In brief
- The World Bank mission aide-memoire of February 2025 names NECSOM in Garowe and NEPCO in Galkayo as the selected electricity providers for Puntland in the solar and battery procurement.
- Requests for bids went out on 9 December 2024 for NECSOM and 15 December 2024 for NEPCO, with contract effectiveness planned for 15 April 2025.
- The document records procurement dates only, so it does not confirm any award, signature or completed installation.
Contents
The World Bank published an aide-memoire from its 3-18 February 2025 implementation and field supervision mission to the Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project, naming NECSOM in Garowe and NEPCO in Galkayo as the selected electricity service providers for Puntland. The mission ran 3-7 February 2025, with a field visit to Garowe on 16-18 February 2025.
What the source records
The aide-memoire states that NECSOM and NEPCO are among the providers taking part in the solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage procurement, alongside GECO, WESCO, BEC and BECO. Table 2 shows a request for bids issued to NECSOM on 9 December 2024, with bids due 27 February 2025 and contract effectiveness planned for 15 April 2025. NEPCO's request for bids was issued on 15 December 2024, bids due 20 February 2025, with the same planned effectiveness date of 15 April 2025. The mission objectives include installation of solar and battery systems at selected providers in Mogadishu, Garowe, Galkayo, Beledweyne, Baidoa and Kismayo, as the World Bank records.
What it means on site
The document sets out a sequence a supplier or engineer can follow: request for bids, bid submission, then contract effectiveness. It also records that the joint technical committees had fed into the bidding documents, and that distribution network analysis, audited financial statements and a 10-year financial model were running behind, with a revised submission date of 28 February 2025. For anyone tracking when equipment might reach Garowe or Galkayo, those earlier milestones are the ones to watch, because contract effectiveness depends on them. The source does not give site locations, switchgear arrangements or interconnection details.
What the source does not establish
The aide-memoire is a mission record as of February 2025. It lists planned dates, not completed work. It does not confirm that bids were submitted, that a contract was signed, or that any solar array or battery bank has been built. The capacity table did not extract cleanly and its figures are not quoted here. Later awards, cancellations or restructuring do not appear in the source. The bid submission dates of 20 and 27 February 2025 are deadlines, not evidence of receipt.
What to do next
Ask the Project Implementation Unit, through the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, for the current procurement status of the NECSOM and NEPCO contracts: whether bids were received, whether evaluation finished, and what the actual effectiveness date now is.
Frequently asked questions
Which companies does the World Bank aide-memoire name for Puntland?
The aide-memoire names NECSOM in Garowe and NEPCO in Galkayo as the selected electricity service providers for Puntland, alongside GECO in Galkayo for the wider programme.
When were the bids issued for the Puntland solar contracts?
The document records a request for bids issued to NECSOM on 9 December 2024 and to NEPCO on 15 December 2024, with contract effectiveness planned for 15 April 2025.
Sources
Local reporting: this article is written for building work in Garowe and Galkayo and Puntland. Ground conditions, prices and rules differ between places; confirm the details for your own site.