Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

DFID's aim through this programme is to increase energy access in Mozambique through innovative private sector provision of and investment in, off grid renewables, expanding market access of off-grid renewable energy products and related services to rural communities and businesses in Mozambique. The ultimate beneficiaries of this programme will be poor households and micro, small and medium enterprises in rural Mozambique. DFID intends to award a contract for an initial term of 6 years and 4 months with a maximum budget of 22 800 000 GBP (inclusive of VAT and all applicable Government taxes). DFID may extend the duration up to an additional 2 years with a maximum total contract value of 33 000 000 GBP (inclusive of VAT and all applicable taxes). DFID will contract one supplier, or lead consortium member, who will be responsible for delivering the contract. The contract will consist of 2 phases/ (i) inception; and (ii) implementation. The inception phase will last for 4 months; the implementation phase is planned to start immediately upon satisfactory completion of the inception phase and will last 60 months. The supplier will be directly responsible for the delivery of 4 main programme components. Component 1: Market development fund and technical assistance. This is the major component of BRILHO and involves providing start-up grants and loans, together with technical assistance, to new businesses, seeding innovation and supporting early stage market work. Component 2: Demand activation This activity will utilise the comparative advantages of GoM support (most likely FUNAE and/or MITADER) and their relationships with rural communities to facilitate private sector engagement with potential consumers in an efficient and collaborative manner, including education of the benefits of clean off-grid energy solutions as well as practical instruction in the use of mobile money and PAYG systems. Component 3: Research and dissemination BRILHO will support core market intelligence and will research a number of key complementary areas such as: improving the policy and regulatory environment; quality standards and control; and models and approaches that most impact on the poor, women and girls. This component will also look to strengthen Mozambique’s own capacity to deliver off-grid energy related research, including potential support to the solar and biomass labs at Eduardo Mondlane University. Component 4: Policy reform and institutional strengthening This will involve working with the key GoM institutions responsible for off-grid energy to help deliver programme objectives over the next 6 years and after BRILHO has finished.