Guzar Solar Tender

Scope The Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan GOU is implementing a large-scale renewable energy strategy to deploy till 2030 up to 8GW of cost effective and environment-friendly renewable energy generation to meet substantial increase in demand across the country. As a significant element of this initiative GOU has mandated the Asian Development Bank ADB to provide transaction advisory services to develop a program of photovoltaic stations across Uzbekistan with a total capacity of up to 1 GW the Solar Program .Project Scope Design Build Finance Own Operate Maintain and Decommission or Transfer a Solar PV Power Plant with a capacity of up to 300 Mwac and transmission line to the nearby substation. Project documents developed for the Sherabad Project will be used as precedents for the Project and are to be adapted to include the necessary Project specific updates e.g. for Project implementation under the PPP Law and supporting regulations.PPA Term 25 years from COD with transfer to NEGU or decommissioning at NEGUs choic. Potential Bidders will be required to provide a detailed financing plan in their bid submission including submission of a signed term-sheet from potential financiers and are encouraged to seek early involvement of their financiers to fund the Project.Offtaker andGovernment NEGU as signatory of the Power Purchase Agreement and Land Lease Agreement. MOF as representative ministry for the Government Support Agreement to the Project.Tender Process Indicative Timeline Request for Qualification RFQ TimelineIssue of RFQ October 2021RFQ Submission Deadline December 2021Prequalified bidders selected and announced January 2022Request for Proposal RFP TimelineRelease of RFP package February 2022Submission of Bids May 2022Announcement of the Winning Bidder June 2022PPA signing July 2022