Empower Southern Africa (ESA)

To All Prospective Offerors:

This is a presolicitation notice in accordance with FAR 5.207.  Please note the following:

1. Action Code:  The principal geographic code for this proposed contract is 935.
2. Date:  The proposed date for releasing the solicitation is the last week of November 2022.
3. Year:  The estimated period of performance for the ESA activity is five (5) years.
4. Product or Service Code:  The NAICS code for this activity is 541990.
5. Contracting Office Address: 100 Totius Street, Groenkloof, Pretoria, South Africa
6. Subject:  Empower Southern Africa (ESA)
7. Proposed Solicitation Number: 72067423R00003
8. Closing Response Date:  We anticipate the closing date will be toward the end of January 2023.
9. Contact Point or Contracting Officer:  Nancy Kleinhans, Contracting Officer
10. Contract Award and Solicitation Number: See information to point no. 7
11. Estimated Contract Award Dollar Amount:  Between $90,000,000 and $95,000,0000
12. Contract Award Date: The proposed award date will be at the end of June 2023.
13. Description: The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Southern Africa intends to solicit for a new Power Africa project to increase the availability of and access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable electricity in East and Central Africa (ECA) which will connect more users to electricity on the grid and beyond the grid; support cleaner electricity generation delivered by the grid and accelerate distributed renewable energy; and work with ECA governments to improve the enabling environment for energy sector investment and innovation.
14. Place of Contract Performance:  Southern Africa, which includes South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar.
15. Set-aside Status:  There is no set aside for this procurement. The procurement will be conducted through full and open competition, under which any type of organization (large or small commercial [for profit] firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations) is eligible to compete. The procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 apply.

This is not a request for proposal. Issuance of this synopsis does not in any way obligate the U.S. Government to issue a solicitation nor does it commit the U.S. Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal. Any solicitation issued will be posted to www.sam.gov. 

Thank you for your interest in USAID programs.