Bernardo Castellanos considered that there is no reason to justify the purchase of rebuilt equipment with public funds
The Southern Electricity Distribution Company (Edesur) issued a tender, through the so-called emergency exception procedure, to purchase rebuilt transformers for a value of RD$57,732,114 million.
The tender is signed by Jose Luis Actisinterim general manager of Edesur, who was appointed to the position by the Unified Council of Electricity Distributors (CUDE).
The objective of the tender is to “relieve the overload of transformers and meet current demand and service supply throughout the Edesur concession area“, according to the minutes approving the expert report and declaring the urgency for the acquisition of rebuilt transformers on July 31.
In order to justify the urgent tender, one of the recitals of this document establishes that because the transformers operate with overload, the risk of breakdowns or failures in the distribution network increases, which will result in power outages.
The tender is divided into two lots, the first of 404 rebuilt transformers and the second of 34.
Electrical expert Bernardo Castellanos said he was not aware that the Edes were holding tenders to buy rebuilt transformers. He believes that the Edesur tender is a step backwards.
He said there was no reason to justify the purchase of rebuilt equipment with public funds.
He understands that a state-owned company must be stricter with the quality and guarantee of the equipment it purchases.
He wondered if Catalina Point buy new or refurbished equipment.
