Sealed bids are now invited from eligible bidders by 30 October for the design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of the turbine-generator sets; penstocks; intake gates, trashracks and stoplogs; draft-tube stoplogs; the SCADA system; main power and auxiliary transformers; extension of the powerhouse overhead crane; workshop and warehouse overhead crane; and the necessary balance-of-plant systems, among others as further defined in this Request for Bids. The works are to be completed in a period of 36 months.
The contract for hydro electro-mechanical works for the Mt. Coffee Hydropower Plant Extension is to be financed by the World Bank under the Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project (RESPITE).
The Mt. Coffee Hydropower Plant (MCHPP) Extension project will increase its installed capacity by 42 MW through the addition of four 10.5 MW Z-type Kaplan Vertical turbines, and extension of the existing powerhouse and associated civil works without altering the dam or intake structures, whilst ensuring continuous operation of the existing units. The MCHPP Extension will be executed via two contracts:
- Package 1/ Civil works; and,
- Package 2/ Hydro-Electrical & Mechanical (HEM) works.
Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers”, Seventh Edition – September 2025 (Procurement Regulations) and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of US$ 200. The method of payment will be by direct deposit into the following account: Ecobank Liberia Account No – 6101965512 – Account is in USD Swift Code: ECOCLRLM. The documents will be shared via email.
Bids must be delivered to the address below by 10:00 am GMT on 30 October 2026. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of US$ 500 000.
For further information, contact: William David Hakin, Project Director, RESPITE PIU Office, Liberia Electricity Corporation, Behind Connex Gas Station, Opposite Ocean Club Residence, 5th Street (Beachside), Sinkor, PO Box 10-165, 1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia; Tel.: +231 770479709; E-mail: projectsprocure@lecliberia.com and a copy to bhakin@lecliberia.com.
