Temane Regional Electricity Project

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Request for Bids Plant Design, Supply and Installation (Without Prequalification)

1.       The Republic of Mozambique has received financing from the World Bank (WB) toward the cost of the Termane Reginal Transmission Project (TREP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contract[1] for:

• Plant, Design, Supply & Installation of 400 kV Single Circuit Transmission Line for Temane Transmission Project (TTP), Lot 6.

The Contract will be jointly financed by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). The procurement process will be governed by the World Bank's Procurement Regulations.

For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.

2.       Sociedade Nacional de Transporte de Energia (SNTE) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for:

• Design, Supply & Construction of approximately 176 km, 400 kV Single Circuit (SC) Transmission Line from Chibuto Substation to Matalane Substation and approximately 43 km, 400 kV Single Circuit (SC) Transmission Line from Matalane Substation to Maputo Substation with bundled 4 x Tern conductor, one OPGW and a second shield wire ACS on self-supporting Y-shape tension towers and guyed V or self-supporting suspension steel lattice towers. The contract is required to be complete within a period of 30 months (Lot 6).

3.       Bidding will be conducted through International Competitive Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank's "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers" (July 2016), Revised November 2017 and August 2018), ("Procurement Regulations"), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.       Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from:

Av. Zedequias Manganhela No. 267, Predio JAT IV, 6 andar

Deputy Project Director PIU-Temane Regional Transmission Project (TTP), Mr. Antonio Munguambe

Maputo, Mozambique

Tel.: +258 21 427 350

procurement@snte.co.mz

http://www.edm.co.mz/

5.         A complete set of bidding documents in English will be available and can be accessed on the following link:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtqqNziDn4acgZBQztuvQLvK65TF1g?e=tToG2c

Replies to clarifications requested by bidders will not be emailed directly to bidders. All responses to clarifications will be posted in the above linked file on the EDM website and bidders are solely responsible for monitoring the website during the bidding process for all notifications with respect to this RFB.

6.       Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 17th March 2020 at noon time (12:00). Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders' designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 17th March 2020 at noon time (12:00).

7.       All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of USD $ 1,000,000.00 (one million USD).

8.        Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

9.       The address referred to above is:

Av. Zedequias Manganhela No. 267, Predio JAT IV, 6 andar

Deputy Project Director PIU-Temane Regional Transmission Project (TTP), Mr. Antonio Munguambe

Maputo, Mozambique

Tel.: +258 21 427 350

procurement@snte.co.mz

http://www.edm.co.mz