Uganda: Uganda-Tanzania Interconnector Project

REPUBLIC OF UGANDA UGANDA–TANZANIA INTERCONNECTOR PROJECT (UTIP) Energy (Power Transmission) GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Credit No./Grant No.: IDA-80320

Project ID No.: P513494

The Government of the Republic of Uganda has applied for financing in the amount of US$250 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the 400 kV Uganda–Tanzania Interconnector Project (UTIP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The Uganda portion shall be implemented by the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL). The Project Development Objective is to increase electricity connectivity and trade between Uganda and Tanzania. The project will include the following components:

Component 1: Transmission Lines and Substations. This component will include construction of approx. 258 km of 400 kV double circuit overhead transmission line from Wobulenzi to Masaka (approx. 166 km) and from Masaka to the Uganda–Tanzania border at Mutukula (approx. 92 km). It also covers construction of a new 400/220/33 kV substation at Masaka and extension of the Wobulenzi 400 kV substation, with all associated primary, secondary and auxiliary equipment and civil works. Component 2: Environment and Social Risk Mitigation. Implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and Livelihood Restoration Program (LRP), including construction of resettlement houses. Component 3: Project Implementation and Institutional Support. Project management and supervision of the works (Owner’s Engineer), sector institutional support and capacity enhancement, implementation of the Biodiversity Management Plan, and the Gender Action Plan.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, Seventh Edition, September 2025, (Procurement Regulations), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, on the World Bank’s external website, on the DG Market, on the UETCL website, and in the New Vision and the East African news papers. Prequalification of contractors will be required for the following contracts: Lot 1 (Wobulenzi–Masaka 400 kV Transmission Line), Lot 2 (Masaka–Mutukula 400 kV Transmission Line) and Lot 3 (Masaka 400/220/33 kV Substation and Wobulenzi Substation Extension). Interested eligible firms and bidders who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Implementing Agency (UETCL) at the address below:

Head, Procurement and Disposal Unit Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd, Procurement Office – 2nd Floor, Kampala, Uganda. Plot 12, Hannington Road, Opposite Serena Hotel Staff Gate, P.O Box 7625, KAMPALA

Tel: [contact details removed]/4

Contact Numbers: [contact details removed] or [contact details removed]

Email: vincent.okurut@uetcl.com or martin.byamukama@uetcl.com

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