Tanzania/Zambia: General procurement notice for interconnection

A general procurement notice has been issued for the $595m Tanzania-Zambia transmission interconnection project. Work includes construction of the 620km 400kV Iringa-Kisada-Mbeya-Tunduma double-circuit transmission line and 400kV Tunduma-Sumbawanga single-circuit line, as well as a 4km 400kV double-circuit line from Tunduma to the Zambian border, which will be energised at 330kV. The Iringa substation will be upgraded from 220kV to 400kV and 400/220/33kV substations will be built at Kisada, Mbeya, Tunduma and Sumbawanga.