Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 5.3 MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 8.3MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for Baidoa Electric Company, Baidoa, South-West State, Somalia.

Request for Bids

Plant

Design, Supply Installation, Testing and

Commissioning

(Two-envelope Bidding Process, Without Prequalification)

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Name of the plant

Hybrid PV Power Plant for BECO, Baidoa City, Somalia

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GPS Coordinates

3.1141° N, 43.6519° E

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Location

Baidoa City, Southwest State of Somalia.

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Project Scope

Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 5MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 11 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for Baidoa Electric Company (BECO), Baidoa City, Somalia

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Available land

20 Hectares

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Solar PV Capacity

Minimum 5 MWp

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Battery Energy Storage System Capacity

Minimum 11 MWh consumable energy

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Grid controller

Required, with frequency loop control mode

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Optimization configuration

PV - Given priority

BESS - Given the second priority

Genset - Given the third priority

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Data collection

Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually

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Data storage

Local storage server and cloud

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SCADA access

Remote, Auto, Local. Shall be accessible through the web

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Point of Interconnection

11 kV

The project’s delivery period is Fifteen (15) to Eighteen (18) months from the effective date.

• 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.

• 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.

• The bidding document in English may be obtained free of charge by interested eligible Bidders on the https://sesrp.moewr.gov.so/company-overview/careers/ website or can be provided upon submission of a written application to the address below.

• A Pre-bid conference shall be conducted virtually by the Employer, the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Mogadishu, Somalia on 17 March 2025 at 10.30 am Mogadishu Local Time through the following link:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2I4NjgyZGItNDA3My00ZDA0LWE2ZTEtZjJjYWQyYTc5ODA5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224b471a60-88ee-4c96-87e7-c9beee1ca249%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d72bc85d-7b1f-4248-8f42-6f8a6ff74abb%22%7d

No site visits shall be organized by the employer, but bidders are encouraged to contact Baidoa Electric Company (BECO) headquarters for site visits to familiarize themselves fully with the scope of work envisaged.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10.30 a.m. on 17 April 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 17 April 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.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration using the form included in Section IV, Bidding Forms.

• 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.

• 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, Somalia

Email address: [email protected]. Copy: [email protected]

Contact No: +252 770 980 456

Website: https://sesrp.moewr.gov.so/company-overview/careers/