Mozambique govt launches public tender, in search of consultant to develop $4.2bn Zambesi dam

The government of Mozambique has unveiled an international public tender to hire a consulting firm to support a strategy for the development of the Mphanda Nkuwa Hydroelectric Project, according to official information. The government is in search of a consultant that can help to develop a USD 4.2 billion hydroelectric scheme on the Zambesi River.

The Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy is looking for a company to help prepare the legal and financial structuring of the Mphanda Nkuwa dam, as well as the associated transmission system, as reported by Global Construction Review.

“The selection of consultants will be made through a competitive international contracting process, with competing companies having proven experience in carrying out similar work with the same complexity,” the statement reads.

Mozambique’s deputy minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Augusto de Sousa opined in an interview with Lusa, Portugal’s official news agency that the dam would take about 10 years to complete. “Speaking very frankly, Mpanda Nkuwa should go to 2028 or 2029. It won’t happen earlier.”

The ministry added that the selected company would work with the Mphanda Nkuwa Hydroelectric Project Implementation Office, created last February to oversee the scheme. The ministry is presently looking to hire a director for this agency.  The Mphanda Nkuwa dam will be 103m tall and is expected to have a capacity of 1.5GW.

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