SPECIAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN) Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Specialist Consultant Ref: KOS-3028 (Project 1 Energy Storage Project) 1. The Government of the Republic of Kosovo (the “Government” or “GoK”) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”), a United States government agency, signed a grant aimed at poverty reduction through economic growth in Kosovo on July 15, 2022 in the amount of US $202,000,000 (the “Compact”) and a corresponding contribution from the Government of approximately US $34,670,600. 2. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Compact, related agreements, and the availability of funds, the Government intends to use a portion of the funds provided through the Compact to fund professional procurement services from an individual (Battery Energy Storage Systems “BESS” Specialist Consultant) to assist the Government with implementing the Compact program in a transparent and fiscally sound manner, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in a BESS Specialist Consultant Agreement (“BESS Specialist Consultant Agreement”) a form of which is attached to the Request for Applications (“RFA”) in Section VI. 3. This Invitation follows the General Procurement Notice that appeared in dgMarket and UNDB Online on March 15, 2023. 4. Before applying, interested consultants should review the Request for Applications (“RFA”), published on dgMarket, which describes the assignment in detail. The RFA is also available upon request from
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[email protected]. 5. The required qualifications and level of effort of the Individual Consultant are fully detailed RFA. 6. The Consultant will be selected under the Individual Consultant (IC) method, the evaluation procedure for which is described in accordance with “MCC Program Procurement Guidelines” which are provided on the MCC website: www.mcc.gov The selected consultant will sign a contract on the basis of a fixed price/fee plus expenses. 7. Interested Individual Consultants are requested to send their responses in electronic form as directed in the RFA, to the Client by 17.00hrs (Kosovo time), April 20, 2023. DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROCUREMENT PLEASE CONTRACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.