Botswana National Electrification Analysis (Nea) Tender, Botswana - 108065639

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Country : Botswana

Summary : Botswana National Electrification Analysis (Nea)

Deadline : 28 Oct 2024

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 108065639

Document Ref. No. : 0002011691

Financier : World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Botswana is a large, sparsely populated, land-locked country. Expandingelectricity access to more remote and lower-population density areas increasesthe electricity infrastructure costs while ability to pay for servicediminishes. The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) network extends over longdistances which results in high transmission and distribution losses at asystem average of 15.35% as of 2021. Furthermore, the current power deficit inthe region has had a huge impact on villages along the borders which havetraditionally been serviced from cross-border supply. The major load sheddingissues currently widespread in South Africa, is impacting the level of servicein these bordering villages on the Botswana side, BPC estimate the number ofhours without electricity in these villages to an average of about 2 hoursmainly during morning and evening peak hours. At about 70 percent, nationalelectrification is low by global standards and relative to Botswana-s percapita income. The Government of Botswana (GoB) is committed to ensureuniversal access by 2030, but progress in increasing access has been slow. Along-term historical trend of access increase of about 1.5 percentage pointsper year was interrupted by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Between 2010 and 2021, access to electricity in rural areas made little progress lingering around 25percent, with most rural households not having access to electricity, themajority of whom are low-income households.Following the Government of Botswana-s(‘GoB-) request for advisory services, the World Bank (‘Bank-) is seekingthe services of a “Consultant” (firm or a consortium), with relevant and provenexpertise and experience to undertake a National Electrification Analysis (NEA) as outlined in the Terms of Reference (TOR). The objective of the NEA is to provide analysisand insight on least-cost combination of various electricity access options whichthe World Bank may use to assist in providing advisory services to the Governmentof Botswana...

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Botswana-National-Electrification-Assessment-ToR-final.docx