Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Western Power Company Limited
77595 (Zambia)
c/o eleQtra Limited, 5th Floor, Eastgate House, 16-19 Eastcastle Street
London
W1W 8DA
UK
Contact person: Andy Fleming / Tony Matthews
Telephone: +260 974869970 / +44 2070793070
E-mail: andy.fleming@westernpower.org
NUTS: 00
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.westernpower.org
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.westernpower.org
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: commercial entity voluntarily complying with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Providing engineering, procurement and construction of an expected 40-60 MW run of river hydro-power plant and associated facilities including connection to the Zambian grid.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45251120
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Seeking a contractor with the relevant experience and capacity for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the design, manufacture, supply, assembly, testing, installation, commissioning and inter-connection of an expected 40-60 MW run of river hydro-power plant in rural Zambia.
Candidates must either be main contractors acting on behalf of themselves and a team of sub-contractors, or form consortia.
The EPC contract will be based on FIDIC Silver Book, allowing modifications for any additional works, services or supplies relevant to the project to be carried out. It will be a fixed price, date-certain, full turnkey wrap contract.
Western Power will separately short-list mechanical and electrical contractors and the winning tenderer will select from these.
The contract price will be in US$ (with possible kwacha element for items procured in Zambia) inclusive of taxes (on and off-shore).
Further details can be found in the Descriptive Document.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
200 000 000.00
USD
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09310000
45111200
45000000
31200000
71000000
45247000
71242000
71320000
71300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
00
Main site or place of performance:
Zambia — located on the Zambezi River in the Western Province of Zambia close to the township of Sioma, some 345 km upstream of the Victoria Falls and 120 km upstream of Sesheke.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Following pre-qualification and the selection of short-listed candidates, those candidates to be invited to participate in the dialogue phase will be notified and asked to sign confidentiality agreements (CAs). On receipt of signed CAs, candidates will be invited (at the same time) to submit outline solutions. These will be submitted following a site visit, review of data room documents and a chance to seek further clarification from Western Power. The 1st outline solution submitted will be followed by a period of dialogue. All or some candidates may be invited to submit a further solution or solutions, which will be followed again by dialogue.
Once this phase is concluded, all or some candidates will be invited to submit a tender.
In addition, candidates will work with the M&E contractors, shortlisted separately by Western Power to complete the mechanical and electrical aspect of the project, to develop solutions for the project, and the winning EPC Contractor will select from among them to provide the M&E aspect of the project.
Further details are set out in the Descriptive Document available as per Section I)
The winning contractor will be responsible for complete procurement of all works and services related to the EPC contract, including mechanical and electrical, and inter-connection.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
USD
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As set out in the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
With regard to Part IV.2.6, ‘Minimum time frame…’, the winning tenderer will be required to maintain its tender price for at least 12 months from initialising of the EPC contract but is expected to maintain its overall commitment until execution of the full EPC contract should financial close take longer than 12 months to achieve. As further described in the Descriptive Document.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Stated in the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
26/02/2016
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
14/03/2016
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 14 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Economic operators invited to participate in dialogue following short-listing will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement before receiving any further information.
Further information is set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and Descriptive Document available from the website described in Section I)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/01/2016