Recruitment of a Junior Power Engineer for the Project Implementation Unit - ECOWAS-REAP — Individual Consultant’s Selection

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT’S SELECTION)

Name of Project: ECOWAS Regional Electricity Access Project (ECOWAS-REAP)- P164044

Grant No.: D4080

Assignment Title: Junior Power Engineer for the Project Implementation Unit

Reference No. GM-NAWEC-230911-CS-INDV

BACKGROUND

National Water and Electricity Company Ltd, NAWEC, is preparing and implementing the Gambia-related part of the ECOWAS-Regional Electricity Access Project (Phase I). The Project Development Objective is to increase grid electricity access in Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and The Gambia. The project aims to provide access to around 1.1 million people in specific localities in each country selected following a first order least cost geospatial planning within a 100-km radius of the substations of the OMVG in The Gambia and Guinea Bissau, and the substations of the OMVS in Mali.

The project comprises three components: (i) Design and build of electricity distribution infrastructure (Medium Voltage - MV and Low Voltage - LV) to maximize new connections; (ii) Supervision of the construction and technical advisory; and (iii) Technical assistance and project management.

The Government of the Republic of The Gambia, through the Project Implementation Unit in The Gambia (PIU-Gambia), now invites eligible individual consultants (“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. Consultant’s Letter of Expression of Interest and CV shall be submitted to the address below.

The Junior Power Engineer’s overall responsibility will be providing technical expertise during project implementation and ensure timely and efficient implementation of the projects managed by the PIU.

Scope of Work

Activities to be performed include but are not limited to the following:

• Participating in the review of the designs prepared by the Contractors and the Owner’s Engineers, technical specifications, drawings, schedules, all technical documents and works’ documents, including various reports and invoices.

• Take part in acceptance of materials (FAT & SAT), control of the works’ compliance with Employer’s Requirements, and all other necessary supervision activities, to ensure that construction of the distribution networks is implemented on time, efficiently, safely, and with high technical quality.

• Representing the PIU on-site during implementation of works and reporting accordingly to the Senior Power Engineer of the PIU.

• Contribute to the elaboration of Annual Work Plans and Budgets of the projects;

• Other activities, as instructed by the Senior Power Engineer and the Project Coordinator.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Electric Engineering or related fields.

• Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience meant as being involved in power distribution grid operation activities or in power distribution grid extension /reinforcement projects in urban or rural areas.

• Fluent in English with excellent written and spoken skills.

• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

• Experienced computer user, including excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.

Duty Station

The Engineer will be required to reside around the project sites. Her/his office will be in Farafenni and Basse, depending on the intervention site.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below.

DURATION OF CONTRACT

1 year period contract renewable after satisfactory evaluation by the Project Coordinator.

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” dated July 2016 and revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), 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 Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 09:00 to 16:00.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by close of business December 9th, 2021.

PIU-GAMBIA

Attn: Haddy Njie, Project Coordinator

53 Mamadi Maniyang Highway

Kanifing, K.M.C.

P.O. Box 609, Banjul

The Gambia

Tel: (+220) 4376607 / 4376608

Fax: (+220) 4375990

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