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Request for Expressions of Interest Consulting Services – Individual Consultant Selection Project: Technical Assistance to the SAPP (RETRADE SAPP) Position: Project Specialist, PAU (Two Positions) The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is a regional platform for coordinated power system planning, system operations, and cross-border electricity trading among its 12 member countries. Its operational hub, the SAPP Coordination Centre (SAPP CC) in Harare, oversees day-to-day market and system operations, as well as regional planning. The Project Advisory Unit (PAU) was established within the SAPP CC in 2015, with support from the World Bank, to coordinate and facilitate the development of selected regional energy projects from early-stage preparation through to bankability. In November 2025, the World Bank approved a grant for the Technical Assistance to the SAPP (the “Project”) , known as RETRADE SAPP. The Project forms part of the Regional Energy Transmission, Trade and Decarbonization in Southern Africa Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (RETRADE-SA MPA) Program, which also finances several interconnector investments in the SAPP region. With the objective to increase and expand the regional electricity market in the SAPP, the Project provides technical assistance to SAPP and the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) energy institutions—namely, the SADC Secretariat, the Regional Energy Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA), and the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE)—through three components: • Component 1 equips these regional institutions with technical experts, laying the foundation for the implementation of Components 2 and 3; • Component 2 supports upstream preparation for selected regional energy projects and private sector mobilization, including the operationalization of the Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF); and • Component 3 finances analytical work, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building activities essential for advancing regional energy infrastructure development and cross-border power trade. While the PAU is funded by the Project to carry out its mandate of advancing the preparation of selected regional energy projects — focusing on cross-border transmission but also potentially including in-country backbone projects and other energy investments such as renewables and battery storage supporting regional trade — it also plays a central role in the overall implementation of the RETRADE SAPP Project. SAPP now invites suitably qualified and experienced individuals (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services for the consultancy position of Project Specialist to be based at the SAPP CC Offices in Harare, Zimbabwe. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. Key Responsibilities: • Support the Programmes Manager in facilitating the identification and development of a prioritized pipeline of infrastructure projects, including cross-country and in-country transmission, renewable energy, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects to be supported by the PAU. This includes providing technical inputs on project readiness, technical viability, scoping, and sequencing. • Advise the Programmes Manager on the identification of priority infrastructure projects for PAU support, including analysis of electricity flows across interconnectors and internal lines underpinning regional trade, taking into account market conditions, existing power purchase agreements, and the private sector project pipeline, to the extent information is available. • Support the Programmes Manager in engagement with private sector developers and financiers to promote market interest in prepared infrastructure projects, including by providing technical inputs on engineering parameters. • Provide technical inputs to project implementation plans, including activity sequencing, milestones, and resource requirements, ensuring alignment with donor and stakeholder requirements. • Develop or review concept-level technical notes and design assumptions for transmission lines and substations, including route options, corridor constraints, switching schemes, transformer and reactor requirements, tower concepts, insulation levels, auxiliaries, earthing, and implementation risks. • Review and validate calculations and studies such as sag-tension, ground clearances, right-of-way widths, foundation assumptions, climate/terrain loading criteria, power flow, stability, fault analyses, protection coordination, and insulation coordination, ensuring consistency with project parameters. • Develop or review requirements and assumptions for protection and control schemes, relay specifications, substation automation, metering, SCADA/telecom interfaces, and commissioning/testing provisions, ensuring compliance with IEC standards and SAPP Operating Guidelines. • Provide technical inputs on grid-connected renewable energy and BESS interconnections, including grid-code compliance, plant control, metering, SCADA interfaces, and review of integration studies (steady-state/dynamic simulations, fault ride-through, harmonics, reactive power, inverter specifications, ancillary services). • Review BESS sizing, state-of-charge management, degradation models, and efficiency assumptions where relevant to feasibility studies. • Identify technical data gaps requiring additional inputs, surveys, or studies, and advise the PAU and relevant counterparts accordingly. • Review cost estimates for proposed projects, benchmarking against regional and international references, and provide cost and schedule inputs to support business cases and economic/financial analyses. • Prepare or review technical specifications, employer’s requirements, and bills of quantities for tender documentation packages, covering transmission line, substation, and grid integration scope as required. • Advise on procurement packaging strategies, including lot structures, turnkey vs. design-build, and supply-and-install splits, ensuring efficiency and alignment with project needs. • Prepare or review Project Implementation Memoranda (PIMs) from a technical perspective, including scope descriptions, implementation schedules, cost estimates, and risk matrices, addressing both transmission and substation components as necessary. • Prepare or review concept-level commissioning and testing requirements and specifications for transmission lines, substations, and grid-connected generation and storage assets. • Develop testing protocols for protection systems, SCADA and telecom systems, and grid integration verification tests, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and SAPP Operating Guidelines. • Review Factory Acceptance Test specifications and Site Acceptance Test procedures proposed by consulting firms or equipment suppliers, providing technical inputs to ensure quality and reliability. • Review technical aspects of Terms of Reference for project activities related to transmission lines, substations, and grid integration under PAU-supported regional energy projects, ensuring clarity of scope, deliverables, and timelines. • Review all deliverables directly relevant to transmission engineering and grid integration under RETRADE SAPP, including studies, reports, and other outputs prepared for regional energy projects supported by the PAU. • In support of individual regional energy projects, verify consistency of technical assumptions used across feasibility studies, market and network analyses, synchronization studies, and implementation planning or operational readiness outputs. • Ensure consistency of line–substation interfaces and telecom/OPGW interface assumptions across all project components. • Participate in project meetings for regional energy projects supported by the PAU and provide technical inputs to meeting minutes and other outputs as required. • Provide technical inputs and clarifications to Environment and Social Development Specialists regarding project site footprints, route alternatives, access requirements, construction methods, and other engineering considerations as requested. • Coordinate closely with the other Project Specialist(s) on technical interfaces, shared assumptions, and cross-cutting issues across the project portfolio, to ensure consistency and avoid gaps or duplication. Qualifications & Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, or a closely related field. A Master’s degree in any of these fields is an added advantage. • Corporate membership in a recognized and relevant professional body is desirable. • A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the energy sector, with demonstrated expertise in high-voltage transmission lines (220 kV and above) and/or substations/grid integration (primary plant, protection and control, metering, SCADA/telecom interfaces). Experience at 400 kV is an advantage. • Demonstrated experience managing or technically reviewing at least three major projects, including transmission line feasibility studies/designs (200 km or longer) and/or substation/grid integration studies or commissioning programs at 220 kV and above. • Experience with route selection, corridor constraints, constructability considerations, commissioning/testing requirements, and line–substation/telecom (OPGW) interface management. • Familiarity with international technical standards applicable to transmission lines and substations (e.g., IEC 60826, IEC 61089, IEC 62271, IEC 61850, IEC 60076, IEEE, CIGRE technical brochures) and grid code compliance is required. • Experience with
