BI-Bujumbura: EDF — contract to supply, install and commission electrical equipment for the hydroelectric micro power plant and rehabilitation of the power supply at tea estates belonging to the Burundi Tea Office (OTB)

Country:

Burundi

City/Locality:

MPOYZOYMPOYRA

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:225036-2008

Publication Date:

Aug 30, 2008

Deadline:

Nov 4, 2008

Buyer:

MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE, DES FINANCES ET DE LA COOPERATION AU DEVELOPPEMENT

Original Language:

French

Address:

MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE, DES FINANCES ET DE LA COOPERATION AU DEVELOPPEMENT
BUJUMBURA
Burundi

Email:

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31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

Notice Type: 0708
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 168/2008
, #
225036-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Partial tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
Republic of Burundi — Burundi Tea Office (OTB)
Supplies contract notice
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/127174/D/SUP/BI.
2. Procedure: International open invitation to tender.
3. Programme: 7th and 8th European Development Funds/Stabex funds.
4. Financing: Stabex funds/framework of mutual obligations (COM
1992–1999).
5. Contracting authority: Republic of Burundi, Ministry of Economy,
Finance and Development Cooperation, EDF National Authorising Officer.
Contract specifications
6. Contract description: Purchase and rehabilitation of equipment is
planned as part of the programme to support restructuring of the tea
sector. This equipment did not come under the programme of extremely
urgent activities, but its rehabilitation is nevertheless urgent due to
the impact on production.
The contract is for delivery and installation of electrical equipment for
the hydroelectric micro power plant, and replacement of an electrical
transformer at the OTB tea estates. Commissioning tests for said micro
power plant and transformer must also be carried out, at Teza and Rwegura
respectively, following their complete rehabilitation.
7. Number and titles of lots: The contract is divided into 2 lots:
— lot 1: complete rehabilitation of the Teza hydroelectric micro power
plant,
— lot 2: supply of a 630-KVA transformer for Rwegura.
Conditions for participation
8. Eligibility and rule of origin: Participation in the contract is open
on equal terms to natural persons and legal entities (irrespective of
whether they are taking part as individuals or as part of a grouping
(consortium) of tenderers) from the ACP countries signatory to the revised
4th Lomé Convention and the Member States of the European Union who
contribute to the European Development Fund, and also to international
organisations as authorised by the instrument applicable to the programme
under which the contract is financed (see point 22). All the goods
supplied under this contract must originate in 1 or more of these
countries.
9. Grounds for exclusion: Tenderers must submit a declaration stating
that they are not in any of the situations listed in section 4.2 of the
general regulations for contracts financed by the European Development
Fund (ACP-EC Decision No 3/90 of 29.3.1990), 8th EDF.
10. Number of tenders: Tenderers may only submit 1 tender per lot.
Tenders for part of a lot will not be considered. Tenderers may state in
their tenders whether they are prepared to grant a discount should their
tender be accepted. Tenderers cannot submit a variant tender in addition
to their tender for the supplies required in the invitation to tender
dossier.
11. Tender guarantee: Tenderers must furnish a tender guarantee of:
— EUR 9 000 for lot 1,
— EUR 600 for lot 2,
when they submit their tenders. This will be returned to unsuccessful
tenderers once the invitation to tender procedure has been completed and
to the successful tenderer(s) once the contract has been signed by all
parties. This guarantee will be drawn on if the tenderer does not honour
all the obligations stipulated in the invitation to tender.
12. Performance bond: The successful tenderer will be required to provide
a performance bond for 10 % of the contract value when the contract is
signed. The bond must be furnished within 30 days of the date on which the
tenderer receives the contract signed by the contracting authority. If the
successful tenderer does not furnish the bond within the time allowed, the
contract will be rendered void and a new contract may then be drawn up and
sent to the tenderer with the second best compliant tender.
13. Briefing and/or site visit: A mandatory site visit is planned for
this contract.
14. Tender validity: Tenders are to be valid for 90 days from the final
date for submission of tenders.
15. Implementation period: The implementation period is 120 days from the
date on which the last signatory signs the contract.
Selection criteria
16. Selection criteria: The following selection criteria will be applied
to tenderers. Where tenders are submitted by a consortium, these criteria
will apply to the consortium as a whole.
1) Tenderers' economic and financial capacity (based on point 3 of the
tender form for a supplies contract): annual turnover for the past 5 years
must be at least 300 times the equivalent of the total value of the tender
guarantee.
2) Tenderers' professional capacity (based on points 4 and 5 of the tender
form for a supplies contract): the project manager (engineer) and the
general foreman (A2-level technician) put forward must have at least 5
years' experience in the fields of rehabilitation and/or installation and
commissioning of hydroelectric micro power plants.
3) Tenderers' technical capacity (based on points 5 and 6 of the tender
form for a supplies contract): at least 3 copies of contracts or final
acceptance certificates demonstrating tenderers' experience in carrying
out similar contracts.
Economic operators may, if necessary and for a specific contract, make use
of the capacities of other bodies irrespective of the legal nature of the
connection between themselves and said bodies. In such an event, they must
provide the contracting authority with proof that they will have the
resources needed to carry out the contract by, for example, producing a
written commitment by said bodies to make such resources available. These
bodies must comply with the same eligibility rules, in particular
regarding nationality, as the economic operator in question.
17. Award criteria: Price: the lowest-priced tender deemed to be
technically compliant will be accepted.
Tender submission
18. Procedures for obtaining the invitation to tender dossier: The
invitation to tender dossier is available from the following web address:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_fr.htm.
It can also be obtained from the contracting authority. The standard
tender form for a supplies contract must be used to draw up tenders. This
form can be found in the invitation to tender dossier, and its clauses and
format must be strictly adhered to.
Questions regarding this invitation to tender must be sent in writing,
quoting the publication reference in point 1, to:
Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de la coopération au
développement, cellule d'appui à la gestion des fonds de contrepartie du
Stabex, avenue du Large, BP 1383, Bujumbura, Burundi. Tel. (257) 22 21 47
58. Fax (257) 22 24 39 84. E-mail: stabexbu@cbinf.com.
They must be sent at least 21 days before the final date for submission of
tenders, given in point 19, and the contracting authority must reply at
least 11 days before the final date for submission of tenders.
Clarifications concerning the invitation to tender dossier may be
published on the EuropeAid web site: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/cgi/
frame12.pl.
19. Final date for submission of tenders: 4.11.2008 (8:00), at the
address given in point 18.
Tenders received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session: Tenders will be opened in public on 4.11.2008
(9:30) in the conference room of the Cellule de l'ordonnateur national du
FED, avenue de la Grèce, n° 42 bis/BP 462, Bujumbura. Tel. (257) 22 24 32
26. Fax (257) 22 24 32 28.
21. Language for the procedure: French must be used for all
correspondence concerning this invitation to tender.
22. Legal basis: Revised 4th Lomé Convention.
Decision No 3/90 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 29.3.1990 adopting
the general regulations, general conditions and procedural rules on
conciliation and arbitration for works, supply and service contracts
financed by the European Development Fund (EDF).

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