Security Assessment for Information and communication technology systems in the corporate and industrial areas (IT and OT)
CONSULTING SERVICES
Expression of Interest

Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa, SA (HCB) has applied for a financing from Agence Française de Développement ("AFD"), and intends to use part of the funds thereof for payments of assessment of the current state of security of the various information and communication technology systems in the corporate and industrial areas (IT and OT), as well as obtaining recommendations to mitigate any gaps that may be identified.
The Services of the consultant shall consist on Diagnosis of the current situation (AS-IS); Gaps Analysis, Designing the ideal scenario (TO-BE) with recommendations on and Regressive Testing.
HCB hereby invites Applicants to show their interest in delivering the Services described above.
This Request for Expressions of Interest is open to:

Consulting firms

Eligibility criteria to AFD financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the "Procurement Guidelines for AFD Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries", available online on AFD’s website: http://www.afd.fr.
The Applicant shall submit only one application, either in its own name or as a member of a Joint Venture (JV). If an Applicant (including any JV member) submits or participates in more than one application, those applications shall be all rejected. However, the same Subconsultant may participate in several applications.
If the Applicant is a JV, the expression of interest shall include:
 a copy of the JV Agreement entered into by all members,
or
 a letter of intent to execute a JV Agreement, signed by all members together with a copy of the Agreement proposal,
In the absence of this document, the other members will be considered as Subconsultants.
Experiences and qualifications of Subconsultants are not taken into account in the evaluation of the applications.
Interested Applicants must provide information evidencing that they are qualified and experienced to perform those Services. For that purpose, documented evidence of recent and similar services shall be submitted.
Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on:
 The contracts size;
 The nature of the Services: Security Assessment and Mitigation Plan;
 The technical area and expertise: Information and communication technology (ICT) systems and Elaborations of Plans.
 The location : Southern Africa region, and Portuguese-speaking Country.

For a JV, its leader and any member that has its registered office outside the Client's country shall fulfil each of these criteria.
An application that does not meet any of these requirements will be rejected.
Among the submitted applications, HCB will shortlist a maximum of six (6) Applicants, to whom the Request for Proposals to carry out the Services shall be sent.
The Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the address below no later than February 23rd , 2024 by 17h30 (Central Africa Time – CAT)

 HCB Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa, SA
 P.Box 263,
 Mozambique, Songo – Tete
 Telephone: +258 252 80000, +258 252 82220
 Email: Tender-assessment-communication-technology@hcb.co.mz
Interested Applicants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours:
 From 7:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
 Email: Tender-assessment-communication-technology@hcb.co.mz
 Telephone: +258 252 80000