Engagement of an Individual Consultant (Procurement Specialist) to provide techn…
Request for Expressions of Interest Consulting Services – Individual Consultant Selection Project: Technical Assistance to the SAPP (RETRADE SAPP) Position: Project Specialist, PAU (Two Positions) The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is a regional platform for coordinated power system planning, system operations, and cross-border electricity trading among its 12 member countries. Its operational hub, the SAPP Coordination Centre (SAPP CC) in Harare, oversees day-to-day market and system operations, as well as regional planning. The Project Advisory Unit (PAU) was established within the SAPP CC in 2015, with support from the World Bank, to coordinate and facilitate the development of selected regional energy projects from early-stage preparation through to bankability. In November 2025, the World Bank approved a grant for the Technical Assistance to the SAPP (the “Project”) , known as RETRADE SAPP. The Project forms part of the Regional Energy Transmission, Trade and Decarbonization in Southern Africa Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (RETRADE-SA MPA) Program, which also finances several interconnector investments in the SAPP region. With the objective to increase and expand the regional electricity market in the SAPP, the Project provides technical assistance to SAPP and the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) energy institutions—namely, the SADC Secretariat, the Regional Energy Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA), and the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE)—through three components: • Component 1 equips these regional institutions with technical experts, laying the foundation for the implementation of Components 2 and 3; • Component 2 supports upstream preparation for selected regional energy projects and private sector mobilization, including the operationalization of the Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF); and • Component 3 finances analytical work, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building activities essential for advancing regional energy infrastructure development and cross-border power trade. While the PAU is funded by the Project to carry out its mandate of advancing the preparation of selected regional energy projects — focusing on cross-border transmission but also potentially including in-country backbone projects and other energy investments such as renewables and battery storage supporting regional trade — it also plays a central role in the overall implementation of the RETRADE SAPP Project. SAPP now invites suitably qualified and experienced individuals (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services for the consultancy position of Project Specialist to be based at the SAPP CC Offices in Harare, Zimbabwe. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. Key Responsibilities: • Support the Programmes Manager in facilitating the identification and development of a prioritized pipeline of infrastructure projects, including cross-country and in-country transmission, renewable energy, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects to be supported by the PAU. This includes providing technical inputs on project readiness, technical viability, scoping, and sequencing. • Advise the Programmes Manager on the identification of priority infrastructure projects for PAU support, including analysis of electricity flows across interconnectors and internal lines underpinning regional trade, taking into account market conditions, existing power purchase agreements, and the private sector project pipeline, to the extent information is available. • Support the Programmes Manager in engagement with private sector developers and financiers to promote market interest in prepared infrastructure projects, including by providing technical inputs on engineering parameters. • Provide technical inputs to project implementation plans, including activity sequencing, milestones, and resource requirements, ensuring alignment with donor and stakeholder requirements. • Develop or review concept-level technical notes and design assumptions for transmission lines and substations, including route options, corridor constraints, switching schemes, transformer and reactor requirements, tower concepts, insulation levels, auxiliaries, earthing, and implementation risks. • Review and validate calculations and studies such as sag-tension, ground clearances, right-of-way widths, foundation assumptions, climate/terrain loading criteria, power flow, stability, fault analyses, protection coordination, and insulation coordination, ensuring consistency with project parameters. • Develop or review requirements and assumptions for protection and control schemes, relay specifications, substation automation, metering, SCADA/telecom interfaces, and commissioning/testing provisions, ensuring compliance with IEC standards and SAPP Operating Guidelines. • Provide technical inputs on grid-connected renewable energy and BESS interconnections, including grid-code compliance, plant control, metering, SCADA interfaces, and review of integration studies (steady-state/dynamic simulations, fault ride-through, harmonics, reactive power, inverter specifications, ancillary services). • Review BESS sizing, state-of-charge management, degradation models, and efficiency assumptions where relevant to feasibility studies. • Identify technical data gaps requiring additional inputs, surveys, or studies, and advise the PAU and relevant counterparts accordingly. • Review cost estimates for proposed projects, benchmarking against regional and international references, and provide cost and schedule inputs to support business cases and economic/financial analyses. • Prepare or review technical specifications, employer’s requirements, and bills of quantities for tender documentation packages, covering transmission line, substation, and grid integration scope as required. • Advise on procurement packaging strategies, including lot structures, turnkey vs. design-build, and supply-and-install splits, ensuring efficiency and alignment with project needs. • Prepare or review Project Implementation Memoranda (PIMs) from a technical perspective, including scope descriptions, implementation schedules, cost estimates, and risk matrices, addressing both transmission and substation components as necessary. • Prepare or review concept-level commissioning and testing requirements and specifications for transmission lines, substations, and grid-connected generation and storage assets. • Develop testing protocols for protection systems, SCADA and telecom systems, and grid integration verification tests, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and SAPP Operating Guidelines. • Review Factory Acceptance Test specifications and Site Acceptance Test procedures proposed by consulting firms or equipment suppliers, providing technical inputs to ensure quality and reliability. • Review technical aspects of Terms of Reference for project activities related to transmission lines, substations, and grid integration under PAU-supported regional energy projects, ensuring clarity of scope, deliverables, and timelines. • Review all deliverables directly relevant to transmission engineering and grid integration under RETRADE SAPP, including studies, reports, and other outputs prepared for regional energy projects supported by the PAU. • In support of individual regional energy projects, verify consistency of technical assumptions used across feasibility studies, market and network analyses, synchronization studies, and implementation planning or operational readiness outputs. • Ensure consistency of line–substation interfaces and telecom/OPGW interface assumptions across all project components. • Participate in project meetings for regional energy projects supported by the PAU and provide technical inputs to meeting minutes and other outputs as required. • Provide technical inputs and clarifications to Environment and Social Development Specialists regarding project site footprints, route alternatives, access requirements, construction methods, and other engineering considerations as requested. • Coordinate closely with the other Project Specialist(s) on technical interfaces, shared assumptions, and cross-cutting issues across the project portfolio, to ensure consistency and avoid gaps or duplication. Qualifications & Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, or a closely related field. A Master’s degree in any of these fields is an added advantage. • Corporate membership in a recognized and relevant professional body is desirable. • A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the energy sector, with demonstrated expertise in high-voltage transmission lines (220 kV and above) and/or substations/grid integration (primary plant, protection and control, metering, SCADA/telecom interfaces). Experience at 400 kV is an advantage. • Demonstrated experience managing or technically reviewing at least three major projects, including transmission line feasibility studies/designs (200 km or longer) and/or substation/grid integration studies or commissioning programs at 220 kV and above. • Experience with route selection, corridor constraints, constructability considerations, commissioning/testing requirements, and line–substation/telecom (OPGW) interface management. • Familiarity with international technical standards applicable to transmission lines and substations (e.g., IEC 60826, IEC 61089, IEC 62271, IEC 61850, IEC 60076, IEEE, CIGRE technical brochures) and grid code compliance is required. • Experience with
