{"id":89417,"date":"2025-06-03T13:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=89417"},"modified":"2025-06-19T00:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T04:12:30","slug":"jps-rfp1027336-request-for-expression-of-interest-for-sale-of-retired-simple-cycle-gas-turbine-and-spare-parts","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/?post_type=job_listing&p=89417","title":{"rendered":"JPS RFP#1027336 &#8211; Request for Expression of Interest for Sale of Retired Simple Cycle Gas Turbine and Spare Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 29<sup>th<\/sup>, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JPS Request for Expression of Interest # 1027336<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale of Retired Simple Cycle Gas Turbine and Spare Parts <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Vendors<\/p>\n<p>Only Electronic submissions will be accepted, using ShareFile by Citrix.\u00a0 All uploads will be confidential. Additional information on this software can be accessed by clicking the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic Client Guide <a href=\"https:\/\/citrix.sharefile.com\/share\/view\/s1bff52f8d434781a\">https:\/\/citrix.sharefile.com\/share\/view\/s1bff52f8d434781a<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Training (video) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharefile.com\/support\/training\">https:\/\/www.sharefile.com\/support\/training<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>REOI 1027336 activities are guided by the dates stated in the EOI Schedule highlighted in Section 4.1.1 of this document.\u00a0 Observing these dates,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Section 2.1 (Points of Contact) provides Instructions to submit questions via email only<\/li>\n<li>A combined response to questions will be posted on the JPS website only<\/li>\n<li>Respondents must confirm their intention to bid in order to be setup in JPS ShareFile folder<\/li>\n<li>Access to individual vendor folders will be given at least 5 days before the bid closes to eliminate any issues for bid upload by EOI deadline.<\/li>\n<li>Files must be accurately labelled\/named. Financial Proposal must be a separate file from your Technical Information.<\/li>\n<li>ShareFile Access will be removed when the EOI closes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bids will <u>not<\/u> be accepted via email.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regards<\/p>\n<p>JPS Purchasing Dept.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>1.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) is an integrated electric utility company engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity throughout the island of Jamaica. JPS owns and operates 28 generating units and purchases power from seven independent power producers (IPP). JPS assets include conventional thermal plants (506 MW), hydro and wind (32.12 MW), 50 substations, approximately 1200 km of transmission lines and 20,534 km of distribution lines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The common shares of JPS are held 40% by Marubeni Corporation, 40% by Korea East West Power Company (\u201cKEWP\u201d), 19.9% by the Government of Jamaica (\u201cGOJ\u201d) and the remaining 0.1% by a group of minority shareholders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Office of Utilities Regulation (\u201cOUR\u201d) is the independent regulatory agency with responsibility for regulating the electricity sector in Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Along with the provision of electricity, the JPS is a key partner in national development.\u00a0 The Company has a vibrant corporate social responsibility portfolio and makes significant contributions in the areas of education, sports, and community development.\u00a0 The Company also has a strong environmental focus and carries out its operations in an environmentally friendly manner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">JPS has the following status with Jamaica Customs \u2013 Authorized Economic Operator (AEO). It is an internationally recognized quality mark which indicates that the JPS supply chain is secure, and that the JPS customs\u2019 procedures and policies are compliant. With this designation, JPS Warehouse and Procurement Teams are subject to audit and monitoring by Jamaica Customs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">JPS has received the \u201cLetter of Notification (LON) from the Ministry of Science Energy and Technology (MSET) dated July 27, 2022, for the replacement of 171.5MW of aged generating assets. This is in keeping the Right of First Refusal (ROFR) for the replacement of these assets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To satisfy the retirement and decommissioning of this capacity of 171.5 MW Power Plant facilities, JPS is proposing to sell these assets in a state of \u201cuseful operating condition.\u201d The purpose of this Expression of Interest (EOI) is to identify qualified firms who are interested in procuring these assets \u201cAs Is Where Is\u201d or other appropriate method of disposal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The purpose of this EOI is to identify reputable interested entities in the market that will purchase these assets upon retirement. The cost estimates provided will aid in the costs estimates for demolition, environmental remediation, and salvage value for the decommissioning exercise. The cost estimates will be utilized to support JPS 2024 \u2013 2029 rate case submission to the OUR. (Regulator).<a name=\"_Toc158648131\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\">Generating Assets for Retirement<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Gas Turbines (Simple Cycle) listed for sale within this EOI are located at the Hunts Bay and Bogue Power Plants in Kingston and Montego Bay respectively. Hunts Bay: (GT#5 and GT#10) and at Bogue Power Plant (GT3, GT6, GT7, GT9), totaling 131.5 MW. JPS is currently in the development phase of a 171.5MW, power facility to replace assets that will be due for retirement over the next three to four years.<\/p>\n<h4>Purpose<\/h4>\n<p>The purpose of this EOI is to identify reputable interested entities in the market that will purchase these assets upon their retirement in 2028. The submissions provided will aid in the gathering of information related to demolition, environmental remediation, and salvage values for the decommissioning exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the following link to read this document in its entirety:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/REOI-1027336-Sale-of-Retired-Gas-Turbines-Spare-Parts.pdf\">REOI- 1027336- Sale of Retired Gas Turbines Spare Parts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":82501,"template":"single-job.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_promoted":"","_job_location":"Jamaica","_application":"mailto:agbrown@jpsco.com","_company_name":"Jamaica Public Service Company","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.jpsco.com","_company_tagline":"Powering What Matters","_company_twitter":"@myJPSonline","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-categories":[],"job-types":[3545],"class_list":{"0":"post-89417","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","7":"job-type-request-for-expressions-of-interest"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/89417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/82501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=89417"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=89417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}