Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) selected Podgorica-based Sistem-MNE to supervise construction of the Otilovići small hydropower plant in Pljevlja, at a fee of 120,999 euros including VAT. EPCG published the award decision on 27 October 2026. The tender’s estimated value was 121,000 euros including VAT, and the procurement ran from 10 to 26 August 2026.
Sistem-MNE was the sole bidder. Its subcontractors will be D&D ing, Permonte, N1 and Enproing. An appeal against the selection decision may be filed within ten days.
Construction and supervision schedule
The supervision contract covers monitoring construction, production, delivery and installation of electromechanical equipment, factory acceptance tests, site testing and commissioning. Once the contract is signed, the supervisor will have access to the revised main design and all prepared documentation. The documents say the service schedule must follow the construction timetable set out in the project contractor’s agreement.
The schedule provides for 12 months from the contractor’s start on site, after a construction permit is obtained, until the end of trial operation. A 36-month warranty period follows the trial run. The supervision is intended to ensure the works comply with the revised main design, regulations, professional standards and established practice, and that equipment is correctly sized, manufactured, delivered, installed and tested.
EPCG signed an 8.22 million euro construction contract with Vigoris Ecotech in late January 2026. It was signed by EPCG chief executive Zdravko Dragaš and Vigoris Ecotech chief executive Siniša Višnjić. The project is expected to be completed in autumn 2027.
Otilovići is planned alongside the existing dam on the Ćehotina River, which was built in 1982 to supply water to the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant. The project will use surplus water flowing from the reservoir. It requires deepening 650 metres of the riverbed, building a pipeline about 100 metres long and constructing three new facilities. The work will take place on state land, so no private plots will need to be purchased.
The planned plant has a capacity of about three megawatts and is expected to generate enough electricity for about 1,200 households. The Government gave the green light in September 2021 for a concession to use water to build hydropower plants and develop the reservoir’s water potential. In late April 2026, the Government and EPCG signed a third amendment to the concession agreement, extending the deadline for completing the project’s first phase by a further ten months. In mid-May 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency decided EPCG would not have to prepare an environmental impact assessment for Otilovići.
