The department of electricity energy invited "experienced and committed" groups to participate in a pre-qualification process for transmission projects, it said in an advertisement. The plan is to build 14 218km of transmission lines over the next decade.
"The private sector will design, finance, construct, operate and maintain" transmission lines and substations, it said. Bidders must have the "necessary technical expertise, financial capacity and proven experience required to deliver transmission capacity at significant scale and within accelerated timeframes".