The
Ethiopian Eerald Thursday 19 February 2026
Amendment
to
Consultancy Services for Detailed Study, ESHS Assessment, and Supervision
Support for the
OPGW
Live-Line Extension Project
CONSULTING
SERVICES
Expressions
of Interest
Country: Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
Name of the Project: Consultancy
Services for Detailed Study, ESHS Assessment, and Supervision Support for the
OPGW Live-Line Extension Project
Loan No.: CET1135 01/Grant No.:
CET1135 05
Ref. No.: EEP/FP-1/CS/01/2026
The Ethiopian Electric Power
(EEP) has received financing from Agence Française de Développement
("AFD") and the European Union (EU), and intends to use part of the
funds thereof for payments under the following project: Consultancy Services
for Detailed Study, ESHS Assessment, and Supervision Support for the OPGW
Live-Line Extension Project
1. Project Objective
The Services of the consultant
shall consist of: (i) Detailed engineering study and line profiling for HV
lines; (ii) transmission line modeling using PLS-CADD ETAP, DIgSILENT, and
PSCAD or equivalent; (iii) environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA)
and preparation of ESMP; (iv) supervision of ESHS measures and Resettlement
Policy Framework during implementation; (v) licensed software provision and
capacity building training; and (vi) preparation of tender-ready technical
specifications for OPGW supply and installation of 1,590 Km length in the
following regions: Addis Ababa, Afar, Amhara, Central Ethiopia.
Oromia, Sidama, South Ethiopia
using HV live-line Installation techniques. Services are expected to start in
June 2026 and have an approximate total duration of forty-eight (48) months.
2. Selection of Applicants
EEP hereby invites Applicants to
show their interest in delivering the Services described above.
This Request for Expressions of
Interest is open to:
X Consulting firms Individual consultants
NGOS Joint Venture
between NGO(s) and consulting firm(s)
Eligibility criteria to AFD
financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the "Procurement Guidelines
for AFD-Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries", available online on
AFD's website: http://www.afd.fr.
The Applicant shall submit only
one application, either in its own name or as a member of a Joint Venture (JV).
If an Applicant (including any JV member) submits or participates in more than
one application, those applications shall be all rejected. However, the same
Sub consultant may participate in several applications.If the Applicant is a
JV, the expression of interest shall include:
a copy of the JV Agreement
entered into by all members,
or
a letter of intent to execute a
JV Agreement, signed by all members together with a copy of the Agreement
proposal,
In the absence of this document,
the other members will be considered as Sub consultants.
Experiences and qualifications of
Sub consultants are not taken into account in the evaluation of the
applications.
Interested Applicants must
provide information evidencing that they are qualified and experienced to
perform those Services. For that purpose, documented
evidence of recent (less than ten
(10) years) and similar services shall be submitted.
Determination of the similarity
of the experiences will be based on:
The contracts size;
The nature of the Services
"detailed technical studies", "ESHS assessments",
"supervision of ESHS implementation";
The technical area and expertise
"HV transmission line engineering", "ESHS management",
"OPGW live-line installation engineering", "transmission
modeling and simulation";
The location: "in
Sub-Saharan Africa", "in the Client's country" (Ethiopia)
The table below outlines the
criteria that will be used to shortlist Applicants. For each experience
provided, please check the boxes corresponding to the criteria that are met.
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CRITERIA
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EXPERIENCE
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EXPERIENCE
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EXPERIENCE
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1. Experience in detailed
engineering studies for high voltage (HV) transmission projects (132kV-230kV
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2. Experience in mechanical and
electrical transmission line modeling using PLS-CADD,
DIgSILENT, ETAP, PSCAD
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3. Experience in Environmental
and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) and Environmental
and Social Management Plans
ESMP, Health and Safety protocols, Waste and Biodiversity
Plans, and Stakeholder
Engagement Plans (SEP) preparation per national/international
standards (incl. AFD, WB, EPA
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4. Experience in live-line OPGW
installation design, techniques (e.g., cradle block, ADSS
bypass)
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5. Experience preparing
tender-ready technical specifications for fiber optic or HV line
installations
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6. Experience delivering
capacity-building and software training on PLS-CADD, ETAP,
DIgSILENT, PSCAD
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7. Experience supervising
implementation of ESHS measures, including gender, GRM, and
labor rights
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8. Experience working in
Sub-Saharan Africa or similar contexts (especially live-line
OPGW or EHV projects)
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9. Presence of local
representative/partnership in Ethiopia or similar environment
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10. Certification in ISO 9001
or equivalent QMS/ESHS systems (optional but preferred)
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Security considerations within
the service areas necessitate that all Expressions of Interest be evaluated
against the following mandatory criteria:
The Applicant has at least one
experience providing services in an area with a similar security risk, for
which it shall provide proof of implementation of security measures (invoice or
contract with a security service provider, proof of security awareness training
before departure on-site, etc.).
