SPN_Regulatory Governance support and studies

The Government of Senegal (“GoS”) has been selected for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) Grant (“Compact”) and plans to allocate a portion of the proceeds of funding to the payment of contracts for goods, works and services. The Compact includes an investment of about USD 550 million from MCC and an additional contribution of USD 50 million from the Government for a global amount of USD 600 million. It includes three major projects:

The “Modernizing and Strengthening of Senelec Transmission Network” Project that aims to provide quality electricity from least-cost sources available for Senelec to meet the growing demand on the interconnected network in Senegal;

The “Increasing Access to Electricity in Rural and Peri urban Areas” Project, which aims to increase the quality electricity supply and demand in rural and peri urban areas in Senegal;

The “Power Sector Enabling Environment and Capacity Development” Project that has as objective to create an environment favorable to improvement of the financial viability and good governance of the sector for a better quality and quantity electricity supply.

All payments made by MCA-Senegal II under the proposed contract are subject, in all regards, to terms and conditions of the compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and conditions to disbursement of MCC Funding. No party other than the Government and MCA-Senegal II shall have claims or rights from the Compact or the proceeds of MCC Funding. The Compact and related documents can be found on MCC web site (www.mcc.gov) and MCA web site (www.mcasenegal.sn).

This Specific Notice is supplement to the General Procurement Notice, which was issued on dgMarket, UN Development Business (« UNDB »), MCA-Senegal II web site  (www.mcasenegal.sn)  on June 09, 2022 and on local media, le Quotidien” on June 09 2022 and Le Soleil on June 10, 2022.

MCA-Senegal II hereby invites duly established firms to submit a proposal for provision of the above-mentioned services (“Proposals”). More information regarding such Consultant Services are provided in the Terms of reference.

This Request for Proposals is open to all eligible entities (“Consultants”) that want to submit a proposal. Subject to restrictions set forth in the RFP, consultants can join other consultants to optimize their ability to successfully implement the contract.

A consultant will be selected through the QCBS (Quality and Cost-Based Selection) method: the evaluation procedure which is described in the RFP sections, in accordance with MCC Program Procurement Guidelines, which can be found on MCC web site (www.mcc.gov/ppg). The selection process, as described, includes review and assessment of qualifications and past performance, as well as a reference check, before contract awarding.

Note that a pre-submission meeting is scheduled on August 11, 2022, as indicated in the Specific Data of the Request for Proposals (SDRP), Section II of this Request for proposals.

The Consultants who want to submit Proposals are invited to register by email, mentioning their full contact details to the following address:

MCA-Senegal II Procurement Agency

E-mail: IDUSMCASenegalPA@cddid.com

Copy to: bids@mcasenegal.sn

Once, you are registered, the PDF version of the Request for Proposals (RFP) will be forwarded to you.

The registration of interested Consultants will enable them to be directly informed of potential additional information and/or updates of the RFP.

Proposals shall be submitted by email to the address and in the manner indicated at IC 17.3 of the Specific Data of the Request for Proposals, not later than September 26, 2022 at 3 pm (Dakar/Senegal time).

Note that only proposals transferred by email, through the Dropbox link indicated in the specific data of the RFP, will be considered.

Submissions for which financial proposals are not password-protected will be rejected.

It is not necessary to password-protect technical proposals. However, if a bidder decides to submit a password-protected technical proposal, the password of the technical proposal should be sent to the MCA-Senegal II Procurement Agency (MCAPASenegal@cardno.com) not earlier than  September 25, 2022 and not later than 15 minutes before the submission date and time (Dakar time).

Late proposals will not, in any case, be considered.

Sincerely yours,

MCA-Senegal II CEO

Oumar DIOP