Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-05-23
Buyer: Ruzizi III Energy Limited
Country: RW
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2022-06-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Procurement of an Independent Engineer to provide expert advice and certification services on the Ruzizi III Regional Hydropower Project
The Ruzizi III Regional Hydropower 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 Independent Engineer services will be undertaken partly at the project site and partly at the consultant’s home office
The specific services to be performed by Independent Engineer (“the Services”) are divided into four (4) parts. Each Part is briefly described below and is further detailed in the Terms of Reference. Part 2 will be covered under a later procurement process.
The shortlisting criteria for the selecting Consultants who will be invited to submit proposals will be as follows:
- Most relevant experience in performing similar Services on a hydropower project similar in scale to the Ruzizi III Regional Hydropower Project. As a minimum, the Consultant must have performed the same or a similar service (e.g. independent engineer; panel of technical experts; panel of safety experts; etc.) on at least two (2) projects
- Demonstrated sound financial situation and an annual average turnover of at least USD 2,000,000 over the past five (5) years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020)
- Consultant has no conflict of interest in accordance with the requirements stated in this Request for EOI below
- as for Multilateral Banks that do enforce the Agreement of Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions, the Consultant is not currently ineligible, debarred or sanctioned, by any signatory of such Agreement;
-as for the European Investment Bank, the Consultant (i)  is not directly or indirectly subject to financial sanctions imposed by the EU, either autonomously or pursuant to the financial sanctions decided by the United Nations Security Council on the basis of article 41 of the UN Charter," or (ii) has been declared ineligible by EIB pursuant to EIB anti-fraud policy and EIB exclusion policy.
- The Consultant has not been found guilty of any corruptive, fraudulent coercive or obstructive practices or illicit payment by a final judgement of any individual Contracting State or country of an individual Sponsor; or found ineligible as a result of the sanctions policy of the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations
- Consultant has not been subject to or is not currently subject to litigation or arbitration as a result of the claimed non-performance of the same or similar Services by the Consultant within the past five (5) years
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage, only the experience of the firm and/or the group of firms will be considered
the Consultant shall not: have a conflict of interest with an individual Borrower; or have a conflict of interest with an individual Sponsor or EGL; or have other existing or previous engagement on the Project with an individual Borrower; or have other existing or previous engagement on the Project with an individual Sponsor or EGL
•	Demonstrated sound financial situation and an annual average turnover of at least USD 2,000,000 over the past five (5) years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020).

Eligibility requirements: The shortlisting criteria for the selecting Consultants who will be invited to submit proposals will be as follows: - Consultant has been in business for at least five (5) years - Most relevant experience in performing similar Services on a hydropower project similar in scale to the Ruzizi III Regional Hydropower Project. As a minimum, the Consultant must have performed the same or a similar service (e.g. independent engineer; panel of technical experts; panel of safety experts; etc.) on at least two (2) projects - Demonstrated sound financial situation and an annual average turnover of at least USD 2,000,000 over the past five (5) years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020) - Consultant has no conflict of interest in accordance with the requirements stated in this Request for EOI below - as for Multilateral Banks that do enforce the Agreement of Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions, the Consultant is not currently ineligible, debarred or sanctioned, by any signatory of such Agreement; -as for the European Investment Bank, the Consultant (i)  is not directly or indirectly subject to financial sanctions imposed by the EU, either autonomously or pursuant to the financial sanctions decided by the United Nations Security Council on the basis of article 41 of the UN Charter," or (ii) has been declared ineligible by EIB pursuant to EIB anti-fraud policy and EIB exclusion policy. - The Consultant has not been found guilty of any corruptive, fraudulent coercive or obstructive practices or illicit payment by a final judgement of any individual Contracting State or country of an individual Sponsor; or found ineligible as a result of the sanctions policy of the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations - Consultant has not been subject to or is not currently subject to litigation or arbitration as a result of the claimed non-performance of the same or similar Services by the Consultant within the past five (5) years Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage, only the experience of the firm and/or the group of firms will be considered the Consultant shall not: have a conflict of interest with an individual Borrower; or have a conflict of interest with an individual Sponsor or EGL; or have other existing or previous engagement on the Project with an individual Borrower; or have other existing or previous engagement on the Project with an individual Sponsor or EGL