Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-12-15
Buyer: Utenriksdepartementet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71248000 | 71300000 | 71311300 | 71314000: Energy and related services | 71315200
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Norwegian Embassy embassy in Dar-es-Salaam invites interested parties to participate in an open tender contest for technical consultancy assistance for the Rural Energy Agency (REA) in Tanzania for the Rural Electrification Densification Programme phase 2A (REDP 2A).
REDP targets the electrification of rural areas in Tanzania. The consultant will assist REA with technical assistance in the implementation and follow-up of REDP 2A.
The Norwegian embassy in Dar-es-Salaam invites interested parties to participate in an open tender contest for technical consultancy assistance for the Rural Energy Agency (REA) in Tanzania for the Rural Electrification Densification Programme phase 2A (REDP 2A).
A grant agreement was signed in April 2013 between Norway and Tanzania for financial support for the Rural Energy Fund. The goal of the grant agreement is increased access to modern energy services rural areas in mainland Tanzania, for sustainable socio-economic development and fighting poverty. The grant makes up NOK 700 million over the course of the planned period 2013 - 2023.
REDP targets the electrification of rural areas in Tanzania. REA has split REDP into different rounds/phases  phase 1, phase 2 (A+B), and phase 3. This tender contest is for phase 2A.
REDP 2A will be implemented in nine regions in mainland Tanzania, split into six areas, with a total of 1103 villages/hamlets:
Construction contracts have been signed between REA and contractors for the six areas. The consultant will assist REA with technical assistance for the implementation and follow-up of REDÅ 2A, including inspecting and monitoring the project implementation. See the procurement rules (Invitation to Tender) for further details on the scope of the work.
The tender documentation point 1.2 states that the Embassy announced the tender competition in order to establish a contract for technical assistance to the Rural Energy Agency (REA) in connection with implementation and follow-up of ‘Rural Electrification Densification Program 2A’ (REDP 2A). REDP aims to electrify villages in Tanzania. According to point 1.2.4. ‘Assignment Scope’, the assistance in the implementation phase primarily concerns supervision of contractors and their work, as well as assisting REA in connection with receiving and certification of materials and payments. Some assistance was to be carried out after completion of construction (follow-up), but this was a secondary service.
REA has now informed the Embassy that the construction, which should be monitored by the technical consultant, is well under way, and will according to the schedule be completed early in 2022. According to REA there is no longer a need for the technical assistance that was being procured in this contest.
On this basis, there is justifiable reason to cancel the contest, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations § 25-4 (1).