Request for Expression of Interest: Updating the Nile Hydropower Optimization and Flow Management Decision Support System (NHPFM-DSS)

The Ministry of Water and Environment of Uganda with support from GIZ and the Nile Basin Initiative identified the need to update the existing DSS to better understand the hydrology of the upper Nile basin, inflows, and water levels to improve its regulatory and transboundary cooperation function and optimize its operations.

The system will be able to forecast short-term to long-term flows (from two-week forecasts to 9 months forecasts). The system will have capabilities to investigate the impacts of different operation rules for the dam cascades as scenarios and establish the magnitude of the flood downstream selected infrastructure and waterbodies

The Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat now invites suitable consultancy firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. The Expression of Interest shall include a cover letter and a write-up (of not more than 50 pages).