Employer: Ministry of Energy and Minerals
Project: Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project “SESRP”
Contract title: Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of an 8 MW DC / 6.8 MW AC Solar PV Power Plant with 20 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System including 5 km of 33 kV Evacuation line for Awdal Electric Company (AEC): Borama, Somaliland.
Country: Government of Somaliland
Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: D9310
RFB No: SO-MOEM-445086-CW-RF
The Governmentof Somalilandhas 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 Contract Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of an 8 MW DC / 6.8 MW AC Solar PV Power Plant with 20 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System including 5 km of 33 kV Evacuation line for Awdal Electric Company (AEC): Borama, Somaliland. 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 Ministryof Energy and Minerals, Somalilandnow invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of an 8 MW DC / 6.8 MW AC Solar PV Power Plant with 20 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System including 5 km of 33 kV Evacuation line for Awdal Electric Company (AEC): Borama, Somaliland. as per details below. The duration of the contract will be 15 months from the Effective Date of the contract.
Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) with Rated Criteria as specified in the World Bank’s “ProcurementRegulations for IPF Borrowers” dated February 2025(“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): [80%] and for Bid cost: [20%].
Interested eligible Biddersmay obtain further information from Project Coordinator, Project Implementation Unit, Ministryof Energy and Minerals, Somaliland via e-mail address: coordinator.sesrp@moem-sl.com,and copy procurement@moem-sl.com,
and inspect the bidding document during office hours 8:00 am to 4:00pm local time at the address given below.
The bidding document in Englishmay be obtained free of chargeby the interested eligible bidders from the website https://moem.govsomaliland.org// or can be obtained upon submission of a written application to the address below.
A pre-bid conference shall be conducted virtually by the Employer, the Ministry of Energyon 14 May 2025at 9:30 Am Hargeisa, Local Time. No site visits shall be organized by the employer, but bidders are encouraged to make site visits to familiarize themselves with the scope of work envisaged.
Bids must be delivered to the address on or before 14 June, 2025, 9:30 Am Hargeisa Local Time.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 on 14 June 2025, at 10:00 Am Hargeisa Local time. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.
Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration,using the form includedin the Section IV Bidding form.
Note: the documents are two volumes: please make sure to download both volumes as follows:
Interim Project Coordinator,
Project Implementation Unit “PIU” Office,
Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project,
Ministry of Energy and Minerals,
Mujahid Lixle Rd, Next to Ministry of Commerce
26 June District, Hargeisa Somaliland
Tel Number: +252 634187118
Email address coordinator.sesrp@moem-sl.com Copy: procurement@moem-sl.com
Web page: https://moem.govsomaliland.org/ .
Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an unrecognized sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to th... Read More
