Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 3.5 MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 7MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for Galkayo Electricity Company (GECO), Galkayo, Galmudug State, Somalia.

Deadline

March 15, 2025

Closed

Published on February 10, 2025 at 12:00 AMModified on June 12, 2026 at 02:39 PM

Key information

Type: IT & Télécom
Procuring Entity: Ministry of Energy and Water Resource
Location: 🇸🇴 Somalia
Deadline: March 15, 2025 at 12:00 AMClosed
Estimated Value: Not disclosed
Language of Notice: English

Description

Request for Bids

Plant

Design, Supply Installation, Testing and

Commissioning

(Two-envelope Bidding Process, Without Prequalification)

Employer:	Ministry of Energy and Water Resources,	Project:	Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project “SESRP”
Contract title:	Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 3.5MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 7 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for the Galkayo Electricity Company (GECO) Galkayo, Galmudug State, Somalia.	Country:	Federal Government of Somalia
Grant No.:	D931-SO	RFB No:	SO-MOEWR-459178-CW-RFB
Issued on:	4th January 2025• The Federal Government of Somalia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contracts for Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 3.5MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 7 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for the Galkayo Electricity Company (GECO) Galkayo, Galmudug State, Somalia For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing except for those payments which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.• The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for provision of Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 3.5MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 7 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for the Galkayo Electricity Company (GECO) Galkayo, Galmudug State, Somalia as detailed in the table below.Table1: GECO, Galkayo City, Somalia	Item	Description
Details	A	Project General Information

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Name of the plant	Hybrid PV Power Plant for GECO, Galkayo, Somalia.
2	GPS Coordinates
6.7873° N, 47.4392° E	3
Location	Galkayo, Galmudug State of Somalia
4	Project Scope
Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 3.5MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 7 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for the Galkayo Electricity Company (GECO) Galkayo, Galmudug Sate, Somalia	5
Available land	4 Hectares
6	GPS coordinates of the available land
6.7873° N, 47.4392° E	B
Required Plant Capacity - New Equipment

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Solar PV Capacity	Minimum 3.5 MWp
2	Battery Energy Storage System Capacity
Minimum 7 MWh consumable energy	3
PV Performance Ratio	Minimum 90%
C	System Optimisation and Monitoring

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Grid controller	Required, with frequency loop control mode
2	Optimization configuration
PV - Given priorityBESS - Given the second priorityGenset - Given the third priority	3
Data collection	Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually
4	Data storage
Local storage server and cloud	5
SCADA access	Remote, Auto, Local. Shall be accessible through the web
6	Point of Interconnection
11 kVThe project’s delivery period is Fifteen (15) to Eighteen (18) months from the effective date.3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Interim Project Coordinator, Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, email address: [email protected] and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 8.30am to 4.00pm at the address given below.5. The bidding document in English may be obtained free of charge by interested eligible Bidders on the sesrp.moewr.gov.so website or can be provided upon submission of a written application to the address below.6. A Pre-bid conference shall be conducted virtually by the Employer, the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Mogadishu, Somalia on 15th February 2025 at 10.30 am Mogadishu Local Time via the following the linkhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZTczOGI0NTgtNzZjNy00YzAwLTkxYmMtMjQ5MzVlMmUzNjc1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224b471a60-88ee-4c96-87e7-c9beee1ca249%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d72bc85d-7b1f-4248-8f42-6f8a6ff74abb%22%7dNo site visits shall be organized by the employer, but bidders are encouraged to contact Galkayo Electricity Company (GECO) headquarters for site visits to familiarize themselves fully with the scope of work envisaged.7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10.30 a.m. on 15th March 2025. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below, at 11.00 am on 15th March 2025. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in the safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.8. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration using the form included in Section IV, Bidding Forms.9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.10. The address(es) referred to above is (are):Interim Project Coordinator,Project Implementation Unit “PIU” Office, 6th Block, 2nd Floor,Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources,Airport Road, next to Ali Jim’ale Mosque,Waberi District, Mogadishu, SomaliaEmail address: [email protected]. Copy: [email protected]Contact No: +252 770 980 456Website: https://sesrp.moewr.gov.so/company-overview/careers/

Tender Timeline

Publication
February 10, 2025
Bid Submission Deadline
March 15, 2025
Evaluation & Award
Pending
Contract Signature
Pending

Procuring Entity

Procuring Entity: Ministry of Energy and Water Resource
Country: Somalia
Contact person: Liban Ali Ibrahim
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +252770980456

Tender Documents

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