Covid-19 Intervention and Support (RECOVID) Tender, Cape Verde - 46820309

Procurement Summary

Country : Cape Verde

Summary : Covid-19 Intervention and Support (RECOVID)

Deadline : 16 Nov 2021

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 46820309

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Competition : ICB

Financier : Other Funding Agencies

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Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : ECOWAS CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY(ECREEE)
Achada Santo Antonio, C.P. 288, Praia, Cabo Verde Tel: +238 2604630, +238 2624608
Cape Verde
Email :recovid@ecreee.org
URL :http://www.ecreee.org

Tender Details

Request for proposals are invited for ECREEE Covid-19 Intervention and Support (RECOVID).

ECREEE COVID-19 Response and Recovery Support Fund (RECOviD)

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Request for Proposals for Sierra Leone

Guidelines and Background

Deadline for Proposal Submissions:

16 November 2021, 23:59 UTC-1

ECREEE Secretariat

Achada Santo Antonio, C.P. 288, Praia, Cabo Verde

Tel: +238 2604630, +238 2624608

E-mail: recovid@ecreee.org

Web: http://www.ecreee.org


1 Introduction

Within the framework of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF), ECREEE has set up the ECREEE Covid-19 Response and Recovery Support Fund (RECOVID)

The following guidelines provide interested applicants with all information on Request for Proposals (RFP) for the ECREEE Covid-19 Intervention and Support (RECOVID).

2 Background

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impose negative social, economic, financial and human security impacts on ECOWAS Member States. The pandemic, as global public health challenge, has not only posed a serious threat to the regional integration process and regional peace and security agenda, but to the sustainable development of member states

Providing a commensurate level of response and recovery to address the compounding effects of the pandemic is now the greatest challenge facing nations. This has brought about a deal of national, regional and global efforts to subsidize the multifaceted consequences of the pandemic on vulnerable communities/countries.

In that perspective, the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), as the lead agency in the region with the mandate to promote sustainable energy, has identified ways to respond appropriately to the COVID-19 crisis, including the promotion of sustainable energy solutions to ensure the functioning of critical services such as health, and social infrastructures. Clean Energy technologies can support the health sector in the region by contributing to the Member States- response to the current challenges imposed by the pandemic.

2. ECREEE Covid-19 Response and Recovery Support Fund (RECOVID)

The RECOVID is a fund which is managed by the ECREEE Secretariat. The Fund will provide nonreimbursable grants through a request for proposals

2.1 Objectives, Results and Beneficiaries of RECOVID

The overall objective of RECOVID is to support, in a coordinated manner, response and recovery efforts to the COVID-19 of ECOWAS Member States through increased deployment and usage of reliable and affordable sustainable energy technologies and services. The specific objectives of RECOVID are:

 To increase the resilience of the health and social beneficial sectors while supporting local private sector companies involved in the sustainable energy market.

 To strengthen the socio-economic resilience of vulnerable communities by supporting initiatives in the productive use of energy (PUE) in high impact value chains (water and food).

RECOVID activities will facilitate the acquisition of clean energy solutions, mitigating existing financial barriers for the development and execution of small-sized RE&EE investments targeting vulnerable communities. The capacities, knowledge base and market access ability of local clean energy technology technologies and service companies will be enhanced. Networking, knowledge exchange and awareness raising on sustainable energy business opportunities will be facilitated.

The Direct Beneficiaries of RECOVID are project developers directly involved in the implementation of clean energy RECOVID projects. The Final Beneficiaries are the energy end-users particularly in the health sector and other essential services benefitting from modern, reliable and affordable energy services and the ECOWAS Member States as they respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.

2.2 RECOVID Governance Structure

RECOVID is managed by the ECREEE Secretariat.