Engagement of an Individual Consultant (Programmes Manager) to lead the PAU, pro…
Request for Expressions of Interest Consulting Services – Individual Consultant Selection Project: Technical Assistance to the SAPP (RETRADE SAPP) Position: Programmes Manager, PAU The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is a regional platform for coordinated power system planning, system operations, and cross-border electricity trading among its 12 member countries. Its operational hub, the SAPP Coordination Centre (SAPP CC) in Harare, oversees day-to-day market and system operations, as well as regional planning. The Project Advisory Unit (PAU) was established within the SAPP CC in 2015, with support from the World Bank, to coordinate and facilitate the development of selected regional energy projects from early-stage preparation through to bankability. In November 2025, the World Bank approved a grant for the Technical Assistance to the SAPP (the “Project”)[1], known as RETRADE SAPP. The Project forms part of the Regional Energy Transmission, Trade and Decarbonization in Southern Africa Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (RETRADE-SA MPA) Program, which also finances several interconnector investments in the SAPP region. With the objective to increase and expand the regional electricity market in the SAPP, the Project provides technical assistance to SAPP and the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) energy institutions—namely, the SADC Secretariat, the Regional Energy Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA), and the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE)—through three components: • Component 1 equips these regional institutions with technical experts, laying the foundation for the implementation of Components 2 and 3; • Component 2 supports upstream preparation for selected regional energy projects and private sector mobilization, including the operationalization of the Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF); and • Component 3 finances analytical work, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building activities essential for advancing regional energy infrastructure development and cross-border power trade. While the PAU is funded by the Project to carry out its mandate of advancing the preparation of selected regional energy projects — focusing on cross-border transmission but also potentially including in-country backbone projects and other energy investments such as renewables and battery storage supporting regional trade — it also plays a central role in the overall implementation of the RETRADE SAPP Project. SAPP now invites suitably qualified and experienced individuals (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services for the consultancy position of Programmes Manager to be based at the SAPP CC Offices in Harare, Zimbabwe. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. Key Responsibilities: • Provide overall leadership and guidance to the PAU, ensuring a coherent work program, timely delivery and quality of outputs, and effective allocation of resources across PAU activities. • Serve as the principal focal point for coordinating PAU activities and ensuring compliance with agreed monitoring frameworks, including timely progress reports, briefs, and updates to the SAPP CC and involved partners. • Maintain strategic engagement and strong working relationships with key stakeholders, including SAPP member utilities, SADC Secretariat, RERA, SACREEE, client governments, developers, financiers, and development partners. • Lead efforts to attract additional funding for the PAU and its project preparation support, including engaging development partners and private sector actors, identifying funding opportunities, and designing appropriate support modalities in coordination with the SAPP CC management. • Provide inputs to the SAPP CC Executive Director for engagements with relevant governing bodies and attend SAPP Management Committee or other sub-committees’ meetings as required. • Manage, supervise, and provide mentorship to all PAU consultants, including reviewing deliverables, ensuring quality control, and facilitating professional development. • Provide strategic and technical guidance to PAU consultants, member utilities, and government counterparts on project identification, prioritization, design, feasibility assessments (technical, economic, financial, environmental, and social) and regulatory aspects. • Oversee the preparation and review of feasibility studies, transaction advisory services, and other project preparation outputs, ensuring they meet international best practice and development partner requirements. • Support identification of appropriate project structuring options, including public, private, and public-private partnership models, as well as of risks and risk mitigation mechanisms, to enhance bankability and attract private sector participation. • Lead coordination with country stakeholders and partners to identify and develop a prioritized pipeline of infrastructure projects to be supported by the PAU, ensuring alignment across involved countries for smooth implementation. • Facilitate engagement with private sector developers and financiers to promote market interest and support the transition of prepared projects toward financing and implementation. • Lead the operational implementation of the RETRADE SAPP Project and ensure that all Project activities are executed in accordance with World Bank guidelines, procedures, and requirements, and the Project implementation adheres to the Legal Agreements. • Coordinate closely with the World Bank task team, relevant SAPP CC teams, and other beneficiary regional institutions (namely, SADC Secretariat, RERA, and SACREEE) to ensure timely implementation of Project activities and resolution of implementation challenges. • Monitor Project implementation progress against the agreed Work Plan and Budget and Results Framework, ensuring systematic collection, validation, and management of data required to track Project progress and outcomes, and proactively identifying risks, bottlenecks, and corrective actions. • Oversee the timely preparation and submission of Project reports and other required documents, including but not limited to Annual Work Plan and Budget, Procurement Plan, periodic Project progress reports, financial reports, and any ad hoc reports required by the World Bank or other stakeholders. • Lead preparation, review, and periodic update of the Project Operations Manual. • Support World Bank implementation support missions, audits, and reviews, including preparation of documentation and follow-up on agreed actions. Qualifications & Experience: • Master’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Law, or equivalent. • Corporate membership in a recognized relevant professional body is desirable. • A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in the energy sector, including leadership in the development and preparation of major energy infrastructure projects at a senior managerial level within utilities, energy companies, or government agencies (preferably in Sub-Saharan Africa and/or SADC countries). • Excellent understanding of the Southern African regional energy institutions, regional trade in Southern Africa, SAPP market, private sector mobilization. • Proven experience in cross-border transmission projects is highly desirable. • Demonstrated experience in managing World Bank or other multilateral development bank-funded projects is highly desirable. • Team playing skills, with a proven track record in working effectively within multidisciplinary teams. • Ability to work under pressure with minimum or no supervision. • Robust management skills, including the ability to prevent and solve conflicts in a constructive manner, as well as to identify issues and proactively address them. • Excellent communication skills coupled with a good command of spoken and written English. • Eligible and free from any conflict of interest, in accordance with the World Bank Procurement Regulations. Submission Interested candidates are requested to submit the Application, relevant experience and qualification accompanied by a comprehensive CV. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” 7th edition, September 2025, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours [i.e. 0800 to 1630 hours]. A TOR can be found at the following website: (www.sapp.co.zw or can be obtained at the address given below). Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 03 April 2026. The Executive Director Attn: Chrispen Zifuke, Human Resources Specialist Southern African Power Pool Coordination Centre 24 Golden Stairs Road P.O. Box EH52 Emerald Hill Harare ZIMBABWE Tel: (263)-242-(335517, 335468, 335558 ,782708798/9) E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] [1] For further details on the Project (project no. P512662), refer to the Project Appraisal Document.
