Work procurement notice Rural Electrification of Chibabava Buzi Districts in Sofala Province Location – Mozambique, Sofala Province, Mavuzi, Chibabava, Buzi and Gondo Areas
4. Financing Financing agreement: 2007/195-956 (EU-ACP Energy Facility Initiative)
5. Contracting Authority Electricidade de Moçambique, EP (EDM) 368 Filipe Samuel Magaia Ave P.O.Box 2532 Maputo, Mozambique CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS
6. Description of the contract This project is to ensure adequate supply of electricity to support the growth of local industries, promote local trade and employment opportunity as well as social welfare for the population in the Chibabava-Buzi district. The project will include the supply, installation and commissioning as follows a) Extension of the 110 kV switchyard Mavuzi Hydro Power Plant (HPP)by one feeder b) Erection and commissioning of approximately 95 km,110 kV overhead transmission line from Mavuzi HPP substation to the new 110/33 kV Casa Nova substation c) New 110/33 kV substation at Casa Nova substation and the connection of three existing 33 kV lines
7. Number and titles of lots One lot as described above in item 6
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION 8. Eligibility and rules of origin Participation in tendering is open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons (participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers) which are established in one of the Member States of the European Union contributing to theEuropean Development Fund and ACP States and international organisations as authorised by the instrument applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed (see also heading 22 below). All works, supplies and services under this contract must originate in one or more of these countries.
9. Grounds for exclusion Tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the Tender Form for a Works Contract, to the effect that they are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions.
10. Number of tenders Tenderers may submit only one tender per lot. Tenders for parts of a lot will not be considered. Tenderers may submit a tender for a variant solution in addition to their tender for the works required in the tender dossier.
11. Tender guarantee Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of 2% of the budget available for the contract. This guarantee will be released to unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to the successful tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all parties. This guarantee will be called upon if the tenderer does not fulfil all obligations stated in its tender.
12. Performance guarantee The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10% of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided together with the return of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the second best admissible tender.
13. Information meeting and/or site visit A mandatory site visit/ meeting will be held from 10 and 11 of June 2010.
14. Tender validity Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days after the deadline for submission of tenders.
15. Period of performance Period of performance will be 18 +12 Months liability period SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA
16. Selection criteria The tenderer’s annual turn over in the last 3 years must be equivalent to EUR 20 Million per year. The tenderer must have successfully completed (project already accomplished) at least 3 projects of the same magnitude over the last 5 years.
The tenderer must have successfully completed (project already accomplished) at least 3 projects in the same field over the last 5 years.
Tenderer’s key personal must have at least 10 years of experience.
Tenderer must have references in Africa.
17. Award criteria Price TENDERING
18. How to obtain the tender dossier Interested eligible applicants may obtain further information from, and inspect the Tender Dossier at the address given below:
Electricidade de Moçambique, EP (EDM) Direcção de Electrificação e Projectos 368 Filipe Samuel Magaia Ave P.O.Box 2532 Att. : Mr. Daniel Guambe E-mail : dguambe@edm.co.mz or ccalege@edm.co.mz Or MVV-DECON GmbH Am Trippelsberg 45 D- 40589 Düsseldorf Attn.: Mr. J. Kampa Phone:0049-211-7108-401 Fax: 0049-211-7108-499 E-mail: j.kampa@mvv-decon.com
The Tender Dossier, in English, may be purchased by interested applicants upon submission of a written application to the above EDM office and upon payment of a non refundable fee of 500.00 EUR or its equivalent in Meticais (MZM) or American Dollars (US$). The price includes one set of documents as hard copy. The method of payment will be cash or by Bank check or Bank transfer to:
Name of Bank: Millenium BIM Beneficiary: “EDM – Exploração” Account no. 1188445 (in MZM) NIB: 000100000000118844557 IBAN: MZ59000100000000118844557 Account no. 20594071 (in $US) NIB: 000100000002059407157 IBAN: MZ59000100000002059407157
Applicants who make payments by bank transfer should send a copy of the Swift confirmation and/or Debit Advice to Ms. Rute Rangeiro (phone : +258 21481552/ mobile +258 824037900) at the following email address: rrangeiro@edm.co.mz.
For those applicants who make payment by way of bank transfer, the Tender Dossier will only be delivered once EDM obtains confirmation from its bank that the non-refundable fee has been credited in its bank account. Tenders must be submitted using the standard tender form included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed. Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to:
Electricidade de Moçambique, EP (EDM) Direcção de Electrificação e Projectos 368 Filipe Samuel Magaia Ave P.O.Box 2532 E-mail : dguambe@edm.co.mz or ccalege@edm.co.mz Maputo- Mozambique and MVV-DECON GmbH Am Trippelsberg 45 D- 40589 Düsseldorf Attn.: Mr. J. Kampa Phone:0049-211-7108-401 Fax: 0049-211-7108-499 E-mail: j.kampa@mvv-decon.com
(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item
19. The Contracting Authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual clarifications to the tender dossier will be published on the EuropeAid website at: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl
20. Deadline for submission of tenders
Deadline for submission is the 12.08.2010 at 11:30 local time Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
21. Tender opening session
Opening session will start on 12.08.2010 at 14:30 local time Language of the procedure All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be in English.
22. Legal basis
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed at Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended on 25 June 2005 Decision No 2/2002 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers published in OJ L 320 of 23.11.2002
