The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MoPE) and the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC), has issued a public notice to invite applications from solar power developers for a World Bank-supported 50MWp Regional Solar Project on a site with excellent solar irradiation in Soma–Lower River Region, The Gambia.
The preliminary design and planning model concluded that the capacity of the solar power park could be up to 150MWp with storage at the Soma substation and could be built in two phases.
The first phase of this project is 50MWp with a Battery Energy Storage System to meet (and not exceed) the national needs of energy consumption.
To this effect, The Government of The Gambia, through MoPE and NAWEC, intends to select an Independent Power Producer (IPP) under a Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) approach.
The IPP will be responsible for the financing, construction and operation of the solar power park in the first phase of 50MWp with a Battery Energy Storage System for 25 years (the Project).
In this regard, interested firms are invited to submit Applications to participate in this tender.
A complete set of Request for Qualification documents can be purchased by interested firms upon payment of a non-refundable fee of USD500 (Five Hundred US Dollars) to the National Water and Electricity Company, Project Implementation Unit Emporium III Building, Fajara.
“Please contact Haddy Njie by email at [email protected] and copy to [email protected], [email protected] for the account details and access to the Request for Qualification document.
“Please tender the receipt and collect the Request for Qualification document from:
“National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) Project Implementation Unit Emporium III Building, 114 Kairaba Avenue, Fajara Banjul, The Gambia
Telephone: +220 3664125/ 9967791/ 7009342.
“The Submission Deadline for Applications is the 14th of November,2024 noon Banjul Time.”
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