The Applicant has set up internal
security management procedures: it shall provide a description of its
monitoring system and crisis management system. For services provided abroad,
the Applicant has entered into an assistance and repatriation contract for its
employees: it shall provide the certificate evidencing such contract. The
Applicant shall describe its standard preparation process for departure on
assignment in sensitive areas, and shall attach documents proving its implementation
(service orders with related instructions, certificates of awareness-raising or
training actions, etc.).
For a JV, its leader and any
member that has its registered office outside the Client's country shall fulfil
each of these criteria.
An application that does NOT meet
any of these requirements will be rejected.
Among the submitted applications,
EEP, will shortlist a maximum of six (6) Applicants, to whom the Request for
Proposals to carry out the Services shall be sent. The Consultant will be
selected in accordance with the Quality- and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method
set out in the Procurement Regulations.
3. Guidelines for the Expressions
of Interest
Expressions of Interest should be
submitted in one (1) hard copy and one (1) soft copy in PDF format in a USB
flash drive.
In order to ease the evaluation
process, it is required that the application documents do not exceed Eighty
(80) pages written in English language, gathered in one (1) file with a maximum
size of 10 MB.
The expression of interest file
shall include, at a minimum:
The letter of expression of interest
signed by the Applicant or representative of the JV;
copy of the co-contracting (joint
venture) agreement (if relevant);
The presentation of the main
Applicant (legal existence, organizational chart & staff, financial
statement/turnover over the last
5 years etc., certificate of non-bankruptcy if available);
The relevant past and ongoing
references of the Applicant since January 2016 (see "Determination of the
similarity of the experiences above") with brief description (year(s) of
implementation, duration of Services, brief description...)
A concept note of up to Two (2)
pages describing briefly the understanding of the service, its methodology, its
organization including articulation of international and local expertise, its recommendations
and prerequisites; signed Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Social &
Environment responsibility (see appendix). The Expressions of Interest shall be
delivered in a written form to the address below in person and by Email on or
before 24 March, 2026 at 4:00PM Local Time (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).
The submittals should be
presented in English.
Note: In addition to the Email
submission the applicants must submit One (1) original hard copy and One (1)
electronic version on a flash drive physically or by courier to the address
below.
The address
referred to above is:
Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP),
Procurement & Logistics Office
Attn: Eng. Tsion Birhanu,
Executive officer, Procurement
& Logistics
Yeka Sub-city, Woreda 09, (Former
Kotebe 02)
Infront of Kotebe Metal Tools
Factory,
Ethiopian Electric Power
Compound, Block Number 09, First Floor,
Office Number 203
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
E-mail: tsion birhanu@eep.com.et.tsionnaod@gmail.com
Copy to. Mr. Tadesse Biru Odda,
Manager, Foreign Procurement office 1
Yeka Sub City, Worda 09, (Former
Kotebe 02)
In front of Kotebe Metal Tools
Factory,
Ethiopian Electric Power
Compound, Block Number 09, First Floor, Office Number 105
E-mail tadesse odda@gmail.com
foreign procurementul@gmail.com
For EOI
Submission;
Mr. Kaleb Haddis, Procurement
Engineer, Foreign Procurement I
Yeka Sub City, Worda 09, (Former
Kotebe 02)
In front of Kotebe Metal Tools
Factory,
Ethiopian Electric Power
Compound, Block Number 09, First Floor, Office Number 106
Email: kaleb21haddis@gmail.com
Request for clarification have to
be sent in a written form exclusively to the Client, not later than ten (10)
Working days (from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM local time) before submission.
Answers will be sent to all
potential Applicants having withdrawn the Request for Expression of Interest
from dg Market.
An application that does not meet
the above listed requirements will be rejected
Ethiopian
Electric Power (EEP)