Consultancy for Transactional Advisory Services for Wind/Solar/BESS Projects — Namibia Renewable Energy Scale-up Support Project

Original title: Consultancy for Transactional Advisory Services (IPP/PPP) support to prepare Wind/ Solar/ BESS Projects

Deadline

January 26, 2024

Closed

Published on December 8, 2023 at 12:00 AMModified on June 12, 2026 at 02:39 PM

Key information

Type: Consulting & Studies
Location: Namibia
Deadline: January 26, 2024 at 12:00 AMClosed
Estimated Value: Not disclosed
Language of Notice: English

What is this tender about?

Consultancy for Transactional Advisory Services for Wind/Solar/BESS Projects — Namibia Renewable Energy... is a consulting & studies procurement opportunity published by Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Ltd in Namibia on December 8, 2023. Submissions closed on January 26, 2024. 1 official document is attached below.

Site studies,
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the selected sites, and
Feasibility Studies. The mandate for transaction advisory would complement (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) in preparing the package needed for NamPower to successfully launch the procurement of solar PV and wind projects. The transaction advisory support will cover four main areas: A. Technical advisory: support NamPower to: • Define the technical criteria of the Request for Qualification (RfQ);
Draft the Minimum Technical Specifications and testing conditions for the Request for Proposal (RfP) based on the conclusions of the Feasibility Study;
Evaluate technical proposals;
Provide technical inputs to Project Documents;
Support the negotiations with the Preferred Bidders on the technical side;
Support the inclusion of socio-economic and gender benefits as evaluation criteria in the procurement process; and
more generally address technical questions/comments up to financial close of the RE projects. B. Legal advisory: support NamPower to: • draft the RfP and Project Agreements;
Evaluate compliance of proposals submitted by Bidders from a legal perspective;
Responsible for all legal requirements during the tenure of the contract
Support the negotiations with the Preferred Bidders on the legal side; and
More generally address legal questions/comments up to financial close of the RE projects. C. Financial advisory: support to NamPower to: • Lead and coordinate the bidding process as a whole;
Manage the other consultants if applicable;
Advise on bankability matters;
Lead and run financial modelling to inform the decision-making process;
Evaluate the bids from a financial/global perspective;
Support the negotiations with the Preferred Bidders on the financial/global technical side; and
More generally address financial/cross-cutting questions/comments up to financial close of the RE projects. D. Capacity building: knowledge and expertise transfer NamPower staff This fourth area will be transversal to the three areas listed above and will include but not limited to supporting NamPower through technical assistance, capacity building, and tailored training, with the objective to increase the capacity within NamPower to development and implement sustainable and bankable renewable IPP energy projects. These services are envisaged to have a duration of approximately 24 months. The scope of services details and all deliverables from the Consultant will be detailed in the Terms of Reference (TOR) which will be issued with the Request for Proposal (RFP) to the shortlisted Consultants in the subsequent bidding phase. NamPower invites eligible 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 corresponding Services. The short-listing criteria will be as follows: • Core Business: minimum five (5) years of experience in providing Transactional Advisory Services for utility-scale renewable energy projects,
Demonstrate experience of having satisfactorily completed a combined magnitude of 300 MW of wind and solar projects,
Demonstrate experience of the Consultant having acted as the lead consultant and having supported tender preparation and implementation of utility-scale renewable projects executed by private companies under an Independent Power Producer (IPP), or Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) scheme or any other auction, where the Consultant acted as the lead transaction advisor and where the IPP or PPP project was successfully implemented. By having satisfactorily completed at least four (4) transactional advisory assignments, whereby:• Two (2) projects are onshore wind projects, from which one (1) onshore wind project assignment of at least 100MW in magnitude, which has reached financial close in the past five (5) years, and
Two (2) projects are solar PV projects, from which one (1) project assignment of at least 40MW in magnitude, which has reached financial close in the past five (5) years. Interested Consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services by completing and submitting the REoI document that can be downloaded at the NamPower website, link: https://www.nampower.com.na/bids.aspx. Any NamPower responses to Clarifications requests and/ or Amendments to the REoI document will also be posted at this website link. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to the conditions that Procurement of contracts financed by the proceeds of the proposed World Bank (IBRD) grant will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016) (Procurement Regulations), revised in November 2017, August 2018, and November 2020 and is open to all eligible firms. The service is being procured on an Open international basis and will be advertised INTERNATIONALLY and is open to any firm, whether local or international, provided that it meets the shortlisting criteria set out above. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. Any party to the association, either joint venture member’s or sub-contractor’s experience will count on the qualifications criteria. In the case of a Joint Venture (JV), the Consultant shall specify the lead partner and all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 3.14 to 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated July 2016, revised in November 2017, August 2018, November 2020, and September 2023 setting forth the World Bank’s Policy on Conflict of Interest. Only five (5) to eight (8) eligible Consultants will be shortlisted or a small number of Consultants as per paragraph 7.17 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost-based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. Only shortlisted Consultants will be approached directly by NamPower to submit proposals for the services required in the RFP phase. All correspondences and further information requests related to this EOI shall be made in English. Any clarification sought by any firm in respect of the EOI shall be addressed in writing, as per the Clarifications schedule indicated below. Clarifications closed on 18 December 2023 – 12 January 2024 (all days inclusive), then open until last date of clarifications set for 19 January 2024. Mr Mathew Nelenge Procurement Management Unit, NamPower Centre 15 Luther Street Tel: +264-61-205 2324 E-mail: retf.procurement@nampower.com.na The office hours are: 08:00 – 16:00 (Namibian Time) on Monday – Friday. The EOI document shall be prepared and submitted in the English language and shall be submitted and received in HARD COPY ONLY. An electron

What are the key dates?

Publication
December 8, 2023
Bid Submission Deadline
January 26, 2024
Evaluation & Award
Pending
Contract Signature
Pending

Procuring Entity

Name: Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Ltd
Country: Namibia
Contact person: Mathew Nelenge
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Which documents are available?

Tender Details
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