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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: Techno-Commercial Consultant for Solarization of Feeders in Madhya Pradesh
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ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
International Finance Corporation (IFC) is in discussions with Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVNL) for transaction advisory services to structure and bid out distributed solar plants aggregating to a capacity of up to 3000 MW on Public Private Partnership (PPP)mode. The solar plants will be connected to pre-identified distribution substations to supply power directly to distribution lines, i.e. feeders. The Project will be implemented in two bid packages, as follows - i) Bid package 1:Development of distributed solar power plants aggregating to a capacity of upto 950 MW and connecting to agriculture feeders at pre-identified distribution substations. This will be implemented under Component-C of the PM-KUSUM Scheme of Government of India; ii) Bid package 2: Development of distributed solar power plants aggregating to a capacity of up to 2050 MW and connecting to agriculture/ mixed feeders at pre-identified distribution substations. The projects in the Bid package 2 will be implemented under a scheme of the Government of Madhya Pradesh. The implementation of Bid package 1 will commence immediately and Bid package 2 will be started subsequently after reasonable progress has been made in Bid package 2.
In this context, IFC is seeking the services of a specialized team of Techno-Commercial Consultant that will assist IFC with technical and commercial structuring and due diligence of the two bid packages, which will include preparation of formats for suitability of substation assessment, define criteria for shortlisting substation, review of shortlisted substations as per data collected by consultants appointed by MPUVNL, clustering of substations into packages, assess if a structure similar to solar parks could be developed for these projects where revenue land and basic infrastructure can be provided by MPUVNL for a group of substations, preparation of a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) tailored for the KUSUM-C Scheme which focuses on metering procedures, CEIG approvals required for plant, lines, connectivity, operationalization, etc., develop a financial model, recommend commercial arrangement for reactive power provided by the project to maintain power factor and voltage, analysis of dispatch and coordination of power, cost benefit analysis, assessment of credit profile, designing an incentive framework for farmers under the PM-KUSUM Scheme, commercial and regulatory diligence, including grid connectivity, metering, scheduling, load profile, energy accounting, identification of technical approvals, climate risk assessment, development of performance specifications for the private sector, definition of technical qualification criteria and technical evaluation of the proposals received in the competitive bidding process.
ELIGIBILITY
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms 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. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.
Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now
NOTES
Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.
Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.
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