Siting, Drilling and Equipping a Solar Powered Borehole at Chaminuka Vocational Training Centre, Zimbabwe

The Ministry of Energy and Power Development is the sector authority for energy in Zimbabwe. Its website records that the Ministry's key deliverable is energy supply and security for the whole country and that it guides the sector through policies and a legal framework, with coverage including thermal energy, hydro energy, biogas, rural electrification, petroleum and electrical engineering. Water supply and irrigation in rural areas form part of rural electrification and renewable energy applications, and solar water pumping and solar powered boreholes are established technical solutions in that field.

This request for quotation is issued by the ILO Regional Office for Africa for the siting, drilling and equipping of a solar powered borehole at Chaminuka Vocational Training Centre. The notice states that the procurement is conducted as a request for quotation, that responses must be submitted through the ILO e-Sourcing platform, and it publishes the supplier user guide for that platform in English, French and Spanish. The notice also discloses the sustainable procurement considerations attached to this opportunity, covering climate change mitigation and adaptation, local communities, MSMEs and supplier diversity, social health and well-being, and sustainable resource use.