PREQUALIFICATION FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR STEAMFIELD DEVELOPMENT FOR PAKA GEOTHERMAL FIELD IN THE BARINGO SILALI GEOTHERMAL PROJECT
GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY TENDER APRIL 2023
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GEOTHERMAL STEAM FIELD DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA
PREQUALIFICATION FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR STEAMFIELD DEVELOPMENT FOR PAKA GEOTHERMAL FIELD IN THE BARINGO SILALI GEOTHERMAL PROJECT
TENDER NO: GDC/PMT/PQ/ ICB/052/2022-2023
Deadline: 11 May 2023
Country: Republic of Kenya
Ref.: International, open tender for consulting services in the fields of geothermal steam field development (BMZ ID 201366103, Procurement 501498).
Project Executing Agency: Geothermal Development Company, P.O. Box 100746-00101, Nairobi Kenya (Head Office: Kawi House, South C Bellevue |Popo Lane| Off Red Cross Road Nairobi, Kenya).
Project Measures: The Government of Kenya has received a loan from KfW Development Bank towards the cost of geothermal steam field development at the Baringo-Silali Geothermal Block. The power to be generated from the green geothermal resources will be by public power generators/lndependent Power Producers. Baringo Silali Geothermal Block has three geothermal prospects/fields namely Paka, Korosi, and Silali, and will be developed in phases. The Geothermal Development Company Limited (GDC) is the Implementing Agency for this project. One of the components to be financed under the loan includes the procurement of Consultancy Services for a Feasibility Study of the Project.
Requested Consultant Services: The tasks of the Consultant of this assignment are comprehensive and include the preparation of a reservoir capacity and a field utilization assessment, preparation of a transmission Line evacuation study, assessment of the financial and economic feasibility of the project, preparation of an environmental and social impact assessment scoping report for the steam gathering system and the power plant, and the transfer of knowledge and provision of training for GDC’s staff. The overall duration of the assignment is estimated to be six months and is expected to start in mid-2023.
The prequalification of experienced consultants for the requested services will be guided by the latest version of the “Guidelines for the Procurement of Consulting Services, Works, Plant, Goods and Non-Consulting Services in Financial Cooperation with Partner Countries” (refer to homepage of KfW Development Bank https://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/Internationale-Finanzierung/KfW-Entwicklungsbank/Service/Vergaberegularien/ . It is foreseen to assign the services to an independent consultant firm or association of firms with proven experience in the respective fields of activity and in the regional context. A minimum annual turnover of EUR 2,000,000 is required. The full Request for Application (RfA) can be obtained from the Tender Agent under the follow ng address: Dr. Max Kasparek, Email: Kasparek@t-online.de . to be sent in cc. to procurement@gdc.co.ke .
The Application must be submitted at or before 11 May 2023 at 15:00 hrs (pm), local time in Frankfurt a. M., Germany (CET). Timely submission means that the file must be successfully uploaded by the deadline. Bidders are requested to limit the number of files for upload to a maximum of 5 files. Please note that no physical delivery shall be made (no hard copies are to be submitted).
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