Government of Ghana/

African Development Bank

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM REINFORCEMENT AND EXTENSION

PROJECT (EDSREP)

Project ID No.: P-GH-F00-005

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST : CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY AUTHORITY (MOEn/GEDSREP/REA/QCBS/02)

The Government of the Republic of Ghana has received financing from the African Development Bank in the form of a loan toward the cost of Electricity Distribution System Reinforcement and Extension Project (EDSREP). The GEDAP Secretariat of the Ministry of Energy, an implementing agency, intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this loan to eligible payments under the contract for the consultant services for the development of the framework for the establishment and operationalization of the Renewable Energy Authority.

The assignment will seek to conduct a study and develop all relevant frameworks required for the establishment of the Ghana Renewable Energy Authority with the mandate to own, operate and manage RE investments in which the state has an interest.

More specifically, the services shall include, but shall not be limited to, the tasks outlined below:

Review the existing legal, policies, institutional arrangements in the RE Sector, identify gaps and make appropriate recommendations

Develop the framework for the establishment of the authority, and Draft the REA bill.

The implementation period for the assignment is estimated to be four (4) calendar months.

The GEDAP Secretariat of the Ministry of Energy now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (detailed company profile [including providing organizational structure, certificate of incorporation, years in business, core business, etc.]; description of similar assignments handled; experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.).

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-listed and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Procurement Policy Framework (October 2015)”, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.

Interested consultants may obtain further information, where available, from the address below during office hours i.e. 09.00 to 16.00hours GMT.

Three (3) copies of the Expressions of interest (EOI) must be delivered to the address below by 28th August 2020 at 15:00 GMT local time with the submission envelope labelled “CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY AUTHORITY”:

The Project Coordinator

EDSREP/GEDAP Secretariat

Room 201, 2nd Floor, Ministry of Energy

Pension Drive Road, Energy Close, Ministries Area, Accra

P.O. Box SD 40, Accra, GHANA

E-mail : [email protected]; [email protected]