REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(INDIVIDUAL CONSULTING SERVICES)

Africa Development Bank

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department

Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa

Consulting services relating to renewable energy (RE) generation and power sector investments

Individual Long-term Consultant

  1. The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (“SEFA”) is a Special Fund that provides technical assistance, project preparation support and catalytic finance to unlock private sector investments related to grid-connected and off-grid renewable energy generation, as well as energy efficiency, across the African continent. The Fund’s operations are categorised according to three thematic areas, namely Green Baseload, Green Mini-Grids and Energy Efficiency.
  1. The African Development Bank (“the Bank”), as the administrator of SEFA, hereby invites Individual Consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest to provide services related to scaling up renewable energy (RE) generation and power sector investments – including complementary energy storage and grid infrastructure capacity. The services are expected to be provided on an exclusive basis, over a period not exceeding twelve (12) months. The assignment will be undertaken under the Green Baseload theme.
  1. Under the leadership and guidance of the SEFA Technical Unit (TU), which falls under the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department (PERN), the selected Consultant’s core duties will include but not be limited to:
  • Project pipeline development: identifying and facilitating the approval of new technical assistance (TA), project preparation and concessional investment (CI) projects and programmes, based on applicable processes and procedures;
  • Project portfolio management: monitoring the implementation of approved projects and programmes, as well as supporting their timely progression to completion. This will include regular supervisory reviews, as well as the compilation/review of progress and completion reports; the assessment of options for integrating large shares of RE generation, noting requirements related to power system operations, grid capacity, flexibility and energy storage; and/or; programme design considerations for the procurement of renewable energy (RE) IPP and battery energy storage systems (BESS);
  • Development and dissemination of best-practices: analysis of trends in finance and business models, and compilation of applicable knowledge products;
  • Operational and strategic support: ad-hoc activities within SEFA or the Bank broadly, including contributing to internal and public reports/documents.
  1. Interested eligible Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to provide the services (documentation, references for similar services, experience in comparable assignments, etc), as well as an indication of availability to provide services on an exclusive basis during the assignment’s tenure.
  1. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall conform to the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for the Use of Consultants under projects financed by the Bank Group. Please note that the expression of interest by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include the Consultant in the short-list.
  1. Interested Consultants can obtain more information by writing to the email address mentioned below. Expressions of Interest must be received by e-mail at the address below no later than 30 June 2021 at 12pm local (Abidjan) time and should specifically mention the name of the assignment (i.e. “Individual Long-term Consultant – Renewable Energy (RE) Generation and Power Sector Investments Expert”).

Attn: Mr. Joao Duarte CUNHA, Division Manager PENP1/PERN,

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department

E-mail: [email protected] with copy to [email protected] and [email protected]