GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SÃO TOME E PRINCIPE
ENERGY TRANSITION SUPPORT PROGRAMME (ETSP)
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
- The Government of Sao Tome & Principe has received a grant from the African Development Fund to finance the Energy Transition Support Program (ETSP) ;
- The principal objectives of this project are to support the Government of Sao Tome & Principe in promoting green growth and the sustainable development of STP’s power system, as well as in strengthening public financial management and the business climate. It is expected that the program’s implementation translates into more generation capacity based on development of renewable energy sources and higher availability of existing installed capacity. The Program will also improve financial and economic governance as well as the enabling environment ;
- The project includes the following components :
- Component 1 : Power system upgrade and energy efficiency program. urgent grid reinforcement and maintenance works on existing thermal plants to reduce risk of major power outages as equipment is aging and plants suffer from a maintenance backlog. Component I will also fund (ii) the rehabilitation of the Papagaio hydropower plant (iii) the construction of a solar PV plant at the existing Santo Amaro thermal power plant and (iv) the implementation of an Energy Efficiency (EE) program, as well as (v) the consultancy services for the design, ESIAs and work supervision for all the activities ;
- Component 2 : Strengthening financial governance, business climate and export capacity. (i) strengthening of the SAFE-e integrated financial management information system (IFMIS); (ii) enhancing of institutional capacity for domestic resource mobilization, debt management and budget preparation and execution; (iii) improving the business climate and (iv) improvement of cargo export capacity ;
- Component 3 : Project Management and capacity building. Component III will provide funding to (i) support the Project Implementation Unit (PIU), (ii) set-up a Health, Safety, Social and Environment (HSSE) unit within the water and electricity utility (EMAE), (iii) undertake project audits and (iv) provide capacity building in hydropower, solar energy and energy efficiency, while promoting gender equality with the support of the National Institute for the Promotion of Gender Equality and Equity (INPG).
- Procurement of goods (including non-consultancy services), works and the acquisition of consulting services, financed by the Bank for the program, will be carried out in accordance with the “Procurement Policy and Methodology for Bank Group Funded Operations” (BPM), dated October 2015 and following the provisions stated in the Financing Agreement. Bidding documents are expected to be available in October 2020 ;
- Interested bidders may obtain further information, and should confirm their interest, by contacting : MINISTERIO DAS INFRAESTRUTURAS, RECURSOS NATURAIS E AMBIENTE (MOPIRNA).
Av. Marginal 12 Julho, Código postal 130, São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe
Contact person : Mr Leonel NETO
E-mail : ETISP@GMAIL.COM