Powering Health
Electrification Options for Developing Country Health Facilities
5. Design, Procure, and Install the Energy System
Implementing your energy system will include a number of steps including designing the system, preparing bid packages and technical specifications, procurement, and finally, installation.
Design and Installation
Proper system design and installation are the first steps required for sustainable on-site health facility energy systems. Off-grid energy system design is quite complex and should typically be done by a trained professional. This page does not attempt to teach the user how to do a design and installation, but rather covers some general principles and lessons learned.
Preparing Bid Packages
A “bid package” is prepared to ensure that the group procuring energy equipment is clear about the equipment and services it expects to purchase and the suppliers of equipment and services know exactly what they are expected to supply and the manner in which they are expected to supply the goods and services.
The bid package is a source of information for tendering companies and should provide them with a complete set of information to prepare their bids. The more complete a bid document is, the more likely that suppliers of equipment will provide equipment and services that meets the needs of the job and works for a long time.
Standards and Technical Specifications
Properly drafted specifications and standards can allow each energy system to be tailored to meet the needs of the facility while still ensuring best practice design and installation protocols are followed.
Example Bid Documents: Procurement and Installation of Inverter and Battery Systems – Improving Energy Services at Health Facilities in Haiti, (PDF 12,320K)
A solicitation for bids from qualified suppliers of electric power installations to procure, deliver, install and commission inverter/battery systems in seven hospitals or clinics in the northern region of the country to improve the reliability of electricity for laboratories, examination rooms and data centers in these facilities.
Technical Drawings
The schematics provide technical installation drawings for inverter/battery power backup systems at health clinics in Haiti.
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