Engagement of an Individual Consultant (Procurement Specialist) to assist with a…
Request for Expressions of Interest Consulting Services – Individual Consultant Selection Project: Technical Assistance to the SAPP (RETRADE SAPP) Position: Procurement Specialist, PAU The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is a regional platform for coordinated power system planning, system operations, and cross-border electricity trading among its 12 member countries. Its operational hub, the SAPP Coordination Centre (SAPP CC) in Harare, oversees day-to-day market and system operations, as well as regional planning. The Project Advisory Unit (PAU) was established within the SAPP CC in 2015, with support from the World Bank, to coordinate and facilitate the development of selected regional energy projects from early-stage preparation through to bankability. In November 2025, the World Bank approved a grant for the Technical Assistance to the SAPP (the “Project”)[1], known as RETRADE SAPP. The Project forms part of the Regional Energy Transmission, Trade and Decarbonization in Southern Africa Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (RETRADE-SA MPA) Program, which also finances several interconnector investments in the SAPP region. With the objective to increase and expand the regional electricity market in the SAPP, the Project provides technical assistance to SAPP and the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) energy institutions—namely, the SADC Secretariat, the Regional Energy Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA), and the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE)—through three components: • Component 1 equips these regional institutions with technical experts, laying the foundation for the implementation of Components 2 and 3; • Component 2 supports upstream preparation for selected regional energy projects and private sector mobilization, including the operationalization of the Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF); and • Component 3 finances analytical work, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building activities essential for advancing regional energy infrastructure development and cross-border power trade. While the PAU is funded by the Project to carry out its mandate of advancing the preparation of selected regional energy projects — focusing on cross-border transmission but also potentially including in-country backbone projects and other energy investments such as renewables and battery storage supporting regional trade — it also plays a central role in the overall implementation of the RETRADE SAPP Project. SAPP now invites suitably qualified and experienced individuals (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services for the consultancy position of Procurement Specialist to be based at the SAPP CC Offices in Harare, Zimbabwe. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. Key Responsibilities: • Review all relevant Project documents to establish robust procurement procedures for the implementation of RETRADE SAPP and develop and maintain a procurement management system aligned with the World Bank guidelines and procedures and the SAPP CC manuals. • Develop Procurement Plan for Works, Goods and Services under the Project, and update the Plan as and when needed (at least quarterly) through the Bank's Systematic Tracking of Exchanges in Procurement (STEP) system. • Closely monitor procurement activities in reference to the Procurement Plan timeline and the procurement approval process of the SAPP and bring any slippage of activities immediately to the attention of the Programmes Manager. • Liaise with relevant members of the SAPP CC and PAU, as well as other beneficiary regional institutions (namely, SADC Secretariat, RERA, and SACREEE), and prepare and submit periodic reports on procurement status and procurement risk mitigation framework to the Bank. • Maintain a centralized procurement filing, ensuring that all related documents are properly filed and easily retrievable, and that clear audit trail is available. • Prepare, review, and periodically update the procurement section of the Project Operations Manual. • Manage and carry out the procurement activities required for implementation of RETRADE SAPP according to the provisions of the World Bank’s and other relevant guidelines and Project documents. • Manage the procurement processes, ensuring compliance with agreed procurement methods, prior review requirements, and World Bank no-objection procedures. • Coordinate with technical staff members and/or consultants to prepare of Terms of Reference (TOR) for consulting assignments, and specifications for goods and works. • Prepare Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI), Invitation for Bids (IFB), Invitation for Prequalification (IFP), Bidding Document, Prequalification Document (PQD), Request for Proposals (RFP), and Pre-Bid Meeting Minutes, as per World Bank Procurement Regulations. • In cases of procurement actions requiring World Bank no-objection, coordinate the dispatch of procurement documents to the World Bank through STEP, monitor World Bank response on issuing no-objection at different levels of the procurement process and follow up as needed. • Participate in the evaluation of EOIs for shortlisting, as well as in bid opening sessions, evaluating goods and works bids and consultants’ proposals, recording minutes, drafting evaluation reports, formulation of recommendations for award, and coordinating negotiations, ensuring that the appropriate guidelines are followed. • Help address the procurement related complaints, including review of the complaints vis-à-vis the respective procurement processes and documents, and participation in discussions with complainants. • Draft contracts and distribute all relevant procurement and contract documents to relevant parties, including technical staff/consultants, suppliers, contractors and the World Bank. • Oversee contract administration, including processing variations, monitor contract performance and timelines (expiration and completion). • Ensure timely receipt and review of the goods and/or deliverables from suppliers, contractors, and consultants, verifying acceptability and recommending payments as they fall due. Qualifications & Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Purchasing and Supply, Business Administration, Business Law, or equivalent. Master’s degree in any of these fields is an added advantage. • Corporate membership in a recognized professional body is desirable. • Minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience in procurement and contract management, including at least 5 years procuring works, goods, and consulting services under World Bank-financed or other donor-funded projects. • Strong knowledge of procurement processes across various funding institutions. • Proven knowledge and experience with procurement policies and procedures of the World Bank, cooperating partners, and other international organizations. • Proven track record in working effectively within multi-disciplinary teams. • Ability to work under pressure with minimum or no supervision. • Good communication skills coupled with a good command of spoken and written English. • Eligible and free from any conflict of interest, in accordance with the World Bank Procurement Regulations. Submission Interested candidates are requested to submit the Application, relevant experience and qualification accompanied by a comprehensive CV. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” 7th edition, September 2025, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours [i.e. 0800 to 1630 hours]. A TOR can be found at the following website: (www.sapp.co.zw or can be obtained at the address given below). Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 03 April 2026. The Executive Director Attn: Chrispen Zifuke, Human Resources Specialist Southern African Power Pool Coordination Centre 24 Golden Stairs Road P.O. Box EH52 Emerald Hill Harare ZIMBABWE Tel: (263)-242-(335517, 335468, 335558 ,782708798/9) E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] [1] For further details on the Project (project no. P512662), refer to the Project Appraisal Document.
RETRADE-SA MPA Phase 2: Technical Assistance to the Southern African Power Pool
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE SOUTHERN AFRICAN POWER POOL Technical Assistance to the Southern African Power Pool (RETRADE SAPP) Grant No. IDA Grant IDA-E5990 and ESMAP Grant TF-C9737 Project ID No. P512662 The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) has received financing in the amount of US$12 million equivalent from the World Bank (comprising SDR 7.4 million from the International Development Association and US$2 million from the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Multi-Donor Trust Fund) toward the Technical Assistance to the Southern African Power Pool (RETRADE SAPP, or the “Project”) under the Regional Energy Transmission, Trade and Decarbonization Project in Southern Africa Multi-phase Programmatic Approach (RETRADE-SA MPA) Program, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this Project. The Project will consist of the following three components, under each of which the planned major procurement activities are outlined: Component 1: Support to the SAPP Coordination Centre and Regional Energy Institutions Sub-component 1.1: Support to the SAPP CC, including PAU This sub-component will finance the SAPP Coordination Centre to support the operation of its Project Advisory Unit (PAU), including procurement of individual consultants and provision of necessary implementation support. The following procurement activities are planned. Goods: • Office and computer equipment for the PAU Office Consulting Services: • Individual consultants, including a Programmes Manager, Project Specialist(s), Procurement Specialist(s), Financial Management Specialist, Accounts Officer, Environmental Specialist, Social Development Specialist, Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Specialist, Programme Assistant, and Gender Specialist • Audit services Sub-component 1.2: Support to