Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project (LESSAP) Phase 2 (Либерия - Тендер #64217393)

• Project ID

P180498

• Project Title

Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project (LESSAP) Phase 2

• Country

Liberia

• Notice No

OP00359706

• Notice Type

Request for Expression of Interest

• Notice Status

Published

• Borrower Bid Reference

LR-RREA-488765-CS-INDV

• Procurement Method

Individual Consultant Selection

• Language of Notice

English

• Submission Deadline Date/Time

Jun 09, 2025 17:00

• Published Date

May 26, 2025

• CONTACT INFORMATION
• Organization/Department

Rural and Renewable Energy Agency

• Name

Stephen Potter

• Address

Rural and Renewable Energy AgencyOld LEC Sub-Station, Newport Street P.O. Box 12801000 Monrovia 10,

• City

• Province/State

Liberia

• Postal Code

• Country

Liberia

• Phone

+231886525505

• Email

stephenp@rrealiberia.org

• Website

www.rrealiberia.org

Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project (LESSAP II)

Project ID: P180498

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

Issue date: May 26, 2025

Closing date: June 9, 2025

Consultancy Services for Result Based Financing (RBF) Mini grid Specialist

Contract Reference No: LR-RREA-488765-CS-INDV

• Background

The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) is an autonomous agency of the Government of Liberia, established in 2010 and legislated in 2015. Its mandate is to facilitate and accelerate the economic transformation of rural Liberia by promoting the development and supply of modern energy products and services, with a focus on locally available renewable resources.

Liberia"s National Electrification Strategy (NES) aims to achieve universal electricity access by 2030, with a target of 75% access by 2030. The strategy outlines a combination of grid expansion, mini-grids, and stand-alone solar systems to achieve these goals.

Under the World Bank-financed LESSAP II, RREA is implementing initiatives to electrify public health and education facilities, deploy solar home systems for households and off-grid productive uses, and pilot private sector-led mini-grids. These efforts are aligned with Liberia"s medium-term development plan and contribute to the government"s target of reaching universal access to electricity by 2030.

With the financing from the World Bank, toward the cost of Liberia Electricity Sector and Strengthening Access Project (LESSAP), RREA intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for Project Coordinator.

• Objective of the Assignment

The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency is seeking a Mini-grid RBF Specialist to support the off-grid sub-component of the Liberia Energy Sector Strengthening & Access Project Phase 2. The strategy for electrification of households through mini-grids will pilot a results-based financing mechanism targeting an estimated 5,300 connections (estimated 23,320 people including 50 MSME with electricity access) to be implemented by private developers based on a public-private partnership model, with the private developers to mobilize co-financing in equity or debts of up to $1.5million. The Mini-grid RBF Specialist will support selected mini-grid developer(s) through the Fund Manager/IVA as relevant on project preparation and facilitation including investment readiness to identify a pipeline of technically and financially viable projects, tendering & implementation, enabling environment to meet regulatory/legal requirements and design of innovative financing & delivery(business) models including:

• Review and validation of technical(engineering), environmental, socio-economic and financial pre-feasibility & feasibility studies for viability and bankability of projects including financial modelling,
• Technical assistance including business development and investment readiness for investment mobilization and addressing capacity constraints,
• Design of RBF & competitive process and support for evaluation, due diligence and grants award decision making,
• Contracting, claims & disbursement processing,
• Implementation monitoring & verification oversight during and after construction and customer connections including design, construction, operational performance, etc
• Technical assistance, enabling policy/regulatory market facilitation support,
• Facilitating access to finance & stimulating productive use of energy,
• Environmental, social safeguards and other regulatory/legal compliance support.

• Scope of the Assignment
• The Mini-grid RBF Specialist will support selected mini-grid developers through the Fund Manager/IVA on relevant activities for tendering, implementation and monitoring of the mini-grids sub-component of LESSAP Phase 2, including but not limited to the following:
• Support the development of an Operations Manual for the mini-grids RBF to cover competitive process, evaluation, due diligence, contracting, processing of claims, claims verification, disbursement, monitoring & evaluation;
• In collaboration with the mini-grid consultants and Fund Manager/IVA, participate in the design of the Call for Proposals and financial models for competitive processes for mini-grid developers,
• Review and validate technical(engineering), environmental, socio-economic and financial pre-feasibility and feasibility site-specific studies including financial models and business plans proposed by private developers under the mini-grids RBF,
• Conduct technical and financial capacity needs assessment and design a technical assistance plan for mini-grid developers,
• Provide business development and investment readiness support to mini-grid developers to access debt and equity funding,
• Design and implement strategies to mitigate challenges for implementation of mini-grids such as reduction of commercial losses, addressing consumers affordability, stimulation of productive use of energy, demand-side management, etc,
• Support facilitation with local commercial financial institutions and impact investors to facilitate access to finance for mini-grid developers,
• Support facilitation on legal and regulatory requirements to mini-grid developers such as obtention of environmental permit, mini-grid construction permit, license/permit for operations & maintenance, duty exemption on quality-verified solar PV components under Executive Order, land acquisition,
• Oversee claims verification processes and conduct four-eye checks on claims verification reports submitted by Independent Verification Agent including test inspection for mini-grid infrastructure constructed,
• Participate in procurement of mini-grid RBF process management tool including development of bidding documents, participation in clarification meeting to bidders, users acceptance test and serving as contract manager,
• Qualifications, Experience, and Competencies

An appropriate undergraduate degree in Energy Engineering or Policy, Economics or other relevance field along with a solid experience of 5 years in energy access through of off-grid, especially mini-grids;

• Private sector development through public-private-partnerships based on results-based financing or performance-based grants,
• Experience in design and implementation of private-sector driven off-grid electrification initiatives particularly mini-grids,
• Experience in design and implementation of enabling environment including facilitating access to finance for the private sector,
• A good understanding of the policy, legal, institutional and regulatory framework of the energy sector specifically on mini-grids infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Liberia,
• Proven written and oral communication skills; strong research, teamwork and interpersonal skills;

• Required Qualities
• Ability to work under pressure and meet critical deadlines
• Communication and other interpersonal skills;
• High levels of personal initiative, motivation, honesty, integrity
• Proficiency in computer applications (Internet and MS Office suite) and report writing skills;
• Location and Reporting Line

The LESSAP2 RBF Mini-grid Specialist will be based at the office of RREA in Monrovia, Liberia, but is expected to travel periodically to the project sites and other locations in rural Liberia. The Consultant will report to the Project Coordinator of the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) or his or her designate.

• Duration

This is a time-based contract for a period of two years with the possibility of extension based on performance.

The attention of interested individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised November 2017, and August 2018, November 2020 and September 2023 and revised in February 2025, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Please refer to paragraph 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations on conflict of interest related to this assignment which is available on the Bank’s website at http://projectsbeta.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/products-and-services/brief/

Interested individual will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection (ICS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information and the detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained electronically at the following email addresses and Website, from Mondays to Fridays, from 0900 to 1600 hours GMT:

Email: info@rrealiberia.org Website: www.rrealiberia.org

Expression of Interest; clearly marked Consultant for RBF Mini-grid Specialist, must be delivered through an email to the address below on or before 4:00 p.m. Local Time, on June 9, 2025.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Attn: Executive Director

Rural and Renewable Energy Agency

LEC Sub-station, Newport Street

1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia

Email: samueln@rrealiberia.org

Electronic submission should also be copied to the following addresses:

info@rrealiberia.org; stephenp@rrealiberia.org; augustinem@rrealiberia.org, tenniej@rrealiberia.org; dehkonteew@rrealiberia.org

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