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General Information
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Country:
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Uganda
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City/Locality:
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Kampala
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Notice/Contract Number:
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MEMD/CONS/2024-2025/00039
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Publication Date:
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Apr 7, 2026
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Deadline (local time):
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April 28, 2026 - 14:00
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Agency:
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Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Buyer:
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UGANDA - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development
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Eligibility of Bidders:
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The Consultant shall present at least two (2) similar assignment (in nature, value and scope) to prove possession of the above competences carried out over the last seven (7)
years.
Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on:
The contracts size: Minimum value of EUR 200,0000;
The nature of the Services: (i) technical assistance; (ii) organization of study tours.
The technical area and expertise;
a)Development and/or review of manuals for procedures for design, planning and implementation of rural electrification for utilities or ministries in developing countries
b) Planning and organisation of study tours in the area of power distribution and rural electrification;
c) E&S: application of World Bank environmental and social safeguards standards;
d) Preparation of electrification strategies and programs that integrate grid and off grid technologies in developing countries.
e) Demonstrated knowledge and understanding on different business models to promote on-grid and off-grid technologies in a sustainable manner.
The location: Proven experience of having executed any consulting service contract in Uganda and or other developing countries in Africa.
This Request for Expressions of Interest is open to Consulting firms only.
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Original Language:
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English
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Contact information
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Address:
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Patricia Kirangi
Senior Procurement Officer
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development , Plot 29/33 Amber House , Kampala Road
7270
Kampala 7270
Uganda
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Telephone:
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+256 782979017/ +256 414 344414
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E-mail:
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kir.trish@gmail.com
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Web site::
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www.memd.go.ug
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Assignments
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65300000 - Electricity
distribution
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Documents attachés
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- Solicitation (300 KB; Apr 7, 2026) Download documents
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Original Text
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UGANDA
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION DESIGN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION MANUALS
Procurement Reference Number: MEMD/CONS/2024-2025/00039
The Government of Uganda represented by Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has received a financing from Agence Française de Développement ("AFD"), and
intends to use part of the funds thereof for payments under the following Service.
The Services of the consultant shall consist of Consultancy Services to Develop Comprehensive Rural Electrification Design Planning and Implementation Manuals. The scope
of the consultant shall include:
• Review existing MEMD technical manuals on design, planning, construction and project management for Power distribution networks including material and equipment
specifications;
• Update and develop comprehensive detailed specifications and manuals for design, planning, rehabilitation, and implementation of rural electrification initiatives and
projects under the Rural Electrification Department; and
• Organise benchmarking visits for nominated MEMD technical staff to reputable manufacturers of materials and equipment, as well as to power utilities of countries with
successful electrification programs, ensuring a successful knowledge transfer initiative.
These documents will streamline power distribution network deployment, encompassing modern technologies, sustainable practices, and sound project management principles.
This initiative will integrate lessons learnt from past MEMD electrification projects and also add aspects not initially covered by existing MEMD manuals such as grid
rehabilitation, power evacuation lines, sub-marine cables, grid integration of distributed generation plants, primary distribution substations, switching stations,
consumer connections, smart electricity meters, off-grid solutions, micro/mini-grids, and other crucial aspects of smart and sustainable distribution networks.
The assignment shall take a period of six (6) months with the estimated total input for the key experts at a minimum of eighteen (18) man-months.
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development hereby invites Applicants to show their interest in delivering the Services described above.
This Request for Expressions of Interest is open to Consulting firms only.
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 Subconsultant 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 Subconsultants.
Experiences and qualifications of Subconsultants 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 and similar services shall be submitted.
The shortlisting criteria will therefore include;
The Consultant shall present at least two (2) similar assignment (in nature, value and scope) to prove possession of the above competences carried out over the last
seven (7) years.
Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on:
The contracts size: Minimum value of EUR 200,0000;
The nature of the Services: (i) technical assistance; (ii) organization of study tours.