Regional Energy Institutions This sub-component will finance the engagement of experts to strengthen the capacity of key SADC institutions including the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, the Regional Energy Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA), and the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE). The following procurement activities are planned. Consulting Services: • Individual consultants, including a Renewable Energy Expert (SACREEE), Technical Advisor (SADC), and Project Administrator (SADC) Component 2: Regional Project Preparation and Implementation Sub-component 2.1: Project Preparation Funds This sub-component will support preparatory activities for regional energy infrastructure projects, primarily transmission infrastructure but may include other energy projects such as generation and battery storage. Procurement of consulting services (firms) is planned for, but not limited to, the following activities for these projects, once they are identified. • Technical Feasibility Study • Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) • Market Study • Technical Specifications • Business Case • Legal and Financial Structuring • Project Information Memorandum Sub-component 2.2: Private Sector Mobilization This sub-component will support efforts to mobilize private sector investment in regional transmission infrastructure, including operationalization of the Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF). Procurement of consulting services (firms) is planned for, but not limited to, the following activities. • Project financial structuring and transaction advisory • Analytical & advisory services to support private sector mobilization Component 3: Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Regional Energy Integration Sub-component 3.1: Regional Electricity Market Development This sub-component will support expansion of participation in existing market segments and development of new market segments to enhance regional electricity trade. Procurement of consulting services (firms) is planned for, but not limited to, the following activities. • New market product design and development • Design of market coupling options for SAPP and EAPP markets • Development of market coupling software for SAPP and EAPP markets Sub-component 3.2: Energy Sector Planning, Strategic Frameworks, and Technical Tools This sub-component will support energy sector planning, strategic frameworks, and technical tools development. Procurement of consulting firms and individual consultants is planned for, but not limited to, the following activities. • Drought Sensitivity and Resilience and Adaptation Study for SAPP • Assessment of economic transformation Driven by Regional Trade • Development and implementation of SACREEE Renewable Energy & Efficiency Strategy and Action Plan • Development of SADC Sustainable Energy Knowledge Hub • Review, update, and publication of the RERA tariff database • Regional Gender Diagnostic Assessment Sub-component 3.3: Regional Coordination This sub-component will support high-level regional coordination among key stakeholders involved in grid interconnectivity, renewable energy development, and electricity trade, including coordination under the Mission 300 initiative. Procurement of consulting services (firms) is planned for, but not limited to, the following activities. • Engagement with the SADC Ministers on the removal of trade barriers in energy trade • SADC Sustainable Energy Week Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank's Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (Procurement Regulations), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After Project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a “no objection”. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online and on the World Bank's external website. Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below: SAPP Coordination Centre Executive Director Co-ordination Centre 24 Golden Stairs Road P.O. Box EH52 Emerald Hill, Harare Zimbabwe Tel: +(263-242) 335548/58 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sapp.co.zw
Project Specialist 2
Project Specialist 2 Reference: ZW-SAPP-180507-CS-INDV Procurement Method: Individual Consultant Selection Project: AFR RI-SAPP-Program for Accelerating Regional Energy/Transformational Projects Procuring Entity: Southern African Power Pool Deadline: 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z Contact: [email protected] Phone: 0727097252 Address: 24 Golden Stairs Road, Emerald Hill, Harare
Energy storage harmonisation standards
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) COUNTRY: Zimbabwe NAME OF PROJECT: Southern African Power Pool Program for Accelerating Transformational Energy Projects Grant No.: TF A4772 Assignment Title: Development of Energy Storage Codes and Standards for Southern African Development Community (SADC). The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE) is cooperating with the Southern African Power Pool Coordination Centre (SAPP CC) in implementing a portion of the SAPP Program for Accelerating Regional Energy/Transformational Projects (SAPP-AREP) that relates to capacity development. SAPP-AREP is funded by the World Bank with resources provided by the International Development Association (IDA) and the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF). SACREEE activities are not mutually exclusive, and they are broadly covered under Workstream 3 of the AREP. The activities relate to the Technical Assistance and Capacity Building component of the AREP Programme. Among the planned activities, SACREEE is conducting studies on relevant Codes and Standards that will facilitate the design and adoption of Energy Storage for power system applications in the SADC Member States. Objective of consultancy assignment The objective of this assignment is to develop codes and technical standards for energy storage at high voltage power system applications level and support their integration in the SADC region. Scope of Assignment The assignment entails a set of interlinked tasks that contribute to the conceptualisation, design, development, adoption and deployment of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) codes and standards that meet the SADC region’s environment and energy security objectives: • Conduct a baseline study of the SADC Region ESS Ecosystem • Detail the essential elements of ESS codes and standards development in accordance with global best practice. • Develop and design appropriate ESS codes and standards for the Region • Develop Risk Matrix tools for some of the standards. Required Qualifications and Experience The services of an individual firm / consortium required, the expertise and experience for this assignment should reside within the team of experts who should include a Lead Expert and a Technical Specialist with a good understanding and knowledge of Energy Storage System (ESS) standards and compliance issues at global scale and regional level. Any sub-consultant arrangements should be clearly stated. The SAPP now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are: • Years in business with relevant experience • Availability of qualified and experienced Team of Experts • Evidence of having executed relevant projects in terms of similar size / volume and complexity Consulting firms are permitted to associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications and experience. Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be based on Consultants’ Qualification Selection (CQS) in accordance with World Bank’s “Procurement Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants” which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.worldbank.org. Expressions of interest must be emailed to the email below, on or before 15th August, 2022 at 1500 Hours Central African time and mention "Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services for the Development of Energy Storage (ESS) Codes and Standards for Southern African Development Community (SADC).“ Contact: Southern African Power Pool Attention: Thembekani Luthuli, SAPP Procurement Specialist Tel: +27 10 446 9600/+27 72 709 7252 Email Address: [email protected]
Feasibility study for concentrated dispatchable solar, wind and photo-voltaic po…
COUNTRY: Botswana NAME OF PROJECT: Southern African Power Pool Program for Accelerating Transformational Energy Projects Grant No.: TF-A4772 Assignment Title: Feasibility study for concentrated dispatchable solar, wind and photo-voltaic power plants with storage in Botswana. The World Bank is preparing a Program with the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) to help accelerate preparation of priority regional power generation and transmission projects in the region of the Southern African Power Pool. The Program Development Objective is “to facilitate the preparation of priority regional energy projects in the Southern African Power Pool region”. Objectives of consultancy assignment The Government of Botswana is considering harnessing its exceptional and abundant renewable energy resources to develop in a timely manner solar and wind projects aligned with the IRP and meeting the up to date needs of the Utility (Botswana Power Corporation). In this context, the Projects and Energy Development Unit (the ‘Client’ or ‘PEDU’) through the present terms of reference (ToR) wishes to hire a technical consultant (the ‘Consultant’ or the ‘Technical Advisor’) with the following objectives: • To assess the feasibility of developing (i) concentrated solar projects in Botswana and (ii) wind projects in Botswana, exploring the complementarity of wind projects with solar PV and battery storage to meet the demand of the country (the ‘Feasibility Study'); • To provide just in time technical advisory services to the Client for the procurement of the solar and wind projects (the ‘Technical Advisory Services’); and • To provide technical capacity building to the Client to empower the Botswana teams on the solar and wind technologies (the ‘Capacity Building’). The renewable energy (‘RE’) capacity planned under the IRP shall serve as a basis for the