COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT CENTER


USAID SOUTHEAST ASIA SMART POWER PROGRAM

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Southeast Asia Smart Power Program (SPP) is a five-year initiative aiming at mobilizing $2 billion in blended financing for clean energy infrastructure, contributing to the deployment of 2,000 megawatts (MW) of advanced energy systems, and a five percent increase in regional power trade. Southeast Asia is undergoing rapid economic growth, and sustaining such progress requires affordable and reliable energy services. As the flagship clean energy program of USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia, SPP advances economic growth and development by ensuring secure, market-driven, and low carbon energy sectors help the region achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

 

OVERVIEW

Competitive procurement, which includes tenders and auctions, ensures cost-effectiveness, quality, and specifications of energy and energy products procured. A well-designed competitive mechanism streamlines the procurement decision-making, while a transparent timeline and process can boost investor confidence and encourage greater bidder participation, thus improving procurement outcomes. SPP has established a Competitive Procurement Center (CPC) as a central clearinghouse for providing best practices and technical assistance to promote transparent, competitive procurement of advanced energy systems, including clean energy, clean technologies, and products or services relating to the energy transition.

Managed and led by a local consortium ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability, the Center based in Bangkok, Thailand, assists stakeholders throughout the Southeast Asia region on both the demand side and supply side of procurement. CPC’s services and offerings are designed to serve market needs. These offerings include research products, guidelines, template documents, and tailored advisory services, such as procurement model development, planning assistance, and evaluation criteria design.

 

STRUCTURE

The CPC consists of three pillars: a Leadership Council, Research Center, and Procurement Storefront.

 

The Leadership Council, comprising broad representation of power market stakeholders, functions as the advisory board for the CPC, guiding the direction of the research and informing both the Research Center and Procurement Storefront of the market’s needs.

The Research Center in Bangkok generates research products that include international leading practices, market and technical assessments, case studies of procurement models, and procurement guidelines that cater to the interests and needs of the market.

The Procurement Storefront Website, which is currently under development, is the main avenue through which clients will interface with the CPC. It will house the research outputs of the Research Center and offer a menu of support services that include tailored technical assistance.

 

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

  • Establishment of a go-to regional resource center offering research, resources, and assistance on competitive processes that meet market needs. 
  • Development of a user-friendly procurement storefront website which houses research and best practices on competitive procurement, and a portal for receiving technical assistance requests. 
  • Technical assistance delivery to facilitate the completion of at least two auctions.
  • Development of a pipeline of technical assistance projects with a collective potential totaling 1,000 MW.
  • Procurement of energy infrastructure assets.

 

CPC PARTNERS

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

ICLEI is a network of more than 2,500 local and regional governments, supported by a team of global experts, driving sustainable urban development worldwide. Active in 125+ countries, it impacts over 25 percent of the global urban population.

Visit: https://iclei.org/
Creagy Company

Creagy is a purpose-driven consultancy, specializing in climate solutions. They are a catalyst for change, transforming challenges into shared opportunities. The company’s mission is to build the net-zero economy within our generation by 2050.

Visit: https://thecreagy.com/main
SuSca Group

SuSca is a for profit consultancy dedicated to helping companies and governments do good, better. SuSca Group integrates development efforts into private sector activities to support high-yield, low-carbon economic growth. The Group has helped structure more than $150 million in infrastructure grants and loans, connected Fortune 500 companies to renewable energy, and enabled governments and utilities to implement certified renewable energy and green tariff programs across Asia and the Pacific.

Visit: https://suscagroup.com
World Resources Institute (WRI)

WRI is a trusted partner for change. Using research-based approaches, it works globally and in focus countries to meet people’s essential needs; to protect and restore nature; and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities. They aim to fundamentally transform the way the world produces and uses food and energy and designs its cities to create a better future for all.  Founded in 1982, WRI has about 1,900 staff around the world, with country offices in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States and regional offices in Africa and Europe.

Visit: https://www.wri.org

 

For more information, please contact :Madura Watanagase

Manager, Competitive Procurement, USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program

Email: mwatanagase@deloitte.com