Tender notice for request for proposal forthe supply of productive use of Renewable Energy Appliances (standalone Solar refrigerators) and Solar Home systems (100-200 W) appliances in 5 Refugee camps (Mahama, Nyabiheke, Kigeme, Kiziba and Mugombwa) for PUE women entrepreneurs.

Practical Action is an innovative international development group, putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. We share what works with others, so many more people can change their worlds.

The Results-based Financing for Refugees (RBF4R) project is a GIZ, EnDev funded project for 2 years that aims to increase the inclusivity of the market for higher-tier cooking stoves in refugee camps in Rwanda as well as fostering livelihood opportunities for female refugees through productive use of energy.  The project was designed in consideration of the Renewable Energy for Refugees (RE4R) II project, highlighting the need for a complimentary approach to ensure synergies and effective implementation of a market-based approach, that leaves no one behind.

The project will use market-based approaches to address the energy needs of business owners in Mahama, Kiziba, Mugombwa, Kigeme and Nyabiheke refugee camps in Rwanda.

Practical Action hereby invites interested companies to submit their proposal for the supply of productive use of Renewable Energy Appliances (standalone Solar refrigerators) and Solar Home systems (100-200 W) appliances in 5 Refugee camps (Mahama, Nyabiheke, Kigeme, Kiziba and Mugombwa) for PUE women entrepreneurs.

Interested applicants can download the tender documents and BoQ with detailed information on the annex of this notice.All duly completed documents must indicate in the subject line :RFP-BF4R-2024-001 to be submitted in hard copies at Practical Action Rwanda office to the following location address : and submit soft copy on re4rtender@practicalaction.org,

Practical Action Rwanda Office , KG 596 St, No 18 / Kacyiru Sector / Kigali, Rwanda.

The submission deadline is fixed on 24^th September 2024, at 2:00 pm (CAT), any submission after the closing Date and time or outside the instructions will be automatically disqualified.

For further enquiries, please contact us via: re4rtender@practicalaction.org

Denise Umubyeyi

Country Director

Practical Action Rwanda