RAIL LINE (PERWAY) CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE MAJUBA RAIL PROJECT

invitation to prequalify

Republic of South Africa

Eskom Investment Support Project – Energy Efficiency Investments (Majuba Rail Project), Energy Sector

Loan No. 7862-ZA

Project ID No. P116410

Invitation for prequalification for the

Rail line (Perway) construction work for the Majuba Rail Project.

This request for pre-qualification follows the General Procurement Notice for the Eskom Investment Support Project that appeared in UN Development Business on 8 July 2010.

Eskom Holdings Limited (Eskom) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Eskom Investment Support Project – Component C.1 Energy Efficiency Investments and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the contract for:

GCD(MR)/2012/PM/02: Rail line (Perway) construction work for a 68km heavy haul railway line which connects to the Richards bay coal line and ending at the Majuba Power Station's rail yard (Mpumalanga, South Africa). The anticipated contract duration is 27 months.

Eskom intends to pre-qualify contractors for the abovementioned contract. It is expected that invitations to bid will be issued in August 2012. Prequalification will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits May 2004 (revised in October 2006 and in May 2010), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines.

Interested eligible applicants may obtain further information from and inspect the prequalification documents at Eskom, Tender Office (Opposite the Main Reception), D Block west, Ground Floor, Megawatt Park, Maxwell Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg, RSA during office hours i.e. 09:00 to 16:00 from 16 May 2012. A complete set of the prequalification documents in English may be obtained by interested applicants from the above address, contact person Pitso Mokheti at Tel.no +27 17 799 2239 or via email at [email protected]. Applicants who want the Prequalification document to be sent by a courier or mail will make necessary arrangements at their own cost withany courier or mail company of their choice to collect the document from the above address.

Application for prequalification should be submitted in sealed envelopes, delivered to Eskom's offices at: Tender Office (Opposite the Main Reception), D Block west, Ground Floor, Megawatt Park, Maxwell Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg, RSA, on or before 10:00 (Central African Time) on 28 June 2012 and be clearly marked:

"Prequalification for CED(MR)/2012/PM/02 – Rail line (Perway) construction work for the Majuba Rail Project ".  Late applications will be rejected.