Recruitment of Individual Mechanical Engineer Consultant for Rusumo Power Company Limited: (Deadline 26 March 2025)
Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project
Loan/Credit No. 5295 R Project N°: P075941 W, 5296 TA, Grant No: H872-BI, H873-RW
RECRUITMENT OF INDIVIDUAL MECHANICAL ENGINEER CONSULTANT FOR RUSUMO POWER COMPANY LIMITED (RPCL)
Reference No: RW-NELSAP -469217-CS-INDV
Request for the Expression of Interest (EOI)
I. Background
Rusumo Power Company Limited (RPCL) is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) established and created by three beneficiary countries: Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania. RPCL is a jointly owned Company and institutional mechanism for the co-management of power generation and supply to national power utilities. The Rusumo Power Company Limited/SPV is publicly financed, publicly owned and privately managed to oversee activities during Power Plant operations.
The generation facility is located in Tanzanian side, the Switchyard is located in Rwandan side and the dam is between Tanzania and Rwanda border in Kagera River. Three outgoing lines respectively to Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania depart from the Switchyard to the respective national grids.
The Employer and the Advisory Individual consultant will together finalize, case by case, the form of advisory and training for the operation and maintenance of the hydro-electromechanical equipment, for Technical and Non-Technical Staff. The Individual consultant will define and provide the level of advisory and training necessary for the operation and maintenance of Power Plant equipment and machinery.
2. Objective of the assignment/ Consultancy
The purpose of the advisory and capacity building is to enhance RPCL Staff familiarity with the techniques and technologies of all Rusumo Hydropower plant facilities, so that they are able to ensure proper operation and maintenance. The Individual consultant will advise, explain and train technical staff by practice to fully understand the plans, diagrams and other technical documents provided after completion of works.
3. Qualification and experience of the consultant
The following qualifications and experience will be required:
- The position should be filled by an international expert or by a regional expert with international experience, having at least 20 years of experience in the hydropower sector of which at least 10 in O&M;
- The expert shall have experience in O&M of hydropower plants;
- The persons should be expert in the field of O&M of medium or large size hydroelectric power plant focusing on Mechanical and Hydro-mechanical systems;
- The expert should have minimum Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical Engineering;
- The expert with methodological skills in practical and theoretical trainings shall be preferred.
4. Duration of the assignment and location
The Mechanical Engineer Consultant will be hired for Two (2) years time-based contract. The assignment will be undertaken at Rusumo Power Company Limited (RPCL), Power House, located in the United Republic of Tanzania in Rusumo-Ngara District near the border of Tanzania and Rwanda.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers (“Consultant Guidelines” January 2011 revised July 2014), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
The full ToRs are accessible on the following website: www.rusumorpcl.com
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours.
Expressions of interest including motivation letters, CV, copies of degrees and academic certificates must be delivered at the following emails: [email protected] and copy [email protected]/ [email protected] by 26th March 2025 at 5:00 PM.
Jacob Manyuon
Regional Power Program Officer for Power and Trade
Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program–Coordination Unit (NELSAP–CU)
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