TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BANK TENDER AUGUST 2024 

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

 

Country:  Kenya
Name of Project:  Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation – Regional Energy Access Financing Platform (ASCENT)
Loan No./Credit No./TF No./Grant No.:  7442 – 3E
Project ID No.:  P181328
  1. The Eastern And Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) has received financing in the amount of US$ 294 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation – Regional Energy Access Financing Platform (ASCENT) project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments PROVISION OF  GOODS. NON-CONSULTING SERVICES AND CONSULTING SERVICES to be procured under this project.
  2. The project includes the following components:

2.1  Component 1: Lending to DRE and clean cooking companies: This component will provide loans to DRE and clean cooking companies to expand electricity and clean cooking access in IDA-eligible countries in the Eastern & Southern Africa (AFE) region that are TDB members.

2.2  Component 2: Results based financing for the frontier markets: This component will establish a regional Results-Based Financing (RBF) facility, which will provide grant funding via result-based financing and performance-based catalytic grants to support DRE and clean cooking expansion in markets unserved or underserved by national programs. The RBF facility will’ be implemented by the Trade and Development Fund (TDF), a subsidiary of TDB.

2.3  Component 3: Technical assistance (TA), institutional strengthening, and tools and innovations for DRE and clean cooking: This component will finance technical assistance, capacity building and institutional strengthening, acquisition of tools and digital platforms and consultancy services, and development and piloting (via lending or grants) of financial innovations. This will include TA to TDB and TDF to gain better understanding and ability to carry out due diligence on DRE and clean cooking sub- projects, including for E&S aspects, climate resilience and building a pipeline of viable sub-projects.

  1. The goods, non-consulting services and consulting services that will be procured through Open International Competitive Procurement include:
Market Assessments and Pipeline Development
1.       Technical advisor in Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) companies
2.       Technical advisor in clean cooking companies Due Diligence for Lending and Results-Based Grants
3.       Consulting services for technical (engineering, economic, and financial) due diligence for DRE and clean cooking companies
4.       Consulting services for Environmental & Social (E&S) due diligence and E&S gap filling for DRE and clean cooking companies
5.       Consulting service for legal and contractual compliance aspects of due diligence for DRE and clean cooking companies
Deal Structuring for Lending and Results-Based Grants
6.       Consulting services for a legal advisor on legal aspects of structuring individual transactions with financial intermediaries, DRE and clean cooking companies
7.       Consulting services for transaction advisory services in a regional results-based financing program under the ASCENT REAF project.
8.       Consulting services for a Lender’s Technical Advisory services for prospective deals with DRE and clean cooking companies
Other Functions:
9.       Consulting services for market research, technical assistance, and capacity building on the DRE and clean cooking sectors for TDB and TDF
10.     Consulting services for partnership and stakeholder liaison officer in the DRE and clean cooking sectors
11.     Gender and inclusion strategy specialist
12.     Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
13.     Environmental and Social Officer(s)
14.     Consulting services for Independent verification agent (IVA)
15.     Senior Investment Officer(s)
16.     Carbon Financing Investment Officer(s)
17.     Clean Cooking Investment Officer(s)
18.     Investment Analyst(s)
19.     Investment Officer(s)
20.     Design, supply and installation of a digital platform for deal management and Results-Based Financing.
21.     Design, supply and installation of a digital platform for market intelligence, geospatial planning and due diligence
22.     Design, supply and installation of a digital platform for aggregating carbon-related results
23.     Other contracts for non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured through Open International Competitive Procurement that may be required to support the achievement of project objectives.
  1. Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’ Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, First Published July 2016, and Fifth Edition September 2023”, hereafter referred to as “Procurement Regulations.”; and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection.
  2. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online, on the World Bank’s external website and TDB’s website, https://www.tdbgroup.org and newspapers of national circulation in Kenya.
  3. Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, non- consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below:

Facilities and Property Management Officer

/Administrative Officer Corporate Services and Administration

Mr. Bernard Kobia

Eastern & Southern African Trade & Development Bank (TDB) TDB Tower

184 Lenana Road, Nairobi, Kenya

Telephone Number: +254732192000

E-mail: wbtaprocurements@tdbgroup.org I

Website: https://www.tdbgroup.org

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