Initial Selection: Minimum Subsidy Tender (MST) for Utility Enabled Projects - Interconnected Mini-grids/Embedded Generation/Franchising at the Rural Electrification Agency (REA)

We invite applications from interested, eligible bidders for:

Title: Initial Selection: Minimum Subsidy Tender (MST) for Utility Enabled Projects - Interconnected Mini-grids/Embedded Generation/Franchising

• The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has received financing from the World Bank toward the implementation of the DARES project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward delivery of utility-enabled generation projects interconnected mini-grids and embedded generation in over 100 underserved locations across Nigeria collaborating with the private sector via a public sector catalytic grant expected to crowd-in private investments for these projects.
  
• The initial phase of implementation will be focused on 40 project sites in the franchise areas of Seven (7) electricity distribution companies in Nigeria.
  
• Note to prospective bidders: These 40 sites will be grouped into lots during the Request for Proposals stage of the procurement process.
• The Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria the project implementing agency of the FGN intends to initially select Applicants that will compete under a minimum subsidy tender process that is expected to produce the most competitive applicants that will sign a grant agreement with REA, raise private sector financing, and build these projects under a result based finance (RBF) framework that will deliver public sector grant to the applicant in two key milestones:
  
  • On connecting the constructed DER asset to the utility grid
    
  • On achieving a pre-determined level of hours of supply and capacity utilization factor over a monitoring period of six months.
    
• This monitoring period is to begin not more than six months after commercial operations but can be initiated earlier by the applicant. It is expected that the Request for Proposals will be made in January 2025.
• Initial Selection will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank's Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers ("Procurement Regulations") dated September, 2023, fifth edition, and is open to all eligible Applicants as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
• Interested eligible Applicants may receive further information from the Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria - Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) office at the address 26, Babatope Ajakaiye Crescent Jahi District, FCT Abuja Nigeria during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours or via NEP website.
  
• A complete set of Initial Selection documents in English may be obtained by interested Applicants via the NEP website or at the office address above.

• Late applications may be rejected.
• By submitting applications in response to this ISD, Applicants are agreeing that they will not under any circumstances directly contact the distribution companies or the communities related to these projects.
  
• Any breach of this may result in disqualification from the procurement process.