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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION AND PROPOSALS FOR NEW GENERATION CAPACITY UNDER THE SMALL PROJECTS IPP PROCUREMENT PROGRAMME Tender number : DoE 004/13/14 The Department of Energy ("the Department") formally invites interested parties to submit proposals for the finance, construction, operation, and maintenance of renewable energy generation facilities adopting any of onshore wind, solar photovoltaic, biomass, biogas or landfill gas technologies, with a generation capacity of not less than 1MW and not more than 5MW for the purpose of entering into, inter alia, an Implementation Agreement with the Department and a Power Purchase Agreement with a buyer. In the Determination issued by the Minister of Energy under section 34(1) of the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006 on 1 August 2011, the Minister determined that 100 megawatts ("MW") of energy should be procured from renewable energy generation facilities adopting any of onshore wind, solar photovoltaic, biomass, biogas, or landfill gas technologies with a generation capacity of not less than 1MW and not more than 5MW. Interested parties are advised that Bid Responses must be submitted in accordance with the Request for Qualification and Proposals for New Generation Capacity under the Small Projects IPP Procurement Programme ("RFP") and the bid rules set out therein. Bid Responses must remain open and capable of acceptance by the Department for 365 (three hundred and sixty five) days from the relevant Bid Submission Date (as defined in the RFP). Prior to accessing the RFP, each prospective Bidder shall be required to complete a registration form and then to pay a non-refundable fee of R5 000 (five thousand Rand) per Bidder. The RFP is available at www.ipp-smallprojects.co.za. The required fee is payable after registration by means of direct deposit or electronic funds transfer. All payments must be made in immediately cleared funds to the Project Development Fund established by National Treasury for Renewable Energy projects: Bank: Standard Bank Account Name: PDF – Alternative Energy Account: 410819425 Branch: Pretoria Branch Code: 0510051 The prospective Bidder’s company name should be used as the payment reference in the electronic registration form.

Bidders are advised to monitor the www.ipp-smallprojects.co.za website for notices and potential Bidder interactions with the Department in respect of this Small Projects IPP Procurement Programme. Enquiries should be directed to the Project Officer via e-mail on [email protected]