Specific Procurement Notice Request for Quotations Procurement of: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of 300sqmm underground power cable to connect the Brikama Switching Station to the Brikama OMVG Substation

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Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Quotations


Procurement of:

Supply, Installation and Commissioning of 300sqmm underground power cable to connect the Brikama Switching Station to the Brikama OMVG Substation

 

Employer: National Water & Electricity Company Limited (NAWEC)

Project: Electricity Restoration and Modernization Project

Country: The Gambia

Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: IDA-D3090

RFB No: GM-NAWEC-263229-GO-RFQ

Issued on: 27th July 2022

  1. The Republic of The Gambia (hereinafter called “Borrower”) has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA), the European Investment Bank and the European Union (the “Banks”) in the form of a credit and grant (hereinafter called “credit” and “grant”) toward the cost of Gambia Electricity Restoration and Modernization Project (GERMP). The National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC), an implementing agency of the Borrower (hereinafter called “Client”), intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contract for Procurement of: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of 300sqmm underground power cable to connect the Brikama Switching Station to the Brikama OMVG Substation. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing.
  2. The National Water & Electricity Company Limited now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders to provide:
  • 3 x 36 kV, 300 sq mm, Indoor Heat Shrinkable cable sealing End.
  • 3 x 36 kV, 300 sq mm, Outdoor Heat Shrinkable cable sealing end.
  • 36 kV, XLPE-N2XS (F) 2Y – Cable 300 sq mm, Cu, 6200 Meters
  • Laying of Cables, 680 Meters
  • Connection to the Breakers – 3 connections

Qualifications requirements:

  • Minimum average annual turnover for the last 3 years: US$1 million. The number shall be supported by audited financial statements.
  • Contractual experience: minimum 2 similar contracts during the last 5 years with a minimum contract price of US$300,000. Similar contracts shall include supply and laying of underground cable for a line of 36 kV or higher voltage with the distance of at least 500 meters.
  1. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Quotations (RFQ) procedure as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 1st, 2016, revised in November 2017 and August 2018) (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
  2. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from National Water & Electricity Company, attention Haddy Njie email hnjie@nawec.gm and inspect the bidding document during office hours Monday to Thursday from 8:00am to 16:00pm and Friday from 8:00am to 12:30pm at the address given below.
  3. The RFQ document in English may be received by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below.
  4. Quotations must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 p.m. (local time), August 31st, 2022. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late submissions will be rejected. Quotations will be publicly opened same day in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 12:30 p.m. (local time).
  5. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice.
  6. The address referred to above is:

 

Attention: Mrs. Haddy Njie – Project Coordinator

Address: National Water & Electricity Company Limited,

Project Implementation Unit

Emporium III Building, Fajara

114 Kairaba Avenue, 2nd floor

City: Banjul

Country: The Gambia

Telephone: +220 996 1301/ 9967791/ 7009342

E-mail: hnjie@nawec.gm and mfsanyang@nawec.gm

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – Social Safeguards Specialist for Project Implementation Unit

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

 

The Gambia

ECOWAS-REGIONAL ELECTRICITY ACCESS PROJECT (ECOREAP)

 

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA/ D4070

 

Assignment Title: Social  Safeguards Specialist for Project Implementation Unit

Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): GM-NAWEC-275376-CS-INDV

 

The ECOWAS Regional Electricity Access Project (ECOWAS-REAP) funded by the World Bank is a series of projects aims to increase people’s access to reliable energy services, which is one of the major challenges in the ECOWAS region. It builds on the ECOWAS Rural and Peri-Urban Electrification Master Plan, designed to meet the short- and medium-term needs of the Member States in terms of access to electricity as well the regional interconnection projects funded by the World Bank under the ECOWAS Power Generation and Transmission Master Plan implemented by WAPP.

 

The proposed project is the first of two in a series of projects (SOP) to provide access to 1.1 million people in Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and The Gambia. The project will finance the expansion of medium- and low-voltage networks from the high-voltage substations of the Gambia River Basin Development Organization (Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Gambie, OMVG) and Senegal River Basin Development Organization (Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal, OMVS) to transform their power sectors and enable them to achieve their common objective of delivering more power to more consumers.

 

A Social Specialist is now being recruited by the Gambia Project Implementation Unit (PIU) to work on relevant project activities and ensuring strict compliance of project preparation and implementation activities with social safeguards regulations of the financing institutions and Gambian legislation.

In general, he/she will be responsible for providing advice and technical assistance to the project and all stakeholders to ensure acceptable quality of social risk and impact management in accordance with the World Bank’s operational policies and EHS guidelines and, where applicable, national regulations in The Gambia.

The successful applicant shall be engaged immediately on a full-time basis for two years and for additional years during the project implementation period depending on the satisfactory performance during contract duration.

 

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below:

 

Required qualifications:

  • (i) Master degree in social sciences such as political science or policy, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, social assessment studies, or related fields (with experience in areas relevant to social safeguards such as land acquisition or resettlement, vulnerable groups and individuals, gender, livelihoods, participation and civic engagement, social impact analysis, assessment of social risks).
  • (ii) At least 5 years’ experience in the region in compliance with social safeguards policies including involuntary resettlement.
  • (iii) Good knowledge of the relevant regulations/directives and operations of multilateral development organizations and executing agencies.
  • (iv) Demonstrated experience and knowledge of Bank operations and social safeguard policies, especially, experience and familiarity with complex safeguard work.
  • (v) Proven experience and skills in managing projects.
  • (vi) Proven capacity to work across multiple stakeholders, including government entities, civil society organizations (CSOs), local communities, and the private sector.
  • (vii) Demonstrated experience in the World Bank project cycle and procedures
  • (viii) Fluent in English with excellent written and oral skills.
  • (ix) Advanced computer skills and full proficiency in the use of relevant software applications in using computers and software such as Microsoft Office suite
  • (x) Participate in capacity-building training to strengthen competencies as need be.
  • (xi) Work with GBV consultant to strengthen capacity on addressing GBV/SHEA/VAC risks in the project.
  • (xii) Knowledge of local language like Mandinka, wolof, fula, or serere is a requirement since the project is intervening in rural areas.
  • (xiii) Familiarity with risks and mitigation measures related to gender-based violence (GBV) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment (SEA/SH) to ensure such risks/mitigation measures are included in the ESCP and SEP.

 

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 and revised November 2017 and July 2018 and November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.  A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 08:00 to 16:00. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by close of business July 14th, 2022.  

PIU-GAMBIA Attention: Mrs Haddy Njie – Project Coordinator

Address: National Water & Electricity Company Limited, Project Implementation Unit

Emporium III Building, Fajara

114 Kairaba Avenue Floor/ Room number: Conference Room, 1st FloorCity:

Banjul

Country: The Gambia

Telephone: +220 996 1301/ 9967791/ 7009342

Electronic mail address: hnjie@nawec.gm, (and copy to mfsanyang@nawec.gm)

TOR Social Safeguard Specialist Gambia PIUDownload

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