analysis, in close coordination with the Utility and in alignment with the requirements of the Botswana Electrical Sector: • First of all: One CSP project of 200 MW (2*100MW Units) with storage (the ‘CSP Project’ or the ‘CSP Plants’) taking into account the fact that the pre-qualification process of these projects has already been initiated; • Then, a wind project of 50 MW – potentially up to 100MW (the ‘Wind Project’ or the Wind Plant’) analyzed in combination with the solar Photovoltaic projects (the ‘PV Projects’) and the battery storage planned in the IRP (the ‘BESS’ Projects) as further specified by the Client at inception stage. these projects and corresponding plants being referred to in this document as ‘Projects’ and ‘Plants’. The CSP Project should be analyzed in priority taking into account the fact that (i) a previous feasibility study has been done for the CSP project in 2013 (as well as an integration study), which should be leveraged by the Consultant building on what has been already done and the fact that (ii) a pre-qualification process for the CSP Project is on-going. Scope of Work Detailed Terms of References can be found in the link below: https://app.box.com/s/c4mw2d8n5wytce6wuoyy26ogk0ke2yjc Required Qualifications and Experience The Consultant shall be a qualified, internationally recognized firm with at least 5 years’ relevant experience in preparing feasibility studies of at least two (2) grid connected solar plants with a minimum aggregate installed capacity of 150 MW (comprising PV plants of more than 10 MW) including at least one 50 MW CSP plant, one 50 MW PV plant and one BESS project, Conducted a wind resource assessment, feasibility study and the bankable AEP study of at least two (2) grid connected wind farms with a minimum aggregate installed capacity of 100 MW (comprising wind farms of more than 10 MW) and a Grid impact study of solar and/or wind plants including at least a plant of 50 MW. The Consultant should also be experienced in the selection of a solar and wind plants developer through an IPP scheme tender including on preparation of the tender technical documentation, evaluation of bids and selection of the preferred bidder, and negotiations of the contractual documentation. The evaluation will consider also experience and credentials of the applicant in Botswana and Southern African region. The firm should be able to field multinational teams covering all areas of the study. The proposed team project shall include at least the Project Director; Project Manager; Solar and Wind resource experts; CSP expert; PV+BESS expert; Wind expert; Electrical expert; Civil and construction expert; Contract (IPP) expert; Environmental and social expert. The team should include members based in Botswana/or willing to spend enough time in Gaborone, with experience with the Client/the Utility that can leverage previous engagements in the sector. The Consultant is highly encouraged to engage a gender diverse team as well as local staff. The SAPP now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are: • Years in business with relevant power sector consulting services experience • Availability of qualified and experienced key experts • Evidence of having executed relevant projects in terms of similar size / volume and complexity Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS method set out in the Procurement Regulations. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from Monday to Friday [ 09:00 to 16:00 hours ]. Expressions of interest must be emailed to the email below, on or before 30 June 2020 at 15:00 hours Central African time and mention " Feasibility study for concentrated dispatchable solar, wind and photo-voltaic power plants with storage in Botswana. “ Contact: Southern African Power Pool Attention: Thembekani Luthuli, SAPP Procurement Specialist Tel: +27 10 446 9600/+27 72 709 7252 Email Address: [email protected]
Climate Change Vulnerability Study and Provide Adaptation options for the SAPP
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) COUNTRY: Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Projects Grant No.: TF-A4772 Assignment Title: Conducting a Climate Change Vulnerability Study and Provide Adaptation options for the SAPP Background In terms of climate change impacts, “Southern Africa is uniquely susceptible to the impacts of climate change. In coming decades, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is expected to experience higher land and ocean surface temperatures than in the past, which will affect rainfall, winds, and the timing and intensity of weather events. Climate change poses a number of risks to SADC goals for regional economic development. Increased frequency of floods, cyclones, and droughts has damaged electrical infrastructure, disrupted livelihoods, and has caused loss of life. As adaptation to climate change involves many factors of progress in Southern Africa, SADC is committed to international conventions and Programmes on climate change” (http://www.sadc.int/themes/meteorology-climate/climate-change-adaptation/). Regionally, the electricity sector is one of the highest emitting sectors in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to its dependence on coal and other high emitting fuel sources, accounting for 62% of the generation mix, SAPP Pool Plan. Yet it is also one of the most vulnerable sectors due to its dependence on climate affected variables (e.g. water, wind, solar) for electricity production[1]. The increasing demand for electricity and the Region need for a cleaner and sustainable energy future creates a unique challenge for this sector. Therefore, there is increasing pressure on the power sector to transition to renewable energy in light of the SAPP Pool Plan, which will at least reduce the climate change impacts to manageable levels. Within the electricity sector, adaptation to Climate Change is widely recognised as a complementary strategy to the Mitigation of climate change strategy to effectively manage the impacts of the inevitable risks of climate change. There has thus been a growth in interest by many electricity utilities in shaping a business adaptation response to climate change and to this end, electricity utilities are starting to engage in broad dialogue about adaptation with a variety of stakeholders. Adaptation in electricity operations and investments will require improved risk management and building resilience, including improved understanding of how resilience can be built into every-day management practices (e.g. reducing risks to extreme weather events). The way in which current and future operations and resources are managed, including human resource management, may therefore need to be reconsidered, with serious efforts given to innovation in technologies and the management of existing practices. Objectives and scope of consultancy assignment The overall objective is to undertake an assessment of the short, medium and long impacts and vulnerability of climate change for the SAPP member utilities. The specific objectives are: • To undertake the diagnosis of climate change vulnerability; • Developing risk and opportunity profiles; • Development of the SAPP Climate Change policy; • Update of the SAPP Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy; and • Development of an energy-climate action plan in the SAPP utilities and in capacity building activities for the member utilities. Brief Key Deliverables The study will be undertaken in phases and the expected deliverables are to be produced as follows: Phase 1 • Inception Report • Climate change impact risk and opportunities profiles for SAPP utilities (including associated adaptation to climate change strategies). Phase 2 • Climate Change Policy for the SAPP • An overall adaptation and mitigation strategy for the SAPP • Training manuals • Study Report Required Qualifications and Experience The Consulting firm must have experience in undertaking and implementation of the Climate Change vulnerability and adaptation assessment studies, of a similar magnitude of this assignment. The Firm must have more than 10 years of existence. The submission should demonstrate involvement in at least 2 or more similar assignments executed/under execution by the firm, at least 1 similar assignment in the SADC region. Experience in undertaking similar studies for the energy sector will be advantageous. The team leader must be appropriately qualified in the environmental management field with specialisation in Climate science/modelling or meteorology vulnerability assessment and must demonstrate prior involvement with project reference of studies undertaken. The firm should be able to field highly experienced multinational team, covering at a minimum, the following key experts: Lead Consultant; Lead Social Development Planner; Climate change specialist; Modeler, Electrical engineer, and Environmental/Natural Resources specialist. The SAPP invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria is as follows: • Years in business with relevant Climate Change vulnerability and adaptation assessment experience. • Availability of qualified and experienced key experts. • Evidence of having executed relevant projects in terms of similar size / volume and complexity including SADC region projects. Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS method set out in the Consultant Regulations. Further information can be obtained by email listed below. Expressions of interest must be emailed to the email below, on or before 31 March 2022 at 15:00 hours Central African time and mention "Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services for the Conducting a Climate Change Vulnerability Study and Provide Adaptation options for the SAPP“ Contact: Southern African Power Pool Attention: Thembekani Luthuli, SAPP Procurement Specialist Tel: +27 10 446 9600/+27 72 709 7252 Email Address: [email protected] [1] www.wri.org/publication/content/8028. Navigating the numbers. Provides a comprehensive assessment of the world’s GHG emissions at the global, national, sectorial, fuel levels and identifies implications of the data for international cooperation on global climate change
