Balance of Plant Scoping
Latin America and the Caribbean
January 15, 2025Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) engaged K&M to provide advisory services for developing a balance of plant (BOP) scope for the final dual fuel conversion for Engine Room 5. Under this assignment, K&M will review the proposals submitted by MAN and BWSC for the dual-fuel conversion of Engine Room 5 and develop a final project scope and price (if applicable) to enable CUC to solicit bids. K&M will begin by reviewing MAN’s proposal and their scope of services matrix, followed by an evaluation of the scope described in the BWSC proposal. K&M will then develop a comprehensive list of systems and BOP (Balance of Plant) equipment items required for the conversion to gas. Next, K&M will compare the BWSC proposed scope to MAN’s scope matrix and the internally developed list to identify any gaps or additional work that may be necessary. The team will also review the mechanical and technical specifications, provide detailed comments, and prepare a list of clarification questions for BWSC, MAN, and CUC as needed. Following this, K&M will evaluate the responses to these clarifications and incorporate the findings into the scope matrix and, if required, into the total price proposed by BWSC. Finally, K&M will prepare a detailed report summarizing the activities performed, presenting the final project scope and price (if applicable). This report will provide CUC with the necessary information to solicit bids for the project and evaluate those bids against the indicative benchmark pricing.
