Procurement of Design, Supply & Installation of 33 kV sub transmission lines and associated Substations to connect Fadugu to Kabala and Potoru to Pujehun to the Grid

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Plant

Design, Supply and Installation of 33 kV distribution lines and associated Substations to connect Kabala and Pujehun distribution networks to the Grid

(Two-envelope Bidding Process, Without Prequalification)

Employer: Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA)

Project: Enhancing Sierra Leone Energy Access Project (ESLEAP)

Project ID: P171059

Contract title: Design, Supply & Installation of 33 kV distribution lines and associated Substations to connect Kabala and Pujehun distribution networks to the Grid

Country: Sierra Leone

Grant No.: IDA-D7690

RFB No: SL-EDSA-442574-CW-RFB

Issued on: 17th September 2024

• The Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Enhancing Sierra Leone Energy Access Project (ESLEAP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contracts for Design, Supply & Installation of 33 kV distribution lines and associated Substations to connect Kabala and Pujehun distribution networks to the Grid. 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.

• The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for:

Lot 1: Design, Supply and Installation of 33 kV distribution line of about 36 km from 225/33 kV Fadugu substation to Kabala including substation at Kabala.

• Approximately 36 km of 33kV distribution line (steel monopoles, double circuit structure, single circuit stringing, 265mm2 AAC conductor)

• One 33/11kV, 15/20MVA Power Transformer

• 33kV, 25kA for 3s, 630A Single Bus bars Air Insulated Switchgear (one feeder incomer cubicle, one transformer cubicle, one bus sectionalizer cubicle, one measuring cubicle)

• Metering, protection and control

• AC and DC supply

• Power, auxiliary & control cables & accessories

• Miscellaneous works (substation earth grid, outdoor lighting, substation lightening protection system, fire detection and protection system)

• Construction of new 33kVswitchgear control building, equipment foundations, guard house, store and workshop, internal roads, storm drainage, mesh fence, septic tank and other associated civil works

Lot 2: Design, Supply and Installation of 33 kV distribution line of about 43 km from Potoro (CLSG line) to Pujehun including substation at Pujehun.

• Approximately 43 km of 33kV distribution line (steel monopoles, double circuit structure, single circuit stringing, 265mm2 AAC conductor)

• One 33/11kV, 15/20MVA Power Transformer

• 33kV, 25kA for 3s, 630A Single Bus bars Air Insulated Switchgear (one feeder incomer cubicle, one transformer cubicle, one bus sectionalizer cubicle, one measuring cubicle)

• Metering, protection and control

• AC and DC supply

• Power, auxiliary & control cables & accessories

• Miscellaneous works (substation earth grid, outdoor lighting, substation lightening protection system, fire detection and protection system)

• Construction of new 33kVswitchgear control building, equipment foundations, guard house, store and workshop, internal roads, storm drainage, mesh fence, septic tank and other associated civil works

• Bidders may Bid for one or several contracts, as further defined in the bidding document. Bidders wishing to offer discounts in case they are awarded more than one contract will be allowed to do so provided those discounts are included in the Letter of Bid.

• 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” September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), Mr. Emmanuel Ozigbo (email: [email protected]) and inspect the bidding document during office hours 09:00 to 17:00 hours at the address given below.

• 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 150.00 US$. The method of payment will be by bank deposit into the ESLEAP Sub (Leones) Designated Account:

Below are the Bank details:

Name of Bank: SIERRA LEONE COMMERCIAL BANK

Account Name: ENHANCING SIERRA LEONE ENERGY ACCESS PROJECT

Account Number: 003001084275112142

BBAN: 003001084275112142

Corresponding Bank Details:

Name of Bank: CITIBANK N.A (NEW YORK)

Swift Code: BIC: CITIUS33

For the credit of:

Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Limited

SWIFT BIC: SLCBSLFR

Account Number: 33445101

The document will be sent by e-mail.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 29th October 2024, 12:00 noon. 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 29th October 2024, 12:15 p.m. (Conference room, 3rd Floor). All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of:

US$ 42,000.00 for Lot 1

And

US$ 45,000.00 for Lot 2

• 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):

Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA)

Mr. Emmanuel Ozigbo

4th Floor, 36 Siaka Stevens Street, Electricity House, Freetown, Sierra Leone

E-mail: [email protected]

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