RLF - Ukrnafta II - 9731-OTH-56077

Resilience and Livelihoods Framework - Ukrnafta II Project

MARKET CONSULTATIONS 

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “Bank” or “EBRD”) is providing loan financing to support to Public Joint Stock Company “Ukrnafta” (“Ukrnafta”), the state-owned oil & gas extraction company and operator of one of the largest retail fuel chains in Ukraine. Responding to the urgent need for flexible distributed energy generation in Ukraine, in 2024 Ukrnafta has launched the co-generation programme of energy and heat utilising its own gas (the “Project”).

The second of two transactions with Ukrnafta, the Project will finance the construction of state-of-the-art gas fired combined heat and power (the “CHP” or the “Plant”)) plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.  The new CHP will use combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) technology, with a gross electrical power output around 250 MWe. 

The purpose of the Project is to ensure an uninterrupted supply of power, district heat and process steam to the territorial community of the Dnipropetrovsk region and the supply of electricity to the United Energy System of Ukraine both in the basic mode and in the mode of auxiliary services of the power system.

 The new CHP plant is foreseen to operate in combined heat and power mode, as well as electricity only producing mode. It shall be able to deliver electricity market balancing. Security and high levels of availability of power supplies to the electricity network are essential requirements of the project, hence reliability and redundancy are regarded as key factors in the new CHP plant design.

Requirements include minimum functional specification for a Design-Build contract based on the FIDIC Yellow Book form and conditions of contract, for the manufacture, supply, installation, commissioning, testing, defects correction and long-term service agreement (LTSA) of the Plant. Ukrnafta has received three Siemens gas turbines via a donor program and is in process of securing additional funding for HRSG’s, steam turbine and step-up transformers. The donor supplied equipment should be novated into the Design-Build contract.

Ukrnafta plans to execute the Project in two phases, with phase 1 being the installation of the gas turbines in an open cycle mode (OCGT), with phase 2 covering the installation of heat recovery boiler(s), a steam turbine and associated balance of plant to convert the OCGT plant into a more efficient CCGT plant.

In close cooperation with the Bank, Ukrnafta is carrying out market consultations with prospective manufacturers and suppliers of the required equipment to develop an optimal procurement and implementation strategy(ies) for the Project. The main purpose of the event is to assess the immediate and prospective product availability and test the risk appetite of the market in the context of the current situation in Ukraine. The event will give the opportunity to interested companies to provide feedback and voice any concerns they may have.

All procurement for the Project shall be subject to the provisions of the EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules (Rev. May 2022, https://www.ebrd.com/procurement/project-procurement/policies-guidelines.html).

Please review the documents provided in attached files (Annexes I-V to this notice) and fill in and return the Questionary in Annex VI. You are also invited to send us your questions or comments prior to the planned market consultation (if you wish to keep those questions and comments confidential) or please attend the event and share your thoughts on the upcoming call.

 Please send your questions in writing to: e-mail mm@ramboll.kiev.ua until 05 June 2026 18:00 (Kyiv time).

 The market consultation event shall be held in an online format on 10 June 2026 at 13-00 (UK time) /15:00 (Kyiv time), using Microsoft Teams Link.

 Representatives of Ukrnafta’s project implementation consultant and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will also attend the event.

 Annexes: FILE

Annex I - Eligibility and Qualification Criteria (draft version)

Annex II - Scope of Works

Annex III - Contract implementation schedule

Annex IV - Requirements

Annex V - Key contractual terms and conditions

Annex VI – Questionnaire