GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY INVENTORY FACILITY

1. The United Republic of Tanzania has received a grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) administrated by the African Development Bank to finance the establishment of the Renewable Energy Investment Facility.

2. The principal objectives of this project are to improve the enabling environment for renewable energy investments to support the Government of Tanzania (GoT) to meet the country’s socio economic development objective of increasing electricity access rates through the design and structuring of a Renewable Energy Investment Facility (REIF), which will provide affordable finance to private sector clean energy projects providing energy access to rural communities.

3. The project includes the following components:
Component 1: Scoping/Market Study and Options Assessment to assess the ‘market failure’ for private sector RE investments within Tanzania’s country context of existing and proposed initiatives. Component 2: Technical Assistance for establishment of REIF which entails the deployment of technical assistance/consultant advisory services to Rural Energy Agency/Government of Tanzania towards the establishment of the Facility.
One consultant firm will be responsible for the execution of the project deliverables under Components 1 and 2;
Component 3: Technical/Institutional Support for REA for REIF for ancillary and complementary measures towards the establishment of the Facility. One consultant firm will be responsible for the execution of the project deliverables under this Component.


4. Acquisition of consulting services will be carried out in accordance with the Bank’s ‘Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations, dated October 2015’ notably, the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method. Bidding documents are expected to be available in March 2017.


5. Interested bidders may obtain further information, and should confirm their interest, by contacting: Rural Energy Agency (REA); Attn: Mrs Justina P. Uisso.



Director General
Rural Energy Agency (REA)
Mawasiliano Towers, 2nd Floor
Sam Nujoma Road
P. O. Box 7990
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

E-Mail: info@rea.go.tz
Tel: +255 22 2412001, +255 22 2412002, +255 22 2412003
Fax: +255 22 2412007