South East Europe Gas Power Consortium

SELECTION FOR CONSULTANTS BY THE WORLD BANK

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Electronic Submissions through World Bank Group eConsultant2
https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: 1090280 - South East Europe Gas Power Consortium

Assignment Countries:
- Albania
- Croatia
- Kosovo
- Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of
- Montenegro
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Serbia
+ possibly some of the neighboring member states of the European Union (EU)

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

Technical assistance (TA) project to (1)develop the gas-to-power consortium concept, produce a road map for implementation (including capital investment requirements, funding arrangements and risk mitigation strategies); and (2) explore the interest and attract prospective investors to participate and establish a consortium to build gas-fired power stations in South East Europe (SEE), in the Western Balkans Contracting Parties of the Energy Community and possibly also in some of the neighboring EU member states. In addition to the power stations the TA project will recommended an approach for the development of related gas infrastructure (expected to be parts of the envisioned Energy Community Gas Ring).

Power demand/supply outlook for the SEE region is tightening yet few power station projects have been launched. The objective of the Consortium approach is to attract private investors (electricity and or gas utilities, large electricity consumers, electricity traders, etc.) to come together and form a Consortium to share the benefits and to keep the investment requirements and risks individual members of the Consortium at manageable levels. 

The consultant will be contracted by and will report to the World Bank. In their day-to-day work, the consultant will work closely also with the Energy Community Secretariat (ECS) located in Vienna, Austria. 

Information about the Energy Community is available at www.energy-community.org, including the new Energy Strategy of the Energy Community. Among other things the strategy paper analyzed the Community's power demand/supply outlook and investment requirements with three scenarios and endorsed the gas to power consortium and the related Energy Community Gas Ring as key regional initiatives. 

In addition to skills and experience in the electricity and gas sectors, the assignment requires an entrepreneurial consultant familiar with the energy investor community, a pro-active consultant experienced and able to effectively explore the interest and attract and mobilize prospective investors to participate and establish the consortium. This is not an assignement for "study consultants".

FUNDING SOURCE

The World Bank intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the 
the Joint Grant Facility under the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF). It pools resources from the EC; the partner IFIs, the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB); in association with KfW and the World Bank, as well as from bilateral donors.

INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE

The consultant will be a firm. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The World Bank now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the 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. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Interested consultants are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html)

NOTES

Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.

Qualification Criteria

• 1. Provide information showing that the firm is qualified in the field of the assignment.in the electricity and gas sectors and attracting and mobilizing energy sector investors. *
• 2. Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm. *
• 3. Provide information on their core business and years in business. *
• 4. Provide information on the qualifications of key staff expected to work on this assignment. *

* - Mandatory