Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-12-20
Buyer: Road Development Agency
Country: ZM
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45233120: Road construction works
Submission deadline: 2023-02-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: REHABILITATION OF 162KM OF THE GREAT NORTH ROAD (T2) - FROM MPIKA TO CHINSALI IN MUCHINGA PROVINCE OF ZAMBIA
The Government of the Republic of Zambia is undertaking a project of upgrading of the single carriageway Zambian Great North Road (GNR) also known as Trunk Road number 2 (T2), linking Mpika and Nakonde in the Muchinga Province, in North-Eastern Zambia at the border to Tanzania. The Project is being financed through a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a grant amounting from the European Union (made available through the resources of the European Development Fund (EDF).
The Great North Road (T2) Upgrade Project will involve the Rehabilitation of 162km of the Great North Road (T2) - from Mpika to Chinsali in Muchinga Province of Zambia. The Project will be divided into two Lots or contracts as follows:
The selection procedures, and the subsequent tender procedures, shall be carried out in accordance with the EIB’s Guide to Procurement version 2018. The EIB Guide to Procurement version 2018 is available on the EIB’s website http://www.eib.org/en/infocentre/publications/all/guide-to-procurement.htm. The law applicable to the tendering procedure is the Zambia Public Procurement Act No. 8 of 2020 as amended.
The principal objective of the project is: Upgrading and widening of the carriageway to 7.0 m with 2 m shoulders on either side. The road shall generally be widened from existing surfaced width of approximately 6 m to 11 m roadway i.e. widening of about 5m plus improved/widened side drainage system. The project road has been divided into two (2) Construction LOTS as follows:  LOT 1: (From Km 4+100 to Km 86+770), Mpika (Mazingo Hotel) to Shiwan’gandu Junction (D53/T2 Junction) – 82.67 km; and LOT 2: (Km 86+770 to Km 165 + 646), Shiwan’gandu Junction (D53/T2 Junction) to Chinsali Junction – 78.88 km. Two forms of contract will be signed for both lots and prequalified bidders will be free to bid for any Lot or both. The duration of the Works Contracts are expected to be 36 months for each Lot. (construction period of 36 months, and defects notification period of 12 months). One Construction Supervision Consultant will be involved who shall be expected to mobilise two teams, one for each Works Lot. The Works Contracts for both Lots are expected to start concurrently.
One envelop system will be adopted for the project. The tenders shall be invited through the Banks’ “Restricted procedures” which are formal procedures whereby only those companies invited by the Employer/Promoter may submit tenders. These will be preceded by a pre-qualification exercise open to all interested companies and advertised in the local media and Employer’s website and in the OJEU, in order to select the companies to be invited (the list of candidates is established through a system of pre-qualification of contractors and suppliers established and maintained through publication in the OJEU). They are similar to open procedures regarding the tendering stage (involving clear and comprehensive tender documents, and fair and transparent tendering, evaluation and award practices). Outside of the EU, these procedures are also referred to as ICB (including a pre-qualification phase).
All Firms originating from all countries of the world are eligible to tender for works, goods and services contracts.
Maximum 10 per Works Lot. Evaluation and Qualification for inclusion in the short-list of Applicants that will be invited to submit bids for these Works will be based on a Pass/Fail.
Should the number of Applicants who Pass be more than ten (10) per Works Lot after the evaluation and qualification, the number of projects undertaken of a similar type in the last ten (10) years to a value of at least Euro 75 million and a length of at least 75 km, will be used to separate and rank the Applicants, and to shortlist a maximum of ten (10) Contractors per Works Lot.
This notification is for pre-qualification for the execution of the Works as described. Based on the responses received a short list of Applicants will be prepared and these will be invited to submit Bids based on the Bidding Documents which will be made available to the selected shortlist Contractors.
The selection procedures, and the subsequent tender procedures, shall be carried out in accordance with the EIB’s Guide to Procurement version 2018. The EIB Guide to Procurement version 2018 is available on the EIB’s website http://www.eib.org/en/infocentre/publications/all/guide-to-procurement.htm. The law applicable to the tendering procedure is the Zambia Public Procurement Act No. 8 of 2020 as amended.
The principal objective of the project is: Upgrading and widening of the carriageway to 7.0 m with 2 m shoulders on either side. The road shall generally be widened from existing surfaced width of approximately 6 m to 11 m roadway i.e. widening of about 5m plus improved/widened side drainage system. The project road has been divided into two (2) Construction LOTS as follows:  LOT 1: (From Km 4+100 to Km 86+770), Mpika (Mazingo Hotel) to Shiwan’gandu Junction (D53/T2 Junction) – 82.67 km; and LOT 2: (Km 86+770 to Km 165 + 646), Shiwan’gandu Junction (D53/T2 Junction) to Chinsali Junction – 78.88 km. Two forms of contract will be signed for both lots and prequalified bidders will be free to bid for any Lot or both. The duration of the Works Contracts are expected to be 36 months for each Lot. (construction period of 36 months, and defects notification period of 12 months). One Construction Supervision Consultant will be involved who shall be expected to mobilise two teams, one for each Works Lot. The Works Contracts for both Lots are expected to start concurrently.
One envelop system will be adopted for the project. The tenders shall be invited through the Banks’ “Restricted procedures” which are formal procedures whereby only those companies invited by the Employer/Promoter may submit tenders. These will be preceded by a pre-qualification exercise open to all interested companies and advertised in the local media and Employer’s website and in the OJEU, in order to select the companies to be invited (the list of candidates is established through a system of pre-qualification of contractors and suppliers established and maintained through publication in the OJEU). They are similar to open procedures regarding the tendering stage (involving clear and comprehensive tender documents, and fair and transparent tendering, evaluation and award practices). Outside of the EU, these procedures are also referred to as ICB (including a pre-qualification phase).
All Firms originating from all countries of the world are eligible to tender for works, goods and services contracts.
Maximum 10 per Works Lot. Evaluation and Qualification for inclusion in the short-list of Applicants that will be invited to submit bids for these Works will be based on a Pass/Fail.

Eligibility requirements: Refer to the prequalification documents.