REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)
(CONSULTING SERVICES - FIRMS)
EAPP INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT
ADDIS ABAB, ETHIOPIA
Sector.: Energy/Power
Financing Agreement reference.: 2100155043121
Project ID No.: P-Z-F00-152
RFP No.: EAPP/AfDB/ P-Z-F00-152/CS/07/2024
- The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP), through the African Development Bank (AfDB), has received a grant from the African Development Fund towards the cost of the EAPP Institutional Capacity Building Project and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR REGULATING CROSS-BORDER POWER TRADE, PROCEDURES FOR MARKET MONITORING, ACCESS RULES AND SANCTION REGULATION FRAMEWORK FOR THE INDEPENDENT REGULATORY BOARD (IRB) OF EASTERN AFRICA POWER POOL (EAPP).
- The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) is an inter-governmental organization established in 2005 to coordinate cross-border power trade and grid interconnection among nations of the Eastern Africa region. The EAPP comprises thirteen member countries including Burundi, Djibouti, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The Council of Ministers (COM) is the supreme governing body of EAPP that provides policy, strategic guidance, and oversight. The EAPP’s mandate is to provide efficient coordination of power production, transmission, and trade in the region; and to facilitate, the development of a regional electricity market. The Independent Regulatory Board (IRB) has its origins in 2005. The Governments of the Eastern African Countries on February 24, 2005, signed a memorandum of understanding, the Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU), to establish the EAPP, one organ of which is the IRB. On January 20, 2012, the IRB was formally established through a resolution of the 5th COM meeting and decided to be co-located at EAPP’s General Secretariat in Addis Ababa for the foreseeable future until the conditions are deemed appropriate.
The IRB board in its 5th Annual Board Meeting held in Kigali, Rwanda from 15th to 16th December 2022, resolved that the seat of the IRB Secretariat be in Kampala, Uganda. Following this, the 16th COM meeting held in Kampala, Uganda on February 3, 2023, ratified the seat of the IRB Secretariat to be located in Kampala, Uganda. The current Empowering legal instruments for IRB are the IGMOU and the IRB Articles of Agreement signed by member countries. The Independent Regulatory Board (IRB) is EAPP's organ for regional regulation and reports directly to the COM. The IRB is composed of the heads of the national regulatory authorities/ commissions in each member country.
The expected duration of the assignment is seven (7) months. A tentative implementation schedule is provided in the ToR; however, consultants can review and propose an alternative schedule which will contain revised activities and expected timelines during technical proposal submission. The estimated level of effort is 5 person months.
- The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) General Secretariat now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may constitute joint ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.
- Eligibility criteria, the establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations”, dated October 2015 and following the provisions stipulated in the Financing Agreement using the relevant Bank Standard or Model Solicitation Documents (SDs) approved by the Bank., which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.
- Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below paragraph 6 during office hours, 0900 to 1700 hours -East Africa Time during working days (Monday to Friday).
- Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, by mail, or by e-mail (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) by September 30, 2024 before or at 11:00 hours–East Africa Time Zone (GMT+3) and mention “The Development of Guidelines for Regulating Cross-Border Power Trade, Procedures for Market Monitoring, Access Rules and Sanction Regulation Framework for the Independent Regulatory Board (IRB) of Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)”. - The EAPP address:
Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)
Eng. James Wahogo
Secretary-General
P.O Box 100644, Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia)
EEP Head Quarter, Kotebe, Yeka Sub City
Tel.: (251) 11 667 1669 | (251)11 667 1670,
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