📋 Tender Overview
Activity Id:
65058
Project Number:
SE2-2750BXCOMD-RS CAP BLD-0476
Implementing Partner:
U.S. Government - Millennium Challenge Corporation
Activity Start Date:
N/A
Activity End Date:
N/A
Country:
Senegal
Country Code:
SEN
Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Funding Agency:
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Managing Agency:
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Fiscal Year:
2026
Obligations:
-$5,420,095
International Sector:
Energy
USG Sector:
Infrastructure
Description:
This Activity aims to support implementation of the Government's medium- and long-term legal, regulatory, and sectoral framework and strategy. This includes the following: (A) Technical assistance to implicated sector institutions to update the legal and regulatory framework for, and restructure, the sector consistent with the Roadmap; (B) Support to the Ministry of Energy and its entities for (1) the development, implementation, and monitoring of an integrated sector investment planning framework, (2) the development and implementation of a long-term plan to transition rural concessionaires to leaseholders (affermages), (3) the development and initial operationalization of a gender mainstreaming integration plan, (4) training and technical assistance to the institutions responsible for rural electrification to support business plan development, environmental compliance, and the roll-out of single phase technology and smart metering to support tariff harmonization, (5) technical assistance to support preparation of the Ministry of Energy's next sector policy letter, and (6) technical assistance to support monitoring, and periodic assessments, of sector strategic action plans under the Roadmap; and (C) Support to facilitate increased private sector participation in the sector, including (1) development of an online guichet unique, serving as a "one-stop shop" for existing and new private companies seeking to invest in the sector, (2) technical assistance for market opportunity analysis, preparation of policy recommendations, and planning and transaction assistance for ancillary services, (3) technical assistance to analyze the market for electricity to be opened directly between IPPs and large commercial or other consumers, and (4) development of a private sector participation/IPP solicitation framework to streamline the process for potential IPPs, as well as potential private sector participants in transmission.
