Specific Procurement Notice

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Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Sierra Leone

Name of Project: Energy Sector Utility Reform Project -Additional Financing (ESURP-AF)

Contract Title: Supply of MV and LV Network Equipment and Accessories

Loan No.: IDA-64110

RFB Reference No.: SL-EDSA-289041-GO-RFB

1. The Government of Republic of Sierra Leone has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Energy Sector Utility Reform Project Additional Financing (ESURP AF), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply of MV and LV Network Equipment and Accessories. 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.      The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply of MV and LV Network Equipment and Accessories as summarized below:

         Table 1 - Summary Scope of Supply of MV and LV Network Equipment and Accessories

3.      Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016 revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

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

5.      The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of SLL 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Leones). The method of payment will be by direct payment to EDSA account:

Below is the Bank details:

Name of Bank:   GURANTY TRUST BANK (SL) LTD

 Account Name: ENERGY SECTOR UTILITY REFORM PROJECT/EDSA

                              ORIGINAL FINANCING

Account Number: 201/3143594/1/1/0

Swift Code: GTBI SL FR

Corresponding Bank Details:

Corresponding Bank Details 2:

Name of Bank: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, NEW YORK.

Swift Code: SCBL US 33

Submission of the payment advice will serve as evidence to collect the Bidding Documents. An additional amount will be charged for deliveries by courier.

6.      Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 Noon, 2nd June 2022 . Electronic bid submission is permitted. For bid submission, bidders send an email to a specified email address in the bidding documents with either (i) the encrypted bid or (ii) password protected documents as an attachment(s)

Important Electronic Bid Submission Information: Electronic Bids Must be sent to the following emails:

[email protected]

[email protected]

cc: [email protected]

cc: [email protected]    

Any electronic submission that is not sent to the e-mails provided above will be rejected.

Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened electronically in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives at the address below at 12:15 p.m. (Freetown Local Time), 2nd June 2022

7.      All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of SLL 150,000,000.00.

8.      The address(es) referred to above is (are):