Supply of 246,500 LED lamps — Power Sector Recovery Project, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Country: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

Name of Project: POWER SECTOR RECOVERY PROJECT

Contract Title: Supply of Two Hundred and Forty-six Thousand and Five Hundred

(246,500) Light Emitting Diode (LED) Lamps

Grant No.: IDA-D5870

RFB Reference No.:70/G/PRSE/2020

• The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe has received financing in the amount of U S$ 16,000,000 equivalents from the World Bank toward the cost of the Power Sector Recovery Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for acquisition of Two Hundred Forty-six Thousand and Five Hundred (246,500) Light Emitting Diode (LED) Lamps.

• The Agência Fiduciária e Administração de Projetos (AFAP) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the tender to supply these 246,500 LED lamps ((200,000 LED bulbs + 46,500 LED Tube lights) for Sao Tomé and Principe.

• 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.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and obtain the Bidding Document from Agência Fiduciária e Administração de Projetos (AFAP), Mr. Faustino Neto, [email protected] , and inspect the bidding document during office hours :08:00 to 12h00 and 14h30 to 17:00 hours local time at the address given bellow:

Edifício do Afriland First Bank, 2º Andar,Avenida Kwame Nkrumah, C.P. 1029 , São Tomé , SãoTomé e Príncipe

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before September 18, at 10: 00 hours local time. Electronic Bidding will 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 September 18, at 10: 00 hours local time.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Securing Declaration.

• “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.”

• The address(es) referred to above is(are):

Agência Fiduciária e Administração de Projetos(AFAP)

Attention : Alberto Leal, Managing Director AFAP

C.P. 1029

Edifício do Afriland First Bank, 2º Andar,

Avenida Kwame Nkrumah

São Tomé

São Tomé e Príncipe

Tel. + (239) 222 5 2 05

E-mail: [email protected]