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The Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) is the responsible Ministry for the development of the
energy sector in Afghanistan. The MEW designs policies, strategies and sector plans and
facilitates governmental decision-making processes. Additionally, MEW encourages the
implementation of policies and strategies by public and private stakeholders in order to match
the growing energy demand of population, industry, commerce and transport. This includes the
energy production by traditional energy sources as well as renewable energy (REN) sources.
The Renewable Energy Department (RED) of the Ministry is the main technical body
responsible for supporting the REN sector in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation
and Development (MRRD) coordinates the use of specific capacities of renewable energies for
rural development in an institutional agreement with the MEW.
The Afghan-German technical cooperation program “Renewable Energy Supply for Rural Areas
of Afghanistan” ESRA started in 2007. As part of a broader infrastructure cooperation program
in northern Afghanistan it seeks to provide up to two million people in rural areas of Northern
Afghanistan with access to improved infrastructure (energy, drinking water, roads) by 2013.
Within this framework, ESRA´s contribution consisted of the construction and rehabilitation of 10
small MHP and PV power plants. In 2014, a program revision resulted in changing the
program´s focus on strengthening institutional capacities rather than implementing and
constructing projects, in this way focusing on sustainable impacts. The program has been
renamed accordingly: Institutional Development for Energy in Afghanistan (IDEA). Besides
strengthening the key public institutions of the energy sector (MEW, DABS, and MRRD) IDEA
intends to link the micro, meso and macro level, promote awareness of renewable energy and
energy efficiency and enable private investment into the energy sector. The support of this
technical cooperation (TC) measure´s instruments includes advisory, assessment and training
Securing stable, environmentally friendly and economical supplies of energy is a key focus of
the Ministry's efforts and features prominently in the newly developed five-year energy sector
development plan. The intent is that the energy supply and delivery system should be resilient
against disruptions caused by natural disasters, human activity (e.g. sabotage), and the
potential impacts of climate change.
Within this context, GIZ/IDEA intends to engage the services of a short-term consultant to
perform an assessment of the security of energy supply and delivery in Afghanistan, with a view
towards providing the Ministry with the tools necessary to integrate energy security
considerations into broader energy sector development plans.
The scope of the consultancy contract includes:
The overarching objective of the assignment is to enable the MEW to include energy security
considerations into national planning in a structured manner. This assessment will include both
short-term and localized disruptions to components of the energy infrastructure due to natural
disasters or human activity, as well as longer-term considerations such as the impacts of
climate change on regional and national energy supplies.
The objectives of the study will include (but may not be limited to):
- Assessing the existing energy system (supply and delivery) of the country to short and long-term security threats (both natural and human).
- Identifying key vulnerabilities to the threats and actions to mitigate risk.
- Developing a framework to assess the resiliency of proposed energy system components to deliver clean, stable, affordable energy against human and natural
disruptions.
- Incorporating the assessment and framework described above into tools that MEW staff can use to integrate energy security issues into sector development strategic and
operational planning.
- Afghanistan Energy Security Concept and Proposal
- Development of final assessment and framework upon incorporation of received comments.
- Recommendations for future work with regard to energy security planning and assessment.
- Documentation of linkages between energy security assessments and broader energy sector planning
The detailed documentation with regards this call for proposals includes –
- The Terms of Reference for the Assignment
- Bidding Conditions
- Technical Assessment
- The General Terms & Conditions of Contracts
The project focusses on mainstreaming the issue of resource conservation and climate
change mitigation by tapping into the latent potential for enhancing resource efficiency
in production processes and utilising secondary raw materials back within production
cycles amongst private institutions and decision-makers. It seeks to promote an enabling
institutional environment and create adequate mechanisms to provide recommendations
for a resource-efficient and climate-friendly society. The focus is on material efficiency in
the area of abiotic raw materials, excluding fossil fuels.
The consultant will create communication products like infographics utilizing the baseline study
undertaken in the Resource Efficiency project. The objective of the product will be to raise
awareness to promote resource efficiency and use of secondary raw materials amongst various
stakeholders. The contractor would also develop communication product like videos/ films etc.
to specifically document the pilot interventions initiated by GIZ and partners in the industries in
the automotive and construction & demolition sector.
The detailed documentation with regards this call for proposals includes –
- The Terms of Reference for the Assignment
- The Technical Evaluation Grid
- Bidding Conditions
- The General Terms & Conditions of Contracts
With best regards,
Procurement Department
GIZ Office, New Delhi
The deadline for submission of proposal is:13th May 2016 by 17:30hrs
Timeline
Deadline to receive queries : 30th Apr’ 2016
Clarifications to the queries : 5th May’ 2016
Deadline for submission of bids : 13th May 2016 by 17:30 hrs
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