ZESCO Limited

Design, Supply and Installation of the Mpika-Kasama Transmission Lines Complete …

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE Request for Bids (RfB) (Plant) Design, Supply and Installation (Two-Envelope Bidding Process, Without Pre-qualification) Employer: ZESCO Limited Project: Zambia-Tanzania Interconnector Project Sector: Energy Sector Contract Title: Package -2- Design, Supply and Installation of a 200km Long Second 330kV Single Circuit Mpika-Kasama Overhead Transmission Line and Associated Substation Works at Mpika and Kasama. Country: Zambia Grant No.: E-3960-ZM Project ID No.: P507033 RFB No: ZM-ZESCO-471432-CW-RFB Issued on: 5 March 2025 1. ZESCO Limited has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Zambia–Tanzania Interconnector Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contract for Package -2- Design, Supply, and Installation for second 330kV single circuit Mpika-Kasama overhead transmission line, 200km length, and associated substation works at Mpika and Kasama. 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. ZESCO Limited now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Design, Supply, and Installation for second 330kV single circuit Mpika-Kasama overhead transmission line, 200km length, and associated substation works at Mpika and Kasama. 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” of September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from ZESCO Limited, Attention: Lemmy Nyirenda [email protected] and inspect the bidding document during office hours 07:30 to 17:00 hours CAT at the address given below. 5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of USD 300 to be deposited at Indo Zambia Bank, Lusaka Main Branch, Account Number: 0012020000001, Swift Code 090001. The method of payment will be through bank telegraphic transfer. The document will be accessed by downloading from authorized ZESCO Limited website: https://www.zesco.co.zm/tender.php or sent by email on written request. 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 23 May 2025. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 23 May 2025, at 10:30 AM CAT. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening. 7. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Securing Declaration” as per the details in the Request for Bids (RfB). 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(es) referred to above is: Lemmy Nyirenda Procurement Specialist ZESCO Limited Stand No. 6949, Great East Road, P.O. Box 33304 Procurement Offices, LDCC Building Lusaka, 10101 ZAMBIA T: +260 211 362 313 E: [email protected]; [email protected] and [email protected]