Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-11-24
Buyer: ZESCO LIMITED
Country: ZM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2022-01-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF THE REMAINDER WORKS FOR LUSAKA TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION REHABILITATION PROJECT (LTDRP)
Construction supervision of the remainder works of the Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation Project (LTDRP), supervision of distribution and transmission works, implementation period for twelve (12) months, expected start date from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023
The Government of the Republic of Zambia has received financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) toward the cost of the Lusaka Power Transmission and Distribution Network Project (LPTDNP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The investments will be procured in accordance with the EIB Procurement Guide for projects financed by EIB and this procurement notice.
ZESCO Limited now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the required Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
•	Firm’s previous experience in construction supervision of electricity network projects during the last 10 years (60 points); firm shall demonstrate that it successfully completed at least two contracts with a minimum value of EUR 1 m and at least one contract for projects operated at 132 kV or higher voltage level during the last 10 years;
•	Firm’s previous experience in construction supervision of electricity network projects financed by multilateral development banks during the last 10 years (20 points);
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. Six to eight firms with the highest ranking will be shortlisted.
b.	details of firm’s/consortium’s similar experience and related assignments covering the last 10 years and strictly related to the envisaged services, including information on contract value, contracting entity/client, project location/country and source of financing, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided (if different from duration), main activities, objectives (maximum 15 references);
c.	EIB Covenant of Integrity duly completed and signed. Form is available under https://www.eib.org/attachments/strategies/guide_to_procurement_en.pdf.
•	Firm’s previous experience in construction supervision of electricity network projects during the last 10 years (60 points); firm shall demonstrate that it successfully completed at least two contracts with a minimum value of EUR 1 m and at least one contract for projects operated at 132 kV or higher voltage level during the last 10 years;
•	Firm’s previous experience in construction supervision of electricity network projects financed by multilateral development banks during the last 10 years (20 points);
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. Six to eight firms with the highest ranking will be shortlisted.
b.	details of firm’s/consortium’s similar experience and related assignments covering the last 10 years and strictly related to the envisaged services, including information on contract value, contracting entity/client, project location/country and source of financing, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided (if different from duration), main activities, objectives (maximum 15 references);
c.	EIB Covenant of Integrity duly completed and signed. Form is available under https://www.eib.org/attachments/strategies/guide_to_procurement_en.pdf.
IMPORTANT: It should be noted that, in the Covenant of Integrity, the tenderer is requested to self-declare all sanctions and / or exclusions (including any similar decisions having the effect of imposing conditions on the tenderer or its subsidiaries or to exclude the said tenderer or its subsidiaries, such as temporary suspension, conditional non-exclusion, etc.) imposed by the European institutions or any multilateral development banks (including the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank or Inter-American Development Bank), regardless of the date of issue and the expiration or not of such decisions and of the current status of any sanction and / or exclusion. In this regard, any omission or misrepresentation, made knowingly or recklessly, may be considered as fraud under the EIB Anti-Fraud Policy. Therefore, the Client reserves the right to reject any offer presenting an inaccurate or incomplete Covenant of Integrity, and may cause the rejection of the offer for prohibited conduct.