Geothermal Risk Mitigation Project

Job Description

The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GoCD) has received financing from the World Bank (WB) for its Dominica Geothermal Risk Mitigation Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments for the procurement under Component 1 of the Project which includes designing, supplying and installation, of the new transmission network at 69 kV from the Roseau Valley to the load centers. The Dominica Geothermal Development Company Limited (DGDC) is the implementing agency for the project.

• Name of Project: Dominica Geothermal Risk Mitigation Project (DGRMP)
• Project ID: P162149

Experience and Qualifications

The scope of procurement will include the design, manufacture, supply, storage, installation, testing, and commissioning of all the equipment/apparatus and their associated civil works for the following lines and substations:

• Geothermal to Fond Cole 69 kV line (GFI). This 7.5 km 69 kV overhead line (monopole) will directly connect the Geothermal Substation to Fond Cole Substation (both 69/33/11 kV).
• Geothermal to Fond Cole 33 kV line. The 33 kV line will be from the Geothermal Substation, (69/33/11 kV), to the Fond Cole Substation (69/33/11 KV) and will pass respectively through Trafalgar Substation (33/2.2 KV), and Padu Substation (33/11KV).
• Fond Cole to Sugar Loaf 69 kV line with two options under consideration:
  1. New 34 km 69 kV single circuit, overhead transmission line from Fond Cole to Sugarloaf Substation, including a 1km 69kV dual circuit tee-off line to West Coast Substation; OR
  2. New 46 km 69 kV underground cable link from the Fond Cole Substation (69/33/11 kV), to the Sugar Loaf Substation (69/11 kV) with a deviation to West coast Substation, (69/11 kV). The cable is expected to be a single core with separate fiber optic cable.
• New 69kV HIS and GIS substations, namely: Geothermal 69/33/11kV Substation, Fond Cole 69/33/11kV Substation, West Coast 69/11kV Substation, Sugar Loaf 69/11kV Substation, Padu 33/11kV Substation, and Trafalgar 33/11kV Substation along with 69/33/11kV, 69/11kV, 33/11kV power transformers from 2MVA to 20MVA, and new 33kV and 11kV Metal clad switchgears. The DGDC now invites eligible bidders to indicate their interest in bidding for the procurement of the above contracts. Interested bidders are requested to provide information on their company and a brief description of their experience in executing similar contracts (including in mountainous areas subject to severe climate conditions). Please indicate if you are interested in the bids for Transmission Line or Substation or both.

Benefits and Others

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank’s international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures will be announced, as they become available on the DGDC Website (www.geodominica.com).

Request for Expression of Interest Procurement of contracts financed by the loan facility will be conducted through the international competitive procurement procedures as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

Please submit expressions of interest electronically to the email addresses below by September 12, 2022.

Interested bidders who wish to be included in the mailing list to receive an invitation to a virtual meeting on further information on the proposed bids.

The Address Referred to Above is:

Contact Person: Rita Destouches-Edmund, Finance and HR Manager
Dominica Geothermal Development Company Limited
18 Kennedy Avenue,
Roseau, Dominica
Tel.: +1(767) 448-6178/79

E-Mail: TransmissionNetwork@geodominica.com
With a cc to: fabien.maillard@sofreco.com, pcemirtan@gmail.com