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 CONSTRUCTION OF THE KATOSI – KAMPALA DRINKING WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN (PROCUREMENT REFERENCE NO: NWSC-HQRS/WORKS/16-17/162230)
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 (EU-ITF), 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-Qualification Documents for the construction under the terms of FIDIC Red Book for the following works under this Project:
Construction of a drinking water transmission main system comprised of: Steel or ductile iron gravity transmission main, reinforced or pre-stressed concrete reservoir, pump station, and steel or ductile iron pumping main.
i. Supply, laying, testing and commissioning of approximately 42km of DN1200/1400 steel or ductile iron transmission main from proposed Nsumba reservoir to proposed Ssonde reservoir all in Mukono district.
ii. Connections to existing reservoirs at Mukono and Seeta (approximately 1.8km), and refitting the existing reservoirs of Mukono, Seeta and Mutungo.
iii. Construction of reinforced or pre-stressed concrete water storage reservoir (approximately 15,000 m
iv. Construction of pump station at proposed Ssonde reservoir (or along the route to the existing Naguru reservoir), inclusive of pump house (approximately 200m
v. Supply, laying, testing and commissioning of approximately 13km of DN500 to 800 steel or ