ELECTRICITY ACCESS SCALE-UP PROJECT (EASP) FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION COMPONENT

Request for Expressions of Interest (EoI) for Consultancy Services to Support the Development and Operationalisation of Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) for Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) under the Financial Intermediation Component of the Electricity Access Scale-Up Project (EASP)

Procurement Reference Number: UECC-EASP/CONS/2026-27/00001

1 BACKGROUND

The Government of Uganda (GoU) with funding support from the World Bank is implementing the Electricity Access Scale-up Project (EASP). The project aims at increasing access to energy for households, commercial enterprises, industrial parks, and public institutions nationwide, including in Refugees Hosting Districts (RHDS).

Project implementation is carried out by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) and the Uganda Energy Credit Capitalization Company (UECCC) through dedicated Project Implementation Units (PIUs). UECCC is implementing the Financial Intermediation component under the EASP that includes:

1. Results Based Financing Program (RBF): that offers end-user grants extended through Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) to address affordability constraints of households and enterprises accessing off-grid solar, clean cooking solutions and productive uses of energy.

2. Credit Support Facility (CSF): that entails provision of dedicated Lines of Credit to Partner Financial Institutions (PFIs) for the on-lending as working capital facilities to ESCOs dealing in Clean Cooking Solutions (CCS), Off-grid Solar Solutions (OGS) and Productive Uses of Energy (PUE) and on-lending to End-users (households and enterprises) for acquiring of eligible clean energy products.

3. The Public Institutions Program: entails provision of grant financing for the provision of clean cooking solutions and solar electrification to public institutions including schools, health centers, and public water points. The program is implemented in conjunction with the Ministries of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), Ministry of Education & Sports (MoES) and Ministry of Health (MoH).

4. The Technical Assistance Facility: that supports Energy Service Companies, Participating Financial Institutions and other key project stakeholders to build capacity and skills to address barriers to effective service delivery.

UECCC intends to engage consultants to support ESCOs without functional ESMS to develop and operationalise their respective ESMS. The consultants will guide and provide ESCOs with technical support through training workshops to skill and enable them to develop and operationalise their respective ESMS.

UECCC now invites eligible consulting firms ("Consultants") to express their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

2. SELECTION PROCESS

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank's "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers" July 2016 revised November 2017, August 2018 and November 2020, September 2023 and September 2025 ("Consultant Guidelines") setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCB) method set out in the Procurement Regulations (Revised September 2025).

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 8:30am to 5:00pm EAT.

Expressions of interest should be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, by 6th August 2026 at 2:00pm EAT).

Hard Copy submissions should be accompanied by a soft copy on a Flash disk.

Expressions of interest (EOI) or any other inquiries shall be addressed to:

Uganda Energy Credit Capitalization Company
Amber House, Plot 29/33 Kampala Road, 3rd Floor, Block E
P.O. Box 29725 Kampala
Electronic submissions should be submitted to pdf@uecc.org.