NAWEC AND SENELEC SIGNED A 50MW POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT (PPA)

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1st April 2022

PRESS RELEASE

NAWEC AND SENELEC SIGNED A 50MW POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT (PPA)

 

DAKAR, SENEGAL, 31st March 2022 – The National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) wishes to inform the public that it has signed a power purchase agreement with the Société Nationale d’électricité du Sénégal (Senelec). The Managing Director of NAWEC, Mr Nani Juwara, and the Director General of Senelec, Mr Papa Mademba Biteye, signed the agreement in Dakar, Senegal, which is meant to facilitate the importation of 50 megawatts of electricity through the Soma and Brikama OMVG  substations for a period of five years. NAWEC will initially use 30 megawatts this year on a take-and-pay basis.

 

With the signing of this agreement and the completion of the 225kV transmission lines and substations of the OMVG from Kaolack-Soma-Brikama, NAWEC for the first time ever has secured sufficient power capacity in the Greater Banjul Area (GBA) to meet current demand. The new OMVG transmission line has been connected to the local network and the final stages of commissioning and testing are completed.

 

“This is only one of many steps underway to provide stable electricity to our people. It is a very important milestone that we have been working towards for some time” Mr Nani Juwara, Managing Director of NAWEC highlighted at the signing ceremony.

 

The next and most transformative step to stabilizing the electricity supply will be to complete the upgrading and extension of the distribution networks.  NAWEC has been working hard to maintain and expand existing services while also meeting the rapid growth in demand. However, due to the very poor condition of the network inherited in 2017, this is a huge task that requires extensive investment, which is being negotiated through a series of funders. To this extent, NAWEC requests the patience of the public as they strive to address this through major restructuring to provide better services.

 

The capacity for imports through the OMVG transmission line to GBA is 150 megawatts, so there is a significant increase in the potential to meet the growth in demand with sufficient expansion of the distribution network.

 

NAWEC is grateful to The Gambia government for facilitating the required funding by donors and lenders,  particularly in this instance, The World Bank, African Development Bank and The Kuwaiti Fund for the generous funds that have contributed towards the completion of the transmission lines and substations Special thanks to the OMVG for the coordination and the final delivery of this important infrastructure for our countries.

This milestone underlines the fact that the NAWEC turnaround program is yielding results.

“We take this occasion to remind you all that our vision at NAWEC is to become one of the best managed and financially viable water and electricity companies in West Africa” Mr Juwara concluded.

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN) The Design, Supply, and Construction of 33kV MV lines from the OMVG Substations (Brikama and Soma) with associated 33/0.4kV Distribution Substations, LV Networks and last mile connections for costumers

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SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN):

Standard Format for Invitation for Bids

 

Date: 25 November 2021

Loan No: ADF Grant No: 210015040530

ADF (TSF) Grant No: 5900155016059

IFB No: NAWEC-GEAP-CW-01

  1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in UNDB online AfDB137-06/12 of November 12th, 2019, online and on the African Development Bank Group’s Internet Website.
  2. The Government of The Gambia has received financing from the African Development Bank in various currencies towards the cost of The Gambia Electricity Access Project (GEAP). It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for Procurement of Plant Design, Supply, and Installation for electrification of Peri-urban/Rural communities from Brikama and Soma substations in The Gambia.
  3. The Project Implementation Unit through National Water and Electricity Company Ltd now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Design, Supply, and Construction of 33kV MV lines from the OMVG Substations (Brikama and Soma) with associated 33/0.4kV Distribution Substations, LV Networks and last-mile connections for costumers.
  4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the address below (Monday – Friday) during office hours: 0800 hrs to 1600 hrs.
  5. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the above and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of US$ 300 (Three Hundred US Dollars).
  6. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the African Development Bank Standard Bidding Document: Procurement of Goods or Procurement of Works.
  7. Bids must be delivered to the above office on or before 12:00 p.m. on 2nd February 2022 and must be accompanied by a security of USD 380,000.

 

  1. Bids will be opened in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at 12:30 on 2nd February 2022 at the offices of:

 

Project Coordinator

Project Implementation Unit

National Water and Electricity Company Limited (NAWEC)

Emporium III Building, Fajara

Banjul, The Gambia

Conference Room,  1st Floor

Telephone: +220 996 1301

Email : hnjie@nawec.gm and mfsanyang@nawec.gm