Power Sector Reform, Investment and Modernization in Ethiopia (PRIME-1)

Source: World Bank — Power Sector Reform, Investment and Modernization in Ethiopia (PRIME-1)

 GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

COUNTRY: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

NAME OF PROJECT: Power Sector Reform Investment and Modernization in Ethiopia (PRIME-1)

PRACTICE AREA: Infrastructure / Energy

Project ID No. P176731

The Feral Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has applied for financing in the amount of US$ 500 Million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Power Sector Reform Investment and Modernization in Ethiopia (PRIME-1), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The project will rehabilitate the distribution network in existing grid-connected areas across 72 key towns. Fourteen new transmission lines and sub-stations will be constructed. The project will invest in modernization of transmission and distribution networks. It will also support risk-mitigation for competitively selected IPP projects, including drillings to establish geothermal resources and establishment of a Forex Liquidity Support Mechanism (FLSM).

The project will include the following components:

1) Component-1:  Distribution MV Network Refurbishment and Modernization

This component will improve the quality of supply and help expand grid electricity access by rehabilitating distribution networks across seventy-two (72) towns,  support the continued modernization of the Addis Ababa city distribution transformer metering system as a part of the ongoing Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) revenue protection program (RPP), consultancies for Preparatory Activities and Project Management Activities will be used to monitor as well as quality control the implementation of transmission construction and  also provide support to EEU specifically for structural and operational reform-related technical assistance as well as institutional capacity building.

2) Component-2:  Transmission Network Strengthening and Modernization

This component consists of three sub-components (i) transmission network upgrade and extension to improve the overall service delivery of the electricity network, (ii) grid modernization to improve system reliability and resilience; and (iii) Consulting services, capacity building and project implementation support.

3) Component-3:  Enabling RE Generation

This component will enable geothermal development by preparing upstream sites, establish foreign liquidity support mechanism to mitigate the forex availability risk, and build capacity through technical assistance on RE.

4) Component-4: Technical Assistance and Institutional Capacity Building at PEA

This component will provide technical assistance and institutional capacity strengthening support to enable Petroleum and Energy Authority (PEA) to effectively discharge its mandates and achieve its medium-term strategic plan.

Under the above Project the main goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured through open international competitive procurement include:

Contracts to be procured by Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP)

1. Design, Supply, and Installation, test and Commissioning of fourteen (14) 132kV and 230kV transmission lines with a total estimated length of 601.4km, clustered geographically into Five (5) Contracts
2. Design, Supply, and Installation test and Commissioning of fourteen (14) 132kV and 230kV substations, clustered geographically into Five (5) Contracts
3. Design, Supply, and Installation test & Commissioning of a new metering & instrumentation testing facilities and deployment of System Defense Mechanism for EEP’s Grid
4. Procurement of drilling service (mobilization, de mobilization, operation and maintenance of rigs including spare parts) for drilling of three wells at Adonshe of Aluto and four wells at Allalobeda, four shallow and two deep wells at Dubti
5. Procurement of drilling consumables such as drilling chemicals, casings, well heads, valves, testing equipment, etc. and spare part supply
6. Procurement of twenty four (24) double cabins pickups,
7. Consultancy Service to Prepare final technical design and bid documents for the 14 Transmission Line and Substation, and Prepare Term of Reference for Grid Modernization.
8. Consultancy Service for Supervision and Contract management of Transmission and Substation construction, System Instrumentation Improvement, drilling operations and well testing on exploration wells.
9. Consultancy Service for securing adequate tariff revenues for EEP; for achieving economically optimal investments; for accounting functional, asset and human resource separation of Generation, Transmission, and System Operation functions; and for Power Sector Structural Reform Roadmap Study.
10. Capacity Building of EEP, MoF & MoM on Renewable Energy Investment; Capacity Building of PEA on Energy Sector Regulation, Capacity building of EEP’s rig Crew and data management implementation, office software’s and hardware’s to strengthen new institutional capacity

Contracts to be procured by Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU)

1. EPC for Rehabilitation and modernization of the distribution MV network in seventy-two (72) towns in 11 regional states and clustered geographically into eight (8) Contracts
2. Procurement of 80 double cabin pick-ups
3. Consultancy service for project management (supervision and contract administration),  Consultancy service for Environmental and Social Risk Management Capacity Strengthening Program, consultancy service for Capacity Building Support and  Consultancy Service for Performance Based Conditions (PBCs) to track progress on specific structural and operational

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016 July 2016, revised November 2017, August 2018, November 2020 and September 2023) (Procurement Regulations), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations.  After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection.

Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online, on the World Bank’s external website and Ethiopian Herald.

Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below:

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP),

Mr. Kefyalew Mergiya, Procurement Director

Yeka Sub-city, Woreda 09, Infront of Kotebe Metal Industry, Block Number 9, 1st Floor, Room No.103

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel: +251115580597/0781

E-mail: kmergiya@yahoo.com

Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU),

Ms. Salma Negash, Procurement Manager, Wastina Mega Commercial Center 11th Floor

Email: salmanegash@gmail.com