NELSAP-CU is the implementation agency for the 80 MW project on behalf of Rusumo Power Company Limited (RPCL), a special purpose company equally owned by the Governments of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania. It has been mandated for the implementation of RRFHP during the preparation and construction phases. RPCL holds the rights to develop, construct, own, and operate the cross-border run-of-river project. The consultancy services will be financed by the World Bank under NELSAP’s Regional Rusumo Falls hydroelectric project. In addition to the installed trash rack cleaning machine, RPCL seeks the services of a consultant to evaluate the possibility of having an alternative system that could supplement it to clean and dispose of floating debris/vegetation, automatically and independently from the trash rack cleaning machine.
Interested consultant firms should demonstrate capability in providing technical advisory services for the feasibility study on floating debris management in hydropower plants of similar nature and having carried out such work on at least two other assignments. The consultant team should comprise multidisciplinary experts with appropriate qualifications and experience and indicative key team members include a Team leader, civil engineer and environmental experts. The full Terms of Reference are accessible at http://nelsap.nilebasin.org and www.rusumoproject.org.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to nelsapprocurement@nilebasin.org with copy to srusagara@nilebasin.org/cmahirwe@rusumorplc.com by 17.00 hours on 23 October. The consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011 edition, Revised July 2014). For further information contact: Alloyce Oduor, Project Manager, NELSAP’s Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project, 4th Floor, Kigali City Tower, Plot 6418, Boulevard du Commerce, Kigali, Rwanda; E-mail: aoduor@nilebasin.org; Tel.: +250781464428.