SADC 2021 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Annual Report
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) COUNTRY: SADC Region NAME OF PROJECT: Southern African Power Pool Program for Accelerating Transformational Energy Projects Grant No.: H9890 Assignment Title: Compilation of the SADC 2021 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report The World Bank is preparing a Program with the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) to help accelerate preparation of priority regional power generation and transmission projects in the region of the Southern African Power Pool. The Program Development Objective is “to facilitate the preparation of priority regional energy projects in the Southern African Power Pool region”. As part of this initiative, the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE) Secretariat through SAPP intends to procure the services of the Compilation of the SADC 2021 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report. Objective of the assignment In order to harness the SADC region’s potential and scale-up renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) development to contribute to improved energy access and energy security as well as meeting the region’s developmental agenda and climate change targets, it is necessary to provide a comprehensive overview of its infrastructure, industry, policy, regulations, market development, economic and population growth. It is also important to highlight potential projects that can be development in the short and medium term. The main objective of the assignment is to develop the SADC 2021 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report that will showcase RE and EE development, policy patterns and investment opportunities within the SADC Region. Brief Scope of work • Brief training of country data collectors • Data collection and analysis • Compilation of the Status Report • Report Translation into French and Portuguese languages • Launch of the Report Required Qualifications and Experience The Consultant shall be a qualified, internationally recognized firm. The Consulting Firm should have knowledge and understanding of SADC energy landscape and communication procedures and have strong acumen for data and research and ability for effective information dissemination within the confines of SADC procedures and communication protocols. Experience in working and engaging with diverse stakeholder groups, notably public authorities, donors, and international companies in the energy sector with respect for multi-cultural diversity. The assignment will require a high level of proficiency for both written and spoken English, and the team should demonstrate ability to communicate and analyse documents. The final Report will be translated into French and Portuguese languages and the knowledge of both languages will be an added advantage. The firm should be able to field a team, covering at a minimum the Team leader, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Expert, and a Communication and Information Specialist. The SAPP now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are: • Years in business with relevant experience • Availability of qualified and experienced Team members • Approach to the assignment • Evidence of having executed relevant projects in terms of similar size / volume and complexity A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Regulations. Further information can be obtained through email during office hours from Monday to Friday [ 09:00 to 16:00 hours]. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the email address below by 11 February 2022 at 15:00 hours Central African time and mention "Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services for the Compilation of the SADC 2021 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report“ Address and Contact: Southern African Power Pool Attention: Thembekani Luthuli, SAPP-PAU Procurement Specialist Tel: +27 10 446 9600/+27 72 709 7252 Email Address: [email protected]
the Design and Development of a web-based Sustainable Energy Knowledge Hub for S…
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION) COUNTRY: SADC Region NAME OF PROJECT: Southern African Power Pool Program for Accelerating Regional Transformational Energy Projects Projects Grant No.: H9890 Assignment Title: Design and Development of a web-based Sustainable Energy Knowledge Hub for the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE) The World Bank is supporting a Program with the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) to help accelerate the preparation of priority regional power generation and transmission projects within the Southern Africa region SAPP. The Program Development Objective is “to facilitate the preparation of priority regional energy projects in the Southern African Power Pool region”. As part of this initiative, the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE) Secretariat through SAPP intends to procure the services of an individual firm for the Design and Development of a web-based Sustainable Energy Knowledge Hub for SACREEE Secretariat in Windhoek, Namibia. Objective of the assignment The main objectives of assignment are to: • Redesign and up-grade the SACREEE website to an interactive web-based community portal. This includes the complete reorganization and restructuring of the existing data, to incorporate new features, make it more visually appealing, easy to navigate and user-friendly. The new SACREEE community portal shall facilitate increased awareness of the organisation’s role and functions, improve its corporate on-line profile and presence, and support the organisation’s general objectives through high-impact communication and interactive features. • Design and develop an integrated web-based website community portal and SADC Sustainable Energy Knowledge Hub (SEKH). It will provide targeted, timely and statistical information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) maps on the energy resources, projects and stakeholders (particularly in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency) in Southern Africa. Scope of work In executing the assignment, the contractor should consider the content of the existing website and ensure its complete and seamless transfer to the new community portal. The assignment is divided into four interlinked main stages namely: Stage 1: Inception and Conceptual Design of the SEKH community platform and, screen-design and technical specifications Stage 2: Development and implementation Stage 3: Acceptance procedure, hand over and capacity building Stage 4: Annual running technical maintenance Required Qualifications and Experience The contractor’s core team should have relevant qualifications and key competencies relevant for the assignment. Demonstration of experience in similar assignments will be important. The following main criteria will be used. Profile of Contractor and Team • Advanced degrees in web design and GIS or other relevant field; • At least seven (7) years’ experience of the proposed project team in web design and development and/or design of a GIS system; • Experience with reliable high-quality open-source solutions (e.g. Customised Market Solutions (CMS), forums, modules); • Track record of project team in implementing similar community websites and/or GIS maps or observatories. • Experience in the international renewable energy and energy efficiency sector will be an added advantage; • Proficiency in information technology (IT) and web development knowledge: Javascript, HTML, W3C standards such as XHTML, ASP.Net, ASP Classic, Net Framework and XML Web Services, database services and PHP scripting language and others; • Knowledge of modern, open-source web technologies including GitHub, Bootstrap, MySQL, and JavaScript; • Expertise in the use of tools and methodologies for integrating multiple databases, including use of Application Programming Interface (APIs), metadata schemas, and international standards for data exchange; • Experience in managing stakeholder coordination, especially among multiple governments and agencies, as part of consensusbuilding and strategy development; and • Experience in the development of usercentric designs, to include identification of (and communication with) potential users of knowledge management systems. Key Competencies • Proven ability to collect, verify and analyse information. • High degree of accuracy and technical quality. • Excellent communication skills in both oral and written English,. • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex, technical information to both technical and general audience. • Professional approach to tasks, with strong work ethic. Knowledge or experience in designing and developing integrated ICTsystems for the energy sector and in particular sustainable energy field is a distinct advantage. The shortlisting criteria are: • Years in business with relevant experience • Availability of qualified and experienced team members • Evidence of having executed relevant projects in terms of similar size / volume and complexity The consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Regulations. Further information can be obtained through email during office hours from Monday to Friday [ 09:00 to 16:00 hours]. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the email address below by 10 February 2022 at 15:00 hours Central African time and mention "Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services for the Design and Development of a web-based Sustainable Energy Knowledge Hub for SACREEE “ Address and Contact: Southern African Power Pool Attention: Thembekani Luthuli, SAPP-PAU Procurement Specialist Tel: +27 10 446 9600/+27 72 709 7252 Email Address: [email protected]
Financial Analyst — SAPP Project
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin
SAPP Project Financial Analyst
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin
Financial Analyst — SAPP Project
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin
Financial Analyst — SAPP Project
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin
Financial Analyst — SAPP Project