The Project Management team (of ECREEE approves the grant funding to the individual RECOVID projects on the basis of the recommendations of the RECOVID Evaluation Committee

The specialized RECOVID project management team is based at the ECREEE Secretariat in Praia, Cabo Verde and is responsible for the day-to-day
management and administration of the RECOVID
Fund.
RECOVID
3 Specific Eligibility Criteria for the RECOVID Request for Proposals for Sierra Leone
The following sections describe the RECOVID
funding policy. Project proposals submitted to this
RFP shall be in line with the eligibility criteria
regarding geographic and technical focus as well as
type of activity. Projects outside the scope will be
rejected.
3.1 Eligible Geographic Focus:
Project proposals with the following geographical
focus are eligible:
 ECOWAS Member State: Sierra Leone;
 The focus of RECOVID is primarily on projects in
peri-urban and rural areas.
 A maximum of one (1) project will be selected,
pending replenishment of the fund
3.2 Eligible Applicants
Private sector companies and organisations
legally registered in Sierra Leone, are eligible to
submit project proposals.
Proposals can be submitted by one applicant or
a group of partners led by a lead applicant.
ECREEE will sign the Grant Contract for co-funded
projects only with the lead applicant (contracting
party), providing that the lead applicant fulfils all the
eligibility criteria indicated in these guidelines.
Applicants shall meet the minimum requirements
described below. The documents demonstrating the
fulfilment of these requirements must be uploaded
when submitting the project proposal. These criteria
can be considered as knock-out criteria:
 The (lead) applicant should have a minimum of
2 years of existence and relevant experiences in
the successful acquisition, promotion, and
installation of clean energy technologies in the
ECOWAS region. The experience of the
organisation as well as the strength of the CVs
of experts who will work on the project will be
considered. The applicant should provide CVs
of the proposed project team and a profile of the
company.
 The applicant shall be registered as a legal
entity authorized to enter into contracts for
provision of services and goods. As a proof, the
applicant should provide a certified copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation or other documents
setting forth the legal basis.
 Applicants should provide a copy of relevant
licenses, authorizations and quality standards,
where applicable, enabling the applicant to
perform the required services/work required;
 Copy of the latest financial statement shall be
provided.
 Companies shall meet the following financial
criteria:
o Profit Margin ratio or Return on Assets Ratio
should be in excess of 1%
o A solvency ratio (ratio of current assets to
current liabilities) of more than 1 is required.
o The average annual turnover for the past 3
years should be at least two times more than
the anticipated value of the contract.
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o The impact of any pending claims, arbitration
and other pending legal action should not
exceed 50% of total of the bid.
 Other organisations shall provide:
o audited activity reports for the past 3
years
o If grants have been utilised, a final
project report endorsed by the
respective donor shall be attached.
o The impact of any pending claims,
arbitration and other pending legal
action should not exceed 50% of
total of the bid
All the submitted documents and information will be
handled confidentially.
3.3 Eligible Projects and Technologies
This call provides non-reimbursable co-funding grant
for the capital expenditure in clean energy solutions
in rural and peri-urban areas, addressing the needs
of vulnerable communities. The following
technologies projects are eligible for the Sierra Leone
request for proposals:
1. Solar home systems
2. Improved cook stoves
An eligible project will have to demonstrate that is it
responding to an existing need exacerbated by the
covid-19 pandemic. It should quantify the number of
beneficiaries. Proposals including more than one of
the solutions listed above are eligible.
The applicant shall explain how the equipment will be
disposed of after being replaced.
Ideally, systems should be modular and allow for
further expansion in the future, if that is possible for
the type of project selected.
All projects must include the establishment of a
sustainable management, operation and
maintenance system that guarantees the sustainable
functioning of project covering all the associated
costs (finance, management, operation,
maintenance and equipment-s replacement).
The economic viability of the management, operation
and maintenance of the system must be
demonstrated.
The proposals have to demonstrate that the projects
are developed in full respect of the local, national and
regional legislation, policies and regulations. The
applicant must demonstrate that it has all the
required permits and licenses, if applicable, to install
and exploit the systems.
The proposal has to demonstrate that the equipment
can be acquired locally or that the deadlines for
acquiring the equipment by external order cannot
influence the project commissioning deadlines as
indicated in the schedule in chapter 5.
The equipment to be acquired must be certified
according to international standards and
performance guarantees have to be set up. The
installations must be done following the relevant
local, national and regional regulations.
The payment of running costs for management,
operation and maintenance is not eligible.
The projects addressing gender-related issues,
promoting energy efficiency and capacity building of
local users, and positively impacting on local
development by actively encouraging productive
uses of energy are better rated in the appraisal
process.
4 RECOVID Application Conditions
4.1 Application Languages:
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