# 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.

- Topic: Contract award
- Event date: 2026-10-14
- First published on EPC Feed: 2026-10-24T06:44:58.097Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T06:44:58.097Z
- Value: MRU 451,388,703.10 (Signed contract price in the World Bank award notice (MRU 451,388,703.10).)
- Companies: World Bank
- Countries: Mauritania
- Page: https://epcfeed.com/news/mauritania-mini-grid-epc-contract


## Key facts

- Country: Mauritania
- Financing: IDA credit IDA-D5750
- Scope: EPC turnkey electricity mini-grids, south-east Mauritania
- Signed price: MRU 451,388,703.10
- Duration: 12 months
- Award notified: 14 October 2026

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, Mauritania](https://search.worldbank.org/api/v2/procnotices?format=json&id=OP00475707). Official notice, World Bank, Published 2026-10-16, Read 2026-10-23.