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin
Financial Analyst — SAPP Project
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin
Financial Analyst — SAPP Project
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin
Financial Analyst — SAPP Project
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin
Financial Analyst — SAPP Project
Terms Of Reference (TOR) Introduction The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) was established in August 1995 as an electricity power pool when member governments of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU). SAPP is currently operating as an association of national power utilities and independent power producers in the SADC Region. SAPP is responsible for the trading of electricity as well as the development of several regional power generation and transmission infrastructure projects in SADC. The preparation and development of projects as well as technical analytical studies is carried out by the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU) in SAPP. A key aspect in these projects is the provision of specialist support to produce financial and economic models for internal use and for presentation to project financiers and other key stakeholders. SAPP increasingly expects to be involved in the lead role to develop major projects and to arrange early-stage development funding and project financing, and eventually to sell down its portfolio of projects. ‘State of the art’ financial modeling expertise is a key element in SAPP’s competitive advantage and to achieving its development objectives. Background Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical to boost socio-economic growth and drive regional integration in SADC. Yet, despite considerable progress, the region still faces significant challenges in energy development and usage. Increasing investment in regional generation and transmission infrastructure and in particular private sector participation in the sector is a specific and shared challenge for the stakeholders of SAPP. The fundamental role of energy in accomplishing the development goals of SADC and its Member States has long been acknowledged, with SAPP recognising the importance of providing the least cost, environmentally friendly and affordable electricity and increasing accessibility to rural communities. However, the levels of electrification remain low, despite considerable strides in energy development and usage. Increased regional electricity trade can play an important role in alleviating existing challenges across the regional power sector and to support the broader SADC development and integration agenda. However, persisting transmission constraints hinder efforts to expand energy trading across the market and reap the significant benefits of integration. Without sufficient transmission capacity and strategic interconnection, a fundamental component of SAPP’s mandate is being undermined, and the opportunities that would be delivered by an integrated SAPP transmission landscape are lost. Investments in interconnected transmission networks are essential to remove critical bottlenecks and unlock a wide range of cost savings. The 2017 SAPP Pool Plan provides evidence that new and strengthened transmission corridors underpin significant potential reductions in Net Present Value (NPV) costs (USD37-42 billion by 2040), while accounting for only a small proportion (~3%) of the total investment needs. of Multi-country transmission lines and interconnectors provide significant regional benefits for power pooling and trading. However, existing approaches to financing have not delivered new generation and transmission infrastructure at the speed and scale required. The barriers to accessing appropriate finance in the region are complex and interrelated. As part of this assignment a detailed diagnostic analysis identified six critical cross-cutting constraints to advancing projects including: 1) Political economy constraint; 2) Lack of a plurality of standardised collaboration or commercial models to support delivery; 3) Utilities’ often weak financial position; 4) Constraints to financing in strategic jurisdictions in the Pool; 5) Potential gaps in regional approaches to coordinating projects; and 6) Gaps in the regional regulatory framework. To support the development of regional projects, SAPP is looking to recruit a Financial and Economic Analyst as a full-time consultant. Tasks to be performed by the Consultant Financial and Economic Analysis of Projects The role of the Consultant is to perform integrated financial and socio-economic analyses of projects in the SAPP portfolio during the various stages in the project cycle as required. The tasks performed will depend on the specific requirements of each project. Such tasks will include but are not limited to: • Improve and optimise integrated project spreadsheet models that conform to FAST[1] and financial modelling standards acceptable to SAPP. This may range from reviewing financial models prepared by other parties, keeping track of changes made to original models, to developing complex financial models in-house for specific transactions. • Analysis of financial data and statements to create financial models for projects. . • Deconstruct complex financial models into “user friendly” spreadsheets for SAPP, member utilities and potential financiers’ credit risk evaluation. • Assist in analysing, understanding, and acquainting with financial and economic models prepared by other parties such as technical consultants, utilities, and project sponsors/owners within the scope of project preparation and evaluation activities. • Develop and build project financial and economic models. • Determine the appropriate assumptions for linking the socio-economic and financial cash flows in the models. • Determine the nature and magnitude of a project’s economic benefit and determine the financial and economic impact for all stakeholders. • In certain cases, determining the appropriate statistical parameters for key project variables that are used to perform a multivariate Monte Carlo risk analysis and other probabilistic analyses of project outcomes. • Draw conclusions from the financial and socio-economic analyses that can be used to evaluate project risks in conjunction with potential financiers. • Audit models provided by project sponsors, consultants, or financiers for logical integrity and the reasonableness of key assumptions. • Conduct sensitivity analyses on financial models, as necessary to comply with SAPP, project sponsor and potential financiers’ requirements. The Consultant will be required to: • travel with the project team to understand and collect data for the proper analysis of projects. • prepare the spreadsheet models according to FAST and acceptable industry standards, format and extract the tables according to project sponsor requirements. • annotate and archive all models for ease of reference. • issue for each project a memorandum highlighting key issues, key indicators and questions to sponsors/advisors. This document will be revised with updated information during the project development process. For each project, the Consultant will make explicit the key model parameters (e.g. discount factors, elasticities of supply and demand, shadow prices, etc.) and assumptions, so that sensitivity and robustness analyses can be conducted on model parameters independently. • review investment proposals to ensure integrity with the model assumptions and outputs. • Monitoring Financial Activities in the PAU The Consultant will be required to keep track of the financial performance of projects. This will include: • Providing input and monitoring the financial aspects of the Projects WorkPlan and Budget. • Supporting the Project Team to mobilise funding for projects and monitoring disbursement schedules. • Calculate variances between forecasts and actuals. • Report on financial project performance periodically and as required. • Capacity Building Capacity building is an important part of the contract. Ensure that SAPP staff have sufficient expertise to interact with the project advisors and relevant stakeholders. The Consultant will assist in providing capacity building by: • Developing standardised project financial and economic models covering the SAPP regional projects, i.e. power generation across various technology platforms and transmission infrastructure development projects. Such models may also be produced in simplified form suitable for use by the Project Teams. • Providing ‘on the job’ training to SAPP Project Team members to ensure that they are able, not only to understand the models, but are progressively more capable of performing such services independently and directly. • Assisting project managers to undertake the modelling work themselves. • Propose training interventions on financial modelling for the Project Teams including SAPP staff and Project Sponsor team members. • Reporting The Consultant will report to the Programmes Manager in the Projects Advisory Unit (PAU). The Consultant will work closely with the Chief Transactions Advisor on project financial analysis and modelling but shall also work with the Accounts Officer and Project Specialist on financial reporting on project activities. The Consultant will prepare an Inception Report within one month after commencement of the assignment. The report will describe any additional facilities required and propose recommendations for performing the services. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a monthly report of activities undertaken, and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract. Inputs and Qualification The Consultant should have the following qualifications as a minimum: • A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Statistics • Masters level in any of the above will be an advantage or MBA/MBL equivalent • A proven track record of at least five (5) years in financial modelling and socio-economic analysis of public or private sector projects produced to FAST standards;[2] or acceptable international standards. The relevant experience should also include: • credit analysis of corporate fin