Description
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD or the Bank) is providing a loan of up to EUR 7.0 million to the Toplana AD, Prijedor (the Company) in the City of Prijedor (Prijedor or the City) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is considering a parallel grant in the amount of up to EUR 2 million to co-finance the investments.
The Bank’s financing will be focused on construction of a new biomass fired district heating plant with total installed capacity of 20 MW and a small cogeneration system. The investment is aimed to replace existing generation of heat fired with HFO (heavy fuel oil) with wood biomass and will contain a new complete plant including heat generation equipment, buildings and access roads, biomass storage and preparation inclusive external wood chipper, flue gas stack and cleaning, flue gas condenser, I&C and electric installations, and ash handling.
Sida's grant would be used to for demand side investments (introduction of metering of heat consumption and modernisation of individual heat substations).
The Company now wishes to engage a consultant (the Consultant) to assist it in ensuring that the Project is successfully implemented, in all aspects, within the planned time schedule, within the budget and to an acceptable quality, including contract administration and engineering supervision for biomass fired district heating plant, procurement of demand side measures, loan and grant disbursements and progress reporting (the Assignment).
Eligibility
Corporate services are required. The Consultant shall be responsible for mobilisation of qualified engineers, technicians and other professional staff with the proven experience in the administration, management, and supervision of similar construction works and acquiring the equipment for the Project in comparable climatic and geological conditions. Where staff does not speak the local language, interpretation and translation will be the responsibility of the Consultant.
Budget
Maximum Budget available for the Assignment: EUR 400,000 (exclusive of VAT).
Deadline: 12 December 2014
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