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Consultancy Services for Detailed
Study, ESHS Assessment, and Supervision Support for the OPGW Live-Line
Extension Project
CONSULTING SERVICES, Expressions of Interest
Country: Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Name of the Project: Consultancy
Services for Detailed Study, ESHS Assessment,
and Supervision Support for the
OPGW Live-Line Extension Project
Loan No.: CET1135 01/ Grant No.:
CET1135 05
Ref. No.: EEP/FP-1/CS/01/2026
The Ethiopian Electric Power
(EEP) has received financing from Agence Française de Développement
("AFD") and the European Union ("EU"), and intends to use
part of the funds thereof for payments under the following project: Consultancy
Services for Detailed Study, ESHS Assessment, and Supervision Support for the
OPGW Live- Line Extension Project.
1.Project Objective
The Services of the consultant
shall consist of: (i) Detailed engineering study and line profiling for HV
lines; (ii) transmission line modeling using PLS-CADD, ETAP, DIgSILENT, and
PSCAD or equivalent; (iii) environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA)
and preparation of ESMP; (iv) supervision of ESHS measures and Resettlement
Policy Framework during implementation; (v) licensed software provision and
capacity building training; and (vi) preparation of tender-ready technical
specifications for OPGW supply and installation of 1,590 Km length in the following
regions: Addis Ababa, Afar, Amhara, Central Ethiopia, Oromia, Sidama, South
Ethiopia using HV live-line Installation techniques.
Services are expected to start in
June 2026 and have an approximate total duration of forty-eight (48) months.
2.Selection of Applicants
EEP hereby invites Applicants to
show their interest in delivering the Services described above.
This Request for Expressions of
Interest is open to:
X Consulting firms Individual
consultants
NGOS Joint Venture between NGO(s) and
consulting firm(s)
Eligibility criteria to AFD
financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the "Procurement Guidelines
for AFD-Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries", available online on AFD's
website: http://www.afd.fr.
The Applicant shall submit only
one application, either in its own name or as a member of a Joint Venture (JV).
If an Applicant (including any JV member) submits or participates in more than
one application, those applications shall be all rejected. However, the same
Sub consultant may participate in several applications.
If the Applicant is a JV, the
expression of interest shall include:
a copy of the JV Agreement
entered into by all members,or
a letter of intent to execute a
JV Agreement, signed by all members together with a copy of the Agreement
proposal, In the absence of this document, the other members will be considered
as Sub consultants.
Experiences and qualifications of
Sub consultants are not taken into account in the evaluation of the
applications. Interested Applicants must provide information evidencing that
they are qualified and experienced to perform those Services. For that purpose,
documented evidence of recent (less than ten (10) years) and similar services
shall be submitted. Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be
based on: The contracts size;
The nature of the Services
"detailed technical studies", "ESHS assessments", "supervision
of ESHS implementation";
The technical area and expertise
"HV transmission line engineering", "ESHS management",
"OPGW live-line installation engineering", "transmission
modeling and simulation";
The location: “in Sub-Saharan
Africa", "in the Client's country" (Ethiopia)
The table below outlines the
criteria that will be used to shortlist Applicants. For each experience
provided, please check the boxes corresponding to the criteria that are met.
ETHIOPIAN
ELECTRIC POWER