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Efficiency energy management for SME’s in Southern Africa

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General Information
Country:   Multi-country
City/Locality:   Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia
Notice/Contract Number:   PS/SAF/0903/03/NO
Publication Date:   May 26, 2010
Buyer:   Centre for the Development of Enterprise - CDE
Eligibility of Bidders:   Eligible for this service contract are service providers from ACP (Africa, Caribbean & Pacific) and EU countries.

No applications or requests for information should be sent at this stage
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Jordi Tio Rotllan
52 avenue Herrmann-Debroux
Brussels 1160
Belgium
Telephone:   + 32 2 679 18 11
Email:   Click here
Web Site:   http://www.cde.int

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INDIVIDUAL SERVICE CONTRACT FORECAST
Efficiency energy management for SME’s in Southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia)

1. Publication reference
PS/SAF/0903/03/NO

2. Procedure
Restricted international call for service tender.

3. Programme
Efficiency Energy Management Programme in Southern Africa

4. Financing
CDE (Centre for the Development of Enterprises) budget: 10th European Development Fund.

5. Contracting Authority
CDE (Centre for the Development of Enterprises)

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6. Nature of contract
Fee-based

7. Contract description
The objective is to enhance awareness on the value of energy management among SMEs in the priority sectors (agro-industry, processing/manufacturing, building materials, construction, tourism...) with the view to improve their energy consumption and improve their competitiveness, thus ensuring long term sustainability of effective energy usage. The programme will assist selected SMEs in Southern Africa region to implement appropriate energy saving measures and adoption of best practices on efficient energy management.

The main activities:
Activity I: Implementation of EE measures in the previous participating countries (Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia) and scaling-up
Activity II: Setting-up of the Programme in the three other countries (Lesotho, Malawi, and Swaziland).

For activity I countries, the Consultants’ team will assist the beneficiary SMEs (5) for the implementation of Actions Plans in each enterprise (follow-up, monitoring), scaling up the programme in the targeted countries (15 additional SME’s), facilitating access to financing SME’s in this sector.

For activity II countries, the assignment objectives are to: i) evaluate the potential of energy efficiency market in the SME sector; ii) identification of 20 SME’s for each country in the selected sectors which will benefit on the programme, (iii) Energy audit and definition of an action plan, (iv) including the range of investment needed, (v) implementation of Actions Plans in each enterprise (follow-up, monitoring), (vi) facilitating access to financing SME’s in this sector.

8. Indicative budget in Euro (€).
€ 1,400,000.-

9. Intended timing of publication of the procurement notice
9th June 2010

10. Additional information
No applications or requests for information should be sent at this stage.
Eligible for this service contract are service providers from ACP (Africa, Caribbean & Pacific) and EU countries.

11. Legal basis
EDF: ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed at Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended on 25 June 2005 and in 2008. Annex I and III

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