Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-19
Buyer: The Manager Procurement
Country: UG
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 44161200 | 45220000 | 45231300 | 45232151 | 45232152
Submission deadline: 2016-09-20

Technical requirements: EIB - Package 4B – Katosi Drinking Water Treatment Plant and Nsumba Pumping Main and Reservoir (UG-Kampala)
PREQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE KATOSI WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH OFF- SHORE RAW WATER ABSTRACTION PIPE, CLEAR WATER PUMPING MAIN, AND RESERVOIR (PROCUREMENT REFERENCE NO: NWSC-HQRS/WORKS/16-17/162209)
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is undertaking the implementation of the Kampala Water-Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project (KW-LVWATSAN) with financial support from the German Government via KfW Entwicklungsbank, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), European Union Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EUITF), European Investment Bank (EIB), and the Government of Uganda (GoU).
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation now invites experienced contractors to submit their filled and extended Pre-Qualifications Documents for Design and Construction under the terms of FIDIC Yellow Book (Design and Build) for the following works under this Project:
Design and Construction of a Water Treatment Plant (WTP) comprised of; an offshore lake raw water abstraction pipe and water intake, a raw water pumping station, a water treatment plant, a clear water pumping station, offices, laboratory and staff houses, a clear water transmission main, and an elevated reservoir.
Ultimate Treatment Process: Screening, flocculation/ coagulation, sedimentation, rapid sand filtration, disinfection.
Part of the above works shall entail marine offshore works and piling foundations. Applicants should therefore be in possession of the above experience, and have a minimum average annual construction turnover of EUR 80Mio (Eighty Million Euros) over the last five years, short of which they need not apply.
The Manager Procurement, National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Plot No. 43, 6th Street, Industrial Area-Kampala, P. O. Box 7053, Kampala, Uganda, Telephone: +256-414-315800/802, Email: procurement@nwsc.co.ug
Delay to request for the prequalification documents by any prospective applicant shall be no basis for requesting an extension of the submission deadline.
The request must clearly state “Request for Prequalification Documents for the Design and Build of the Katosi Water Treatment Plant”. The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) will promptly dispatch the documents by registered email, but under no circumstances will it be held responsible for late delivery or loss of the documents so emailed.
Applications for Prequalification must be submitted as three hard copies (1 Original and two Copies) as well as an electronic copy (one PDF file on a suitable data storage medium e.g. USB stick, SD card) in a sealed envelope or packaging, either delivered by hand, courier or by registered mail to:
and be clearly marked “Application for Prequalification for the Design and Build of the Katosi Water Treatment Plant”. Please note that for granting a free and fair competition it is not allowed to send prequalification documents by email. Prequalification documents sent by email will be excluded from evaluation. All prequalification documents are to be submitted sealed and they will be commonly opened with protocol on the deadline of submission, or any day after that deadline, only.
Applicants will be advised, in due course, of the results of their applications. Only firms and joint ventures prequalified under this procedure will be invited to bid.
Bidding will be governed by the AFD’s eligibility rules and procurement procedures, and this request for prequalification is also available at the following addresses;
2) GTAI, Germany Trade and Invest GmbH, Villemombler Str. 76, 53123 Bonn, http://www.gtai.de/EN/Navigation/home/home.html, Search KfW-Tenders