Avis de recrutement d’un assistance technique à arm-Harith Distributed Power Holding Company (ADP HOLDCO), Côte d’Ivoire

 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ARM-HARITH DISTRIBUTED POWER HOLDING COMPANY (ADP HOLDCO) –

Consulting Firms

Extension of the original EOI deadline

  1. The African Development Bank hereby invites Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Technical Assistance to ARM-Harith Distributed Power Holding Company (ADP) ;
  1. The ARM Harith’s Climate and Transition Fund has received funding from the African Development Bank through the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), under the aegis of the Leveraging Energy Access Finance Framework (LEAF) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for the Technical Assistance to Arm-Harith Distributed Power Holding Company. ADP is an asset holding company incorporated in Mauritius and managed by ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Limited (ARMHIIL), with the following objectives :
  • Provide equity and equity-like instruments to the distributed energy sector which typically has smaller ticket investment sizes at varying levels of project sizes and operational maturity ;
  • Mobilize affordable, long term, local currency debt financing via an investible balance sheet to enable the delivery of commercial debt and debt capital from domestic financial institutions ;
  • Consolidate best practice, technology systems to scale off grid energy solutions at a rapid pace.
  1. The services to be provided under the Assignment include: to assist ADP in its next phase of growth. Divided into four parts, the expert technical support provided by the Consultant will provide guidance to ADP on how to optimize its investment structure and methodology to improve efficiency and shorten timelines for investing in new project companies to prepare ADP for rapid expansion of its investment portfolio and future funding raising efforts. Specifically, the technical assistance is to be provided in these areas :
  • Legal structuring advice for ADP (incorporated in Mauritius) and local SPVs (incorporated in Nigeria) for direct investments models ;
  • Tax Advice for Nigeria, Mauritius and other jurisdictions as may be recommended in the above scope ;
  • Pipeline Development Support for Pipeline development and readiness via: Financial Modelling, Standard Project Readiness Assessment Documentation and Selection Criteria ;
  • Climate and Gender Development Impact Enhancement, Measurement and Reporting.
  1. The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department invites Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested eligible Consulting Firms or associations of Consulting Firms shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to provide the services (documentation, references for similar services, experience in comparable assignments, availability of qualified staff, etc.) ;
  1. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for the Use of Consultants. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consulting Firm does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include it in the shortlist ;
  1. The estimated duration of services is 6 Months, and the estimated starting date is 1 September 2022 ;
  1. Interested Consulting Firms can obtain more information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours. For the EOI to be considered, the consultant needs to be registered in the AfDB DACON Consultant Database ;
  1. Expressions of interest must be received at the address below no later than 29th July 2022 at 18:00 hours GMT and should specifically mention [Arm-Harith Distributed Power Holding Company].

Mrs. Fatma Ben Abda, Principal Distributed Energy Solutions Officer, PERN1 E-mail : f.benabda@afdb.org and  Mr. Wilhelm Diogo, Complex Assistant, PERN Email: w.diogo@afdb.org

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