The technical area and expertise;
a) Development and/or review of manuals for procedures for design, planning and implementation of rural electrification for utilities or ministries in developing
countries
b) Planning and organisation of study tours in the area of power distribution and rural electrification;
c) E&S: application of World Bank environmental and social safeguards standards;
d) Preparation of electrification strategies and programs that integrate grid and off grid technologies in developing countries.
e) Demonstrated knowledge and understanding on different business models to promote on-grid and off-grid technologies in a sustainable manner.
The location: Proven experience of having executed any consulting service contract in Uganda and or other developing countries in Africa.
An application that does not meet any of the above requirements will be rejected.
Among the submitted applications, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development will shortlist a maximum of six (6) Applicants, to whom the Request for Proposals to carry out
the Services shall be sent.
The Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the address below no later than 2 p.m. (local time) on April 28th, 2026.
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD)
Head Procurement and Disposal Unit,
Plot 29/33 Amber House, Kampala Road
Procurement and Disposal Unit, 1st Floor, Room C109.
Interested Applicants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours (8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (local time) excluding weekends and Ugandan public
holidays:
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD)
Head Procurement and Disposal Unit,
Plot 29/33 Amber House, Kampala Road
Procurement and Disposal Unit, 1st Floor, Room C109.
Email: hpdu@energy.go.ug/ kir.trish@gmail.com
Appendix to The Request for Expressions of Interest
(To be sumitted with the application, signed and unaltered)
Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Environmental and Social Responsibility
Reference of the bid or proposal (the "Contract")
To: (the "Contracting Authority")
1. We recognise and accept that Agence Française de Développement ("AFD") only finances projects of the Contracting Authority subject to its own conditions which are set
out in the Financing Agreement which benefits directly or indirectly to the Contracting Authority. As a matter of consequence, no legal relationship exists between AFD and
our company, our joint venture or our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants. The Contracting Authority retains exclusive responsibility for
the preparation and implementation of the procurement process and performance of the contract. The Contracting Authority means the Purchaser, the Employer, the Client, as
the case may be, for the procurement of goods, works, plants, consulting services or non-consulting services.
2. We hereby certify that neither we nor any other member of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants are in
any of the following situations:
2.1 Being bankrupt, wound up or ceasing our activities, having our activities administered by the courts, having entered into receivership, reorganisation or being in any
analogous situation arising from any similar procedure;
2.2 Having been:
a) convicted, within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata in the country where the Contract is implemented, of fraud, corruption or
of any other offense committed during a procurement process or performance of a contract (in the event of such conviction, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity
supporting information showing that this conviction is not relevant in the context of this Contract);
b) subject to an administrative sanction within the past five years by the European Union or by the competent authorities of the country where we are constituted, for
fraud, corruption or for any other offense committed during a procurement process or performance of a contract (in the event of such sanction, you may attach to this
Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this sanction is not relevant in the context of this Contract);
c) convicted, within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata, of fraud, corruption or of any other offense committed during the
procurement process or performance of an AFD-financed contract;
2.3 Being listed for financial sanctions by the United Nations, the European Union and/or France for the purposes of fight-against-terrorist financing or threat to
international peace and security;
2.4 Having been subject within the past five years to a contract termination fully settled against us for significant or persistent failure to comply with our contractual
obligations during contract performance, unless this termination was challenged and dispute resolution is still pending or has not confirmed a full settlement against
us;
2.5 Not having fulfilled our fiscal obligations regarding payments of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of either the country where we are constituted or the
Contracting Authority"s country;
2.6 Being subject to an exclusion decision of the World Bank and being listed on the website http://www.worldbank.org/debarr
(in the event of such exclusion, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this exclusion is not relevant in the context of this
Contract);
2.7 Having created false documents or committed misrepresentation in documentation requested by the Contracting Authority as part of the procurement process of this
Contract.
3. We hereby certify that neither we, nor any of the members of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants are
in any of the following situations of conflict of interest:
3.1 Being an affiliate controlled by the Contracting Authority or a shareholder controlling the Contracting Authority, unless the stemming conflict of interest has been
brought to the attention of AFD and resolved to its satisfaction;
3.2 Having a business or family relationship with a Contracting Authority"s staff involved in the procurement process or the supervision of the resulting Contract, unless
the stemming conflict of interest has been brought to the attention of AFD and resolved to its satisfaction;
3.3 Being controlled by or controlling another bidder or consultant, or being under common control with another bidder or consultant, or receiving from or granting
subsidies directly or indirectly to another bidder or consultant, having the same legal representative as another bidder or consultant, maintaining direct or indirect
contacts with another bidder or consultant which allows us to have or give access to information contained in the respective applications, bids or proposals, influencing
them or influencing decisions of the Contracting Authority;
3.4 Being engaged in a consulting services activity, which, by its nature, may be in conflict with the assignments that we would carry out for the Contracting
Authority;
3.5 In the case of procurement of goods, works or plants:
a) Having prepared or having been associated with a consultant who prepared specifications, drawings, calculations and other documentation to be used in the procurement
process of this Contract;
b) Having been recruited (or being proposed to be recruited) ourselves or any of our affiliates, to carry out works supervision or inspection for this Contract.
4. If we are a state-owned entity, and to compete in a procurement process, we certify that we have legal and financial autonomy and that we operate under commercial laws
and regulations.
5. We undertake to bring to the attention of the Contracting Authority, which will inform AFD, any change in situation with regard to points 2 to 4 here above.
6. In the context of the procurement process and performance of the corresponding contract:
6.1 We have not and we will not engage in any dishonest conduct (act or omission) deliberately indented to deceive others, to intentionally conceal items, to violate or
vitiate someone"s consent, to make them circumvent legal or regulatory requirements and/or to violate their internal rules in order to obtain illegitimate profit;
6.2 We have not and we will not engage in any dishonest conduct (act or omission) contrary to our legal or regulatory obligations or our internal rules in order to obtain
illegitimate profit;
6.3 We have not promised, offered or given and we will not promise, offer or give, directly or indirectly to (i) any Person who holds a legislative, executive,
administrative or judicial mandate within the State of the Contracting Authority regardless of whether that Person was nominated or elected, regardless of the permanent or
temporary, paid or unpaid nature of the position and regardless of the hierarchical level the Person occupies, (ii) any other Person who performs a public function,
including for a State institution or a State owned company, or who provides a public service, or (iii) any other person defined as a Public Officer by the national laws of
the Contracting Authority’s country, an undue advantage of any kind, for himself or for another Person or entity, for such Public Officer to act or refrain from acting
in his official capacity;
6.4 We have not promised, offered or given and we will not promise, offer or give, directly or indirectly to any Person who occupies an executive position in a private
sector entity or works for such an entity, regardless of the nature of his/her capacity, any undue advantage of any kind, for himself or another Person or entity for such
Person to perform or refrain from performing any act in breach of its legal, contractual or professional obligations;
6.5 We have not and we will not engage in any practice likely to influence the contract award process to the detriment of the Contracting Authority and, in particular, in
any anti competitive practice having for object or for effect to prevent, restrict or distort competition, namely by limiting access to the market or the free exercise of
competition by other undertakings;
6.6 Neither we nor any of the members of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants shall acquire or supply any
equipment nor operate in any sectors under an embargo of the United Nations, the European Union or France;
6.7 We commit ourselves to comply with and ensure that all of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants comply with international
environmental and labour standards, consistent with laws and regulations applicable in the country of implementation of the Contract, including the fundamental conventions
of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and international environmental treaties. Moreover, we shall implement environmental and social risks mitigation measures
when specified in the environmental and social commitment plan (ESCP) provided by the Contracting Authority.
7. We, as well as members of our joint venture and our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants authorise AFD to inspect accounts, records and
other documents relating to the procurement process and performance of the contract and to have them audited by auditors appointed by AFD.
Name: In the capacity of:
Duly empowered to sign in the name and on behalf of :
Signature:
Dated:
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