Bangladesh : Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project -Additional Financing
The proposed additional financing will yield expansion of Output 3 (distribution network in rural areas of Bangladesh improved) of the original project. Over 46,000 km (Original: 38,000 km) of 33 kV and 11 kV distribution lines and associated facilities rehabilitated, and over 16,000 km (Original: 12,000 km) of 33 kV and 11 kV distribution lines and associated facilities will be constructed. An updated design and monitoring framework is in Attachment 2.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Horiguchi, Kazuhiro
Sectors Group
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Bangladesh -
Sector
- Energy
- Project Name
- Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project -Additional Financing
- Project Number
- 49423-006
- Country / Economy
- Bangladesh
- Project Status
- Active
- Project Type / Modality of Assistance
- Loan
- Source of Funding / Amount
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Loan 4039-BAN: Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project -Additional Financing Source Amount Concessional ordinary capital resources lending US$ 130.00 million Loan 4040-BAN: Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project -Additional Financing Source Amount Ordinary capital resources US$ 70.00 million - Operational Priorities
- OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities
- OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality
- OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability
- OP5: Promoting rural development and food security
- OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity
- Sector / Subsector
Energy / Electricity transmission and distribution
- Gender
- Effective gender mainstreaming
- Description
- The proposed additional financing will yield expansion of Output 3 (distribution network in rural areas of Bangladesh improved) of the original project. Over 46,000 km (Original: 38,000 km) of 33 kV and 11 kV distribution lines and associated facilities rehabilitated, and over 16,000 km (Original: 12,000 km) of 33 kV and 11 kV distribution lines and associated facilities will be constructed. An updated design and monitoring framework is in Attachment 2.
- Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
- The additional financing for BREB is proposed to further improve access to efficient and reliable electricity supply in rural areas in Khulna division (western Bangladesh). BREB has sought assistance from ADB to enhance the primary distribution network capacity of the rural electrification network and to rehabilitate and improve sections of the network that are over 20 years old using wooden distribution poles with low-capacity conductors. These investments are needed to ensure delivery of increasing requirement of power and meet customer demand in an efficient and reliable manner. Proposed additional scope is strongly linked to the ongoing project's scope and can be efficiently implemented under the same implementation arrangements. The overall project scope is aligned with the government's the Perspective Plan of Bangladesh, 20102021: Making Vision 2021 a Reality, and the 7th Five Year Plan. It is also aligned with Bangladesh country partnership strategy for 201620.
- Impact
100% access to power by 2021 and power sector sustainability improved in Bangladesh by 2030
Project Outcome
- Description of Outcome
Access to efficient and reliable electricity supply in Bangladesh improved
- Progress Toward Outcome
- Seven contracts were awarded as of September 2022.
Implementation Progress
- Description of Project Outputs
National transmission network in southern Bangladesh strengthened
Distribution network in DESCO service areas improved
Distribution network in rural areas of Bangladesh including the capacity of end-users improved
Capacity in power sector agencies enhanced
- Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)
- Procurement is ongoing for other packages.
- Geographical Location
- Nation-wide
Safeguard Categories
- Environment
- B
- Involuntary Resettlement
- B
- Indigenous Peoples
- C
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
- Environmental Aspects
- The project is classified as Category B for environment. The IEE adequately assessed the impacts and risks of the identified substations, and confirms the project will not impact on legally protected areas or internationally or nationally important biodiversity areas or physical cultural resources.
- Involuntary Resettlement
- The project is classified as Category B for resettlement. Potential impacts of the project on land acquisition and involuntary resettlement are not anticipated to be significant.
- Indigenous Peoples
- The project is classified as Category B for indigenous peoples.
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
- During Project Design
- During Project Implementation
Business Opportunities
- Consulting Services
- Three international individual consultants and five national individual consultants will be recruited to support financial, procurement, and safeguards due diligence. One individual national consultant will be recruited to support safeguard monitoring. ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions
- Procurement
- Since BREB has successfully awarded all contracts under the ongoing loan, the recommended project procurement classification is Category B.
Contact
- Responsible ADB Officer
- Horiguchi, Kazuhiro
- Responsible ADB Department
- Sectors Group
- Responsible ADB Division
- Energy Sector Office (SG-ENE)
- Executing Agencies
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Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board
Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
Timetable
- Concept Clearance
- 20 Nov 2019
- Fact Finding
- 29 Jun 2020 to 29 Jun 2020
- MRM
- 25 Sep 2020
- Approval
- 09 Dec 2020
- Last Review Mission
- -
- Last PDS Update
- 14 Sep 2022
Funding
Loan 4039-BAN
| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 09 Dec 2020 | 29 Dec 2020 | 26 Jan 2021 | 30 Jun 2026 | - | - |
| Total (Amount in US$ million) | |
|---|---|
| Project Cost | 130.00 |
| ADB | 130.00 |
| Counterpart | 0.00 |
| Cofinancing | 0.00 |
| Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumulative Contract Awards | 06 Jun 2024 | 107.93 | 0.00 | 83% |
| Cumulative Disbursements | 06 Jun 2024 | 39.37 | 0.00 | 30% |
| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | - | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Loan 4040-BAN
| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 09 Dec 2020 | 29 Dec 2020 | 26 Jan 2021 | 30 Jun 2026 | - | - |
| Total (Amount in US$ million) | |
|---|---|
| Project Cost | 183.50 |
| ADB | 70.00 |
| Counterpart | 113.50 |
| Cofinancing | 0.00 |
| Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumulative Contract Awards | 06 Jun 2024 | 25.63 | 0.00 | 37% |
| Cumulative Disbursements | 06 Jun 2024 | 2.56 | 0.00 | 4% |
| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | - | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
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ADB Increases Support for Power Distribution in Bangladesh
ADB has approved a $200 million loan as additional financing to the ongoing Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project to further improve electricity distribution network in rural areas in the Khulna division.
Tenders
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Substation Package - Lot 2 | Loan 4039 | 02 Jul 2024 | EEL-TSTL Consortium (Energypac Engineering Ltd. - TS Transformers Ltd. Consortium) | Suvastu Suraiya Trade Center, Level 11, Plot 57, Road 21, Block B, Banani, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 12,661,069.63 | 12,661,069.63 |
| Substation Package - Lot 1 | Loan 4039 | 02 Jul 2024 | EEL-TSTL Consortium (Energypac Engineering Ltd. - TS Transformers Ltd. Consortium) | Suvastu Suraiya Trade Center, Level 11, Plot 57, Road 21, Block B, Banani, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 12,661,069.63 | 12,661,069.63 |
| Substation Package - Lot 4 | Loan 4039 | 02 Jul 2024 | EEL-TSTL Consortium (Energypac Engineering Ltd. - TS Transformers Ltd. Consortium) | Energy Center, 1st & 2nd Floor, 25 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 10,820,711.80 | 10,820,711.80 |
| Substation Package - Lot 5 | Loan 4039 | 02 Jul 2024 | EEL-TSTL Consortium (Energypac Engineering Ltd. - TS Transformers Ltd. Consortium) | Energy Center, 1st & 2nd Floor, 25 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 10,820,711.80 | 10,820,711.80 |
| Substation Package - Lot 6 | Loan 4039 | 02 Jul 2024 | EEL-TSTL Consortium (Energypac Engineering Ltd. - TS Transformers Ltd. Consortium) | Energy Center, 1st & 2nd Floor, 25 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 10,820,711.80 | 10,820,711.80 |
| Substation - Lot 8 | Loan 4040 | 04 Jun 2024 | Reverie Power & Automation Engineering Ltd. | 5th & 7th floor, Evergreen Plaza, 260/B, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 8,544,605.24 | 8,544,605.24 |
| Substation - Lot 10 | Loan 4040 | 04 Jun 2024 | Reverie Power & Automation Engineering Ltd. | 5th & 7th floor, Evergreen Plaza, 260/B, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 8,544,605.24 | 8,544,605.24 |
| Substation - Lot 9 | Loan 4040 | 04 Jun 2024 | Reverie Power & Automation Engineering Ltd. | 5th & 7th floor, Evergreen Plaza, 260/B, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 8,544,605.24 | 8,544,605.24 |
| Procurement of Conductor and Wire - Lot 2 | Loan 4039 | 05 Apr 2024 | Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable Co., Ltd. | No. 1 Xinkai Road, Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu Province | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 3,139,000.00 | 3,139,000.00 |
| Procurement of SPC Poles - Lot 2 | Loan 4039 | 29 Dec 2023 | Castle Construction Co., Ltd. | House No. 44, Road No. 16 (New) 27 (Old), Dhanmondi, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 6,460,948.00 | 6,460,948.00 |
| Procurement of SPC Poles - Lot 1 | Loan 4039 | 21 Dec 2023 | TSCO Power Limited | Level 13, Plot 57, Block B, Suvastu Suraiya Trade Center, Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 6,459,609.00 | 6,459,609.00 |
| Procurement of Guy and Grounding Wire | Loan 4039 | 29 Dec 2023 | SQ Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. | Flat A12, Room 02, House No. 21, Road No. 17, Banani, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 1,021,720.00 | 1,021,720.00 |
| Procurement of Conductor and Guy Accessories | Loan 4039 | 29 Dec 2023 | SQ Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. | Flat A12, Room 02, House No. 21, Road No. 17, Banani, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 1,189,090.00 | 1,189,090.00 |
| Procurement of SPC Poles - Lot 3 | Loan 4039 | 21 Dec 2023 | CONTECH CONSTRUCTON LTD. | House No. 78, Road No. 2 Banani, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board | 6,458,495.00 | 6,458,495.00 |
| Conductor & Wire (Underground Cable) | Loan 4039 | 20 Sep 2023 | Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable Co., Ltd. | No. 1 Xinkai South Road Nantong Economic & Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu, China | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) | 5,498,150.00 | 5,498,150.00 |
| Procurement of Distribution Transformers | Loan 4039 | 23 Nov 2022 | MANS ELECTRICAL LTD. | House No. 10A Flat No. 4-D Globe Nibash, Segun Bagicha, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) | 1,685,670.00 | 1,685,670.00 |
| SPC Poles - Lot 3 | Loan 4039 | 28 Feb 2022 | Charka SPC Poles Ltd. JV with Confidence Infrastructure Ltd. and Poles and Concrete Ltd. | House No. 719/A(old), 85(new), Road No. 7/A, Satmosjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board(BREB) | 3,697,051.80 | 3,697,051.80 |
| SPC Poles - Lot 2 | Loan 4039 | 28 Feb 2022 | Charka SPC Poles Ltd. JV with DADA Engineering Ltd. and Confidence Infrastructure Ltd. | House No. 719/A(old), 85(new), Road No. 7/A, Satmosjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board(BREB) | 3,698,474.65 | 3,698,474.65 |
| SPC Poles - Lot 1 | Loan 4039 | 28 Feb 2022 | Castle Construction Co. Ltd. JV with Poles and Concrete Ltd. and TSCO Power Ltd. | House No. 44, Road No. 16, 27 Dhanmondi, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board(BREB) | 3,697,590.70 | 3,697,590.70 |
| Package EQ-03 - Supply of Conductor & Guy Accessories | Loan 4039 | 27 Jan 2022 | SQ Trading & Engineering | Level 12, Suite A12, House 21, Road 17, Block C, Banani, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) | 1,029,780.00 | 1,029,780.00 |
| Package EQ-04 - Power Transformer | Loan 4039 | 31 Jan 2022 | TS Transformers Limited | Suvastu Suraiya Trade Centre (Level 11), 57 Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Block B, Banani C/A, Dhaka | Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) | 3,159,940.00 | 3,159,940.00 |
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project - Additional Financing: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Jun 2020 |