Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-11
Buyer: Ruzizi III Energy Ltd
Country: RW
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45247210
Estimated value: 450000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2021-02-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of the Ruzizi III regional hydropower project.
The Ruzizi III Hydroelectric power project will be located on the Ruzizi River, at the border between DRC and Rwanda. It will be part of the Ruzizi Cascade, already equipped by Ruzizi I and Ruzizi II.
The RIII-EPC contract will include the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of a 45 m height embankment dam with associated spillway, low level outlet, and eco-flow powerhouse, a 3.8 km long, 6 to 7 m diameter, concrete-lined headrace tunnel from the dam reservoir to the powerhouse, penstock and unit penstocks, power station and switchyard, a 8.3 km long 220 KV double-circuit transmission line connecting the Ruzizi III substation to the regional dispatch station in Kamanyola (DRC), access roads from Bugarama (Rwanda) and Kamanyola (DRC) to the dam site, and all ancillary and related works. The power station will have three or four generating units giving an installed capacity of 150 to 200 MW, depending on ongoing design finalisation.
The main criteria for pre-qualification will be experience as an EPC contractor, design capabilities, supply of turbine-generator units and associated works, construction of similar hydroelectric projects, construction of similar elements of the works (e.g. dam, tunnel, transmission, etc.), capacity and capabilities to complete the works, as well as the financial status of the applicant.
The applicant must have financial capacity sufficient to cover potential risks for a project financed contract of this scale.
The Applicant will be permitted to pre-qualify as a local/regional branch or affiliate, or to establish a SPV, subject to the parent company or consortia being pre-qualified and providing unconditional guarantees for the applicant’s due and complete performance under the RIII-EPC contract.
As part of the pre-qualification process, applicants will be required to identify and commit to a single (or an exclusive list of potential) design consultant(s) and any specialist subcontractors (including electrical-mechanical supply, hydro-mechanical supply, tunnelling and dam works, and main power equipment).
Applicants will be required to provide details of the experience and capabilities of each proposed design consultant and specialist subcontractor. Pre-qualified applicants will not be permitted to change the design consultant(s) or specialist subcontractors which formed the basis of their pre-qualification.
The client (Ruzizi III Energy Ltd) is a special purpose company currently owned by industrial promotion services and SN Power, is under negotiation with multilateral development banks for obtaining financing on a non-recourse or limited basis towards the cost of engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning (RIII-EPC Contract) for the Ruzizi III regional hydropower project.
In this regard, Ruzizi III Energy Ltd intends to pre-qualify contractors and consortia to tender for the RIII-EPC contract, pre-qualification documents will be made available, in electronic format for free, in a dedicated virtual data room. Interested applicants may request access to the VDR by sending an email to the following address: RuziziIII_EPC_Prequalification@ruzizienergy.com
All queries related to the pre-qualification should be sent via email to the following email address: RuziziIII_EPC_Prequalification@ruzizienergy.com
As part of the registration process, applicants will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to being granted access to the virtual data room.
The client intends to pre-qualify and select a maximum of six (6) contractors and consortia to participate in the tender for the RII-EPC contract.


Award value: 450000000