- Gambian utility Nawec and the country’s Ministry of Petoleum and Energy is seeking proposals for a first phase 50 MW solar project with energy storage located in Soma.
- The preliminary design and planning model concluded that the capacity of the solar power park could be up to 150 MW with storage at Soma substation and could be built in two phases.Â
The Gambia is a small West African country, bounded by Senegal, with a narrow Atlantic coastline. Image credit: Google Maps
INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 50 MWp REGIONAL SOLAR POWER PARK UNDER PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA
                                                    
INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 50 MWp REGIONAL SOLAR POWER PARK UNDER PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA
The Government of the Gambia through the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MoPE) and the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) has benefitted from World Bank’s support to develop a 50 MWp Regional Solar Project on a site with excellent solar irradiation in Soma – Lower River Region, The Gambia. The preliminary design and planning model concluded that the capacity of the solar power park could be up to 150 MWp with storage at Soma substation and could be built in two phases. The first phase of this project is 50 MWp with a Battery Energy Storage System to meet (and not exceed) the national needs of energy consumption.
To this effect, The Government of the Gambia through MoPE and NAWEC intends to select an Independent Power Producer (IPP) under a Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) approach. The IPP will be responsible for the financing, construction and operation of the solar power park in the first phase of 50 MWp with a Battery Energy Storage System for 25 years (the Project).
In this regard, interested firms are invited to submit Applications to participate in this tender.
A complete set of Request for Qualification document can be purchased by interested firms upon payment of a non-refundable fee of USD 500 (Five Hundred US Dollars) to the National Water and Electricity Company, Project Implementation Unit Emporium III Building, Fajara.
Please contact Haddy Njie on email:Â hnjie@nawec.gm, and copy to mfsanyang@nawec.gm, asallah@nawec.gm for the account details and access to Request for Qualification document.
Please tender the receipt and collect the Request for Qualification document from:
National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC)
Project Implementation Unit
Emporium III Building, 114 Kairaba Avenue, Fajara
Banjul, The Gambia
Telephone: +220 3664125/ 9967791/ 7009342
The Submission Deadline for Applications is the 14th November 2024 at 12.00 noon Banjul Time.
Good luck!
Source: NAWECÂ
