Background
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("EBRD" or the "Bank") is considering financing rehabilitation/upgrade/conversion to biomass district heating projects in the cities of Montenegro, primarily Bijelo Polje, Plav, Berane, Rozaje and Niksic (the "Cities"). The main focus of the investment programme (the "Project") is on conversion to locally produced and supplied biomass, improved energy efficiency, reduced air pollution from current coal-fired heat generation, and better quality of services for the provision of heat and hot water. The existing space heating in Montenegro is usually based either on burning oil or coal at the building level or coal and more often wood at the apartment level (furnaces). The domestic hot water is however generated by individual electric heaters. Large buildings such as hotels, schools, hospitals, industrial and administrative centres are often equipped with their own boilers. Currently there are no district heating systems in Montenegro and plan is to develop these initially to central parts of the cities that have stable biomass supply.
Responsibilities
- Analyse and quantify the demand for heating, electricity and hot water in densely-populated residential areas as well as in public buildings
as schools, hospitals etc. mainly in the cities of Bijelo Polje, Plav, Berane, Rozaje and Niksic
- evaluate different technical solutions available for space and, if relevant, domestic water heating for the cities/regions/areas based on
population density and economic viability. The solutions should include the option of rehabilitating the existing heating network, conversion
to biomass and/or introduction of mini-CHPs
- conduct a biomass supply and logistics assessment in the local area and on the wider general market in the Western Balkan
determine the cost incurred by residents for these services, affordability constraints and their true willingness and ability to pay for
heating services, based on the above identified optimal solutions
- conduct an assessment of the potential for cogeneration as an option within the overall project pre-feasibility study
Budget
Cost Estimate for the Assignment: EUR 278,000; exclusive of VAT.
Eligibility
Consultancy firms shall be entities registered in Austria and all experts proposed by the entity to work on the assignment must be either Austrian nationals or permanent residents of Austria. However, up to a maximum of 25% of the maximum contract amount may be used to finance services of local experts who are nationals of Montenegro or consultancy firms of Montenegro.
Deadline: 04 April 2014
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