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.

ETHIOPIAN ELECTRIC POWER