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ESB-SHIVA ENTREPRISES consortium awarded EPC turnkey contract for electricity mini-grids in south-east Mauritania

The World Bank award notice records a signed price of MRU 451,388,703.10 for a 12-month EPC package under the Decentralization and Productive Intermediate Cities Support Project.

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The World Bank has published a contract award notice for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) turnkey package to build electricity mini-grids in south-east Mauritania. The notice gives the award notification date as 14 October 2026 and was published on 16 October 2026.

The notice names the consortium (groupement) ESB-SHIVA ENTREPRISES as the awarded bidder, with India as its country. It records a signed contract price of MRU 451,388,703.10, an evaluated bid price of the same amount, and a contract duration of 12 months.

The procurement sits under the Decentralization and Productive Intermediate Cities Support Project (P169332), financed by IDA credit IDA-D5750. The scope is described as design, engineering, supply and construction on a turnkey basis for electricity mini-grids in the south-east of the country.

The notice does not describe the generation technology or the number of communities served. It also lists a second evaluated bidder with an evaluated bid price of MRU 470,211,444.93.

Sources

  1. World Bank procurement notice OP00475707: Contract award, EPC turnkey electricity mini-grids, MauritaniaOfficial noticeWorld BankPublished 16 October 2026Read 23 October 2026

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