November.
The municipality of Sonsonate has awarded the company Aes Clesa y Compañía a contract for the supply and installation of LED lights to be used in park lighting and at the Ana Mercedes Campos Municipal Stadium.
On October 27 For $4,403,785 a contract was awarded for the lighting design, electrical design, fixtures and accessories, indoor and outdoor lighting, emergency lighting, lighting fixtures, signage and lighting of hazardous areas, mobile projectors, etc.
The municipality of Ilopango in El Salvador wishes to grant in concession Street Lighting Services for the entire system and modernization of infrastructure.
Government Purchase El Salvador LP-AMILOP-05-2014:
"Project: Concession of a Public Lighting Service for the Municipality of Ilopango, and Modernization of entire system and public lighting infrastructure, its expansion, maintenance, operation and management with LED light bulbs."
From November 27th to 29th electricity companies from Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua will take part in the International Fair for Electricity Industry (FISE) 2013 in Colombia.
The fifth version of the show which will feature goods and services such as transformers, engineering works, bulbs for public lighting and other things, will be held in Medellin.
Sensity Systems, an innovator in intelligent lighting systems, has announced a $490 million investment for the assembly of its products in that country, without disclosing the funding sources.
In the statement by the Agency for the Promotion of Exports and Investments of El Salvador (PROESA) no reference was made to funding sources. Nor is there much public information about Sensity Systems (except in their own press releases).
Countries involved in the Mesoamerica Project will create an Efficient Illumination Strategy in Central America, to reduce the use of incandescent lamps.
From the website of the Mesoamerica Project:
Countries launch strategy to promote efficient lighting in Central America
The countries involved in the Mesoamerica Project have officially launched the start of activities to create an Efficient Lighting Strategy in Central America, with the goal of promoting policies and practices aimed at reducing the use of incandescent bulbs and advance the transition to efficient lighting (low energy consumption) in Central America.
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