Consulting Services for Final Design, Preparation of Bidding Documents, Implementation Supervision and Commissioning for the Zambia-Tanzania Transmission

Request for Proposal

Consulting Services

Name of Assignment: Zambia-Tanzania Interconnector Project for the Design, Preparation of Bidding Documents, Tender Management, Implementation Supervision, and Defect Liability Period Observation

RFP Reference No.: ZESCO/WB/LB/016/2024

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No._________________________________

Country: ZAMBIA

Date: 21 February 2024

To:

Norconsult

AF Consult

Mott MacDonald

POWER Engineers

SMEC International Pty Ltd

Sweco International AB

Tractebel Engineering GmbH

WSP South Africa

Dear Mr. /Ms.:

• ZESCO Limited the Client has been allocated grant funds (the “Grant”) from the World Bank/European Union which are administered by the International Development Association (IDA) (the “Bank”) and executed by ZESCO Limited (“the Client”). The Client intends to apply the funds to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Proposals is issued. Payments by the Bank will be made only at the request of the Client and upon approval by the Bank, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the grant agreement. The grant agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the grant account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of the Bank, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than the Client shall derive any rights from the grant agreement or have any claims to the proceeds of the grant.

• The Client now invites proposals to provide the following consulting services (hereinafter called “Services”): Zambia-Tanzania Interconnector Project for the Design, Preparation of Bidding Documents, Tender Management, Implementation Supervision, and Defect Liability Period Observation. More details on the Services are provided in the Terms of Reference (Section 7).

• This Request for Proposals (RFP) has been addressed to the following shortlisted Consultants:

S/N NAME OF CONSULTANT/FIRM COUNTRY

• Norconsult Norway

• AF Consult Switzerland

• Mott MacDonald South Africa

• POWER Engineers USA

• SMEC International Pty Ltd Australia

• Sweco International AB Sweden

• Tractebel Engineering GmbH Germany

• WSP South Africa South Africa

• It is not permissible to transfer this RFP to any other firm.

• A firm will be selected under Quality- and Cost- Based Selection Method procedures and in a Full Technical Proposal (FTP) format as described in this RFP, in accordance with the Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Fourth Edition November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org

The RFP includes the following documents:

Section 1 – Request for Proposals Letter

Section 2 - Instructions to Consultants and Data Sheet

Section 3 - Technical Proposal - FTP - Standard Forms

Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms

Section 5 – Eligible Countries

Section 6 – Fraud and Corruption

Section 7 - Terms of Reference

Section 8 - Standard Forms of Contract Lump-Sum and Time-Based

• Please inform us by 27 February 2024, in writing at address below, or by E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] and copied to [email protected];

(a) that you have received this Request for Proposals; and

(b) whether you intend to submit a proposal alone or intend to enhance your experience by requesting permission to associate with other firm(s) (if permissible under Section 2, Instructions to Consultants (ITC), Data Sheet 14.1.1).

• Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Consultant’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the Request for Proposals.

• Details on the proposal’s submission date, time and address are provided in ITC 17.7 and ITC 17.9.

Yours sincerely,

ZESCO Limited

Attention: Felix Munsaka, Head - Procurement

Ground Floor, Procurement Department Offices

Situated at RCC Building within ZESCO Limited Head Office Premises

Adjacent to ZESCO Limited Filling Station at Central Stores

Stand Number 6949, Great East Road

P.O. Box 33304, 10101

Lusaka, Zambia.

Tel: +260(211) 362315

Email: [email protected] and [email protected] copied to [email protected]

Website: www.zesco.co.zm