REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

(CONSULTING SERVICES)

NILE BASIN INTIATIVE (NBI)/NILE EQUATORIAL LAKES SUBSIDIARY ACTION PROGRAM (NELSAP)

Power/Energy

Project ID P-Z1-FAD-018, Grant No.: 5150155003151

Update of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment & Resettlement Action Plan (ESIA& RAP) for Uganda-DRC Power Interconnection Line.

 

The Nile Basin Initiative/ Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NBI/NELSAP) has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) towards the cost for Uganda-D. R Congo Power Interconnection Line Project and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for ESIA/RAP study update.

The ESIA/RAP study update is to identify current probable environmental and social impacts that the project will create as well as to determine measures to prevent, minimize, mitigate or compensate for adverse impacts, and for environmental enhancement to be integrated in the planning and design of the project. The ESIA will at the same time generate an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) that describes in detail the mitigation measures to be carried out, the costing, scheduling and responsibility of such measures, and a detailed monitoring process.

The proposed project consists of construction of a high voltage transmission line and associated substations at Beni, Butembo and Bunia and upgrade of the Nkenda Substation. The total distance of the line is estimated at 396 km and will run from the existing Nkenda substation in Kasese in western region of Uganda and will continue up to Bunia and Butembo via Beni in the north eastern region of D.R Congo.

At present, Nkenda substation is fed by a long radial single circuit 132 kV line from Mutundwe near Kampala via Kabulasoke and Nkonge substation. Since the completion of the Feasibility Study of this proposed project in 2013, the following transmission line projects have been commissioned in Uganda: Kawanda-Masaka 220kV, Nkenda-Fort Portal-Hoima 220kV, Bujagali-Isimba 132kV, Mbarara-Mirama 220kV, Mbarara-Nkenda 132kV, and Kawanda-Kapeeka 132kV.

The Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may constitute joint-ventures to enhance their chances of qualification. Detailed Terms of References can be downloaded from www.nelsap.nilebasin.org’

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the shortlist and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations, October 2015”, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours [email protected] on weekdays from 08:00 to 17:00 hours Rwandan Time, excluding public holidays.

Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by 7th October 2020 at 16:00 hours Rwandan time and clearly referenced ‘EOI for Update of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment & Resettlement Action Plan (ESIA& RAP) for Uganda-DRC Power Interconnection Line’.

Attn: NELSAP-CU, Eng.  Elicad Elly  Nyabeeya,  Regional Coordinator,  P.O Box  6759 Kigali,

RWANDA, Tel: +250 788307334, Email : [email protected] with copy to [email protected]