DESIGN & BUILD 132 KV SUBMARINE CABLE WORKS FOR THE ZANZIBAR INTERCONNECTOR PROJECT

Request For Proposals

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Edition 3:   Feb 14, 2010 (shown)
Edition 2:   Oct 28, 2009
Edition 1:   Oct 24, 2009

General Information
Country:   Tanzania
Notice/Contract Number:   MCAT/COM/0046
Publication Date:   Feb 14, 2010
Deadline:   Mar 5, 2010
Funding Agency:   Millennium Challenge Account
Buyer:   MCA-Tanzania
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Marieth Ngaida
MCA-T Procurement
P.O. Box 9111
Dar es Salaam  
Tanzania
Telephone:   255 22 2124634
Fax:   255 22 2124644
Email:   Click here
Web Site:   www.mca-t.go.tz

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Bidding documents and attachments
 
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SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
REFERENCE: MCAT/COM/0046
INVITATION FOR BIDS
for the
DESIGN & BUILD 132 KV SUBMARINE CABLE WORKS FOR THE ZANZIBAR INTERCONNECTOR PROJECT.


1. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Tanzania (the “Government”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact (the Compact”) for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Tanzania in the amount of USD 698,136,000 million (“MCC funding”). The Millennium Challenge Account -Tanzania (“MCA-Tanzania”) on behalf of the Government intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of MCC funding to eligible payments under this contract. Payments by MCA- Tanzania will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of MCC funding of the Compact. No party other than the Government and MCA-Tanzania shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCCfunding.

2. The Compact program aims at reducing poverty through the implementation of a programme consisting of three projects, each containing a number of activities and sub activities over the five year period of the Compact, namely:

1. The Transport sector Project consists of four distinct activities, the Mainland Trunk Roads Activity, the Zanzibar Rural Roads Activity, the Road Maintenance Activity and the Mafia Island Airport Activity.
2. The Energy Sector Project consists of three distinct activities, the Zanzibar Interconnector Activity, the Malagarasi Hydropower and Kigoma Distribution Activity, and the Distribution Systems Rehabilitation and Extension Activity.
3. The Water Sector Project consists of three distinct activities, the Lower Ruvu Plant Expansion Activity, the Non-Revenue Water Activity, and the Morogoro Water Supply Activity

3. The Employer now invites sealed bids (“Bids”) from eligible and qualified entities or persons (“Bidders”) to supply and install the 132 kV Submarine Cable Works: Zanzibar Interconnector, referenced above, on a Design and Build Contract, which is being offered as a fixed price contract. More details are contained in the Invitation for Bids (IFB).

4. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice that appeared on dgMarket’s website on 5 October, 2009, UNDBOnline on 9 October, 2009, the MCA-Tanzania website www.MCA-T.go.tz on 6 October, 2009, and local newspapers, The Daily News from 8 October and The Guardian from 7 October, 2009.

5. Bidding will only be open to registered Bidders. Bidders must register by completing the Registration Form available at www.mca-t.go.tz, and sending it in PDF format to the Employer’s Procurement Agent’s e-mail address: MCA-Tprocurement@crownagents.co.tz copied to the MCA-T Procurement Director at mngaida@mca-t.go.tz. Registration will be completed when a potential Bidder receives a registration number from the Procurement Agent. Potential Bidders may elect on the Registration Form to receive the bidding documents associated with this IFB (the “Bidding Documents”) in the following manner:

Electronically via downloading from the MCA-T website or on a disk or memory stick/card from the Procurement Agent (using the Bidder’s own disk or memory stick/card) at:

Procurement Agent: Crown Agents USA Inc.
Development House, Kivukoni Front/Ohio Street, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Fax: +255 22 2135702
Email: MCA-Tprocurement@crownagents.co.tz
Attention: Procurement Agent

Please note that a site visit and pre-Bid meeting will be held. Details are in the Bidding Documents.

6. All Bids must be accompanied by a security in the form and amount specified in the Bidding Documents, and must be delivered to the address given below no later than 14.00 hours, local time, 29 January, 2010. Bids will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who presented Bids and who choose to attend.

MCA-T, Room 402, Development House
Kivukoni Front/Ohio Street, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Attention: Procurement Director, Marieth Ngaida


7. A winning Bidder will be selected under the Competitive Bidding procedures described in the Bidding Documents. Bidders are advised that these procedures are governed by the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines .

8. Bidders should be aware that distance and customs formalities may require longer than expected for delivery time.

Yours faithfully,


Bernard S Mchomvu
Chief Executive Officer,
Millennium Challenge Account-Tanzania,
Development House,
Kivukoni Front/Ohio Street,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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