CAPT approves smart meter tender

KUWAIT CITY, May 26: The Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) approved the request of the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy to issue a tender for the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of smart water meters, setting the deadline for submitting bids on June 23. This is for the supply 300,000 smart meters in the first phase, supporting the efforts to increase the targeted digital transformation rates in the development plan in various government entities. These smart meters will enable the ministry to conduct accurate remote consumption readings, as well as detect leaks and meter tampering, thus, enhancing efforts to rationalize water consumption and reduce losses.

The meters utilize modern technologies that allow the automatic transmission of readings to the central system of the ministry, thus, improving monitoring and consumption management efficiency. The ministry finalized the technical specifications for the tender after studying meter models used in other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and identifying specifications suitable for the conditions and climate of Kuwait. These specifications and technical standards will be included in the tender documents to ensure compliance by competing companies. In a related development, CAPT also approved the request of the ministry to issue a tender for the supply and installation of 132 kV underground cables for the two main substations in Amghara Industrial Area, to strengthen the 132 kV and 33 kV electrical networks. The project is in line with the plan of the ministry to develop the electrical infrastructure and meet the increasing demand for power in industrial areas.

By Mohammad Ghanem Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff