Invitation for International Bids
Operation and Maintenance Services of Siddhirganj 335 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant, Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Date: /4/2015
IDA Credit No: 4508- BD
IFB No: EGCB/2015
1. The Government of Bangladesh has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) in various currencies towards the cost of Siddhirganj Peaking Power Project. It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for Operation and Maintenance Services of Siddhirganj 335 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP).The CCPP is under construction and expected to be commissioned in February 2016.
2. The Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) Limited (an enterprise of Bangladesh Power Development Board)now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Operation and Maintenance Services of the 335 MW Combined Cycle Power Station at Siddhirganj (about 20 km southeast of Dhaka city) with all support facilities and auxiliaries("the Facilities"). The plant capacity shall be 335.4 MW net at site ambient conditions of 35ºC, 1.013 bar atmospheric, 98% relative humidity and 0.85 power factor and at the high tension side ofthe generator step-up transformer. The configuration of the plant shall be 1: 1: 1 (i.e. one gas turbine, one heat recovery steam generatorand one steam turbine). The power from the power station shall be evacuated to a nearby grid substation of 230 kV voltage. The plant shall be run on natural gas supplied by Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited.
3. International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with the World Bank's Single Stage Bidding Procedure following Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, May 2004 revised October 2006 and May 2010.
4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information fromand inspect the bidding documents at Company Secretary, EGCB Limited,BTMC Building (level-8), 7-9 Kawran Bazar C/A, Dhaka – 1215, Bangladesh, from 9:00 hours to 16:00 hours, Sunday to Thursday (except national holidays). The bidder shall be a firm /company or joint venture of firms/ companies from eligible source countries. The bidder shall have at least ten years business experience in O&M service provision asprime contractor in the power industry with minimum average annual turnover of US$ 3 million in the last five years. The bidder shall have experience of (i) completion of an O&M Contract taken from a utility as prime contractor in the provision of at least one service contract of a nature and complexity equivalent to the Services or a combined cycle power plant having capacity of 300 MW or higher with a period & man-month not less than 3 years & 150 mm respectively over the last 10 years; OR
(ii) completion of an O&M Contract taken from a utility as prime contractor in the provision of at least one service contract of a nature and complexity equivalent to the Services of a GT of 150 MW or higher and an ST of 150 MW or higher in a power station complex with a period & man-month not less than 3 years & 150 mm respectively over the last 10 years; OR
(iii) completion of two O&M Contracts taken from a utility(ies) as prime contractor in the provision of a nature and complexity equivalent to the Services of one Contract comprising a GT of 150 MW or higher and one Contract comprising an ST of 150 MW or higher and both with a period & man-month not less than 3 years & 100 mm respectively over the last 10 years as specified in the BDS;
5. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by the interested bidders on submission of a written application to the undersigned and upon payment of a non-refundable feeof BDT 30,000.00 or US$ 400.00 only in the form of pay order or demand draft in favour of Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh Limited.
6. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the World Bank Sample Bidding Document: Procurement of Non-consultant Service, April 2007.
7. Bids must be delivered to the Company Secretary's office on or before 11:00 hours Bangladesh standardtime, 1 July 2015 and must be accompanied by a security of US$ 150,000 (United States Dollars one hundred fifty thousand) or Taka 12,000,000.00 (twelve million) in favour of Electricity GenerationCompany of Bangladesh Limited.
8. Bids will be opened on the same day in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend at 11:30 hours Bangladesh standard time on 1 July 2015 at the office of the Company Secretary, EGCB Limited.
9. Bidders are advised to attend a pre-bid conference which will be held at Conference room of EGCB Ltd on June 22, 2015 at 10.00 a.m. Bangladesh Standard Time..
10. Copy of bid documents in PDF format will also be available in the website (www.egcb.com.bd) of EGCB Limited.
EGCB Limited reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids without assigning any reason thereof.
(Kazi Nazrul Islam)
Company Secretary
Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh Limited
BTMC Building (Level-8), 7-9 Kawran Bazar, Dhaka -1215, Bangladesh
Telephone: 88-02- 8124197/ 913 4029/ 913 4032
Fax: 88-02- 911 8345
Electronic mail address: secretary@egcb.com.bd