GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Name of Borrower’s Country : Lesotho

Name of Project : Renewable Energy Grid Integration Study

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho has received a grant under the Sustainable Renewable Energy Program (SREP) from the African Development Bank to finance a Renewable Energy Grid Integration/Absorption Study.

The principal objectives of this project are to :

The objective of the study is to assess the impacts on the transmission and distribution networks of the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) of variable renewable energy generation (VREG) and to establish the level of absorption, both quantitatively and in relative terms of such intermittent renewable energy generation in the LEC power system in the medium to long-term. The study should provide results under scenarios of integration in the transmission grid by LEC and Independent Power Producers (IPPs), and in the distribution system by households and other consumers. It should also enable enhanced capacity of the staff of LEC in transmission and distribution system planning and analysis to carry out similar studies through well designed and structured training, as well the acquisition, under study, of the latest power industry accepted software for transmission and distribution studies and planning. The study should address the technical barriers so that the greater adoption of renewable energy will progress quickly in Lesotho, assisting in the « take-off phase » by (i) mastering how to control grid with renewable energy and; (ii) lowering the cost of renewable energy integration by saving the investment on regulation reserve considering that Lesotho power system is a fully integrated operating member of the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP).

This assignment will be carried out by a consultant procured using ICB procurement method.

Acquisition of services of consultants will follow the Bank’s Rules of Procedure for the Use of Consultants. Bidding documents are expected to be available in March 2019.

Meanwhile, interested firms may seek additional information by contacting :

Lesotho Electricity Company (Pty) Ltd

53 Moshoeshoe Road

Industrial Area

Maseru West

P O Box 423

Maseru 100

Lesotho

Contact name: Mr Nts’ito Mahao

Telephone number: (+266) 2231 2236

Fax number : (+266) 2231 0093