Supporting Improvements to the Enabling Environment to Attract Energy Infrastructure Investment

USAID South Africa established this Master BPA on July 1, 2017, to provide analytical, diagnostic, and advisory services supporting improvements to energy infrastructure investment enabling environments; ordering closed on June 30, 2022, and the vehicle is no longer active.

The BPA funded three task orders totaling $2.9 million in combined potential value, with $2.5 million obligated as of the last update. All three orders funded Power Africa initiatives: one supporting solar home systems and micro-grid deployment analysis in Senegal (awarded to Guidehouse LLP, $280 thousand), a second providing rapid analytical support to the Power Africa Coordinator's Office in decision-making (awarded to McKinsey & Company, Inc. Washington D.C., $2 million, Time and Materials), and a third supporting enabling-environment improvements across the power sector in sub-Saharan Africa (awarded to Deloitte & Touche LLP, $639 thousand). McKinsey captured roughly 69 percent of combined potential value across the vehicle; Deloitte and Guidehouse split the remainder. Activity was concentrated in the first two years (two orders in 2017, one in 2019), then ceased well before the June 2022 ordering deadline. All orders were unrestricted competitive awards. USAID South Africa placed two orders; USAID Senegal placed one. Task-order work typically spanned nine to twelve months, with pricing models split between Firm Fixed Price and Time and Materials engagement structures. The vehicle is closed to new orders as of mid-2022.

Supports improvements to the enabling environment to attract investment in support of energy infrastructure. Services include analytical and diagnostic assistance, design and implementation of frameworks to address specific challenges and goals, capacity and leadership development, and targeted advisory services to governmental, intra-governmental, and institutional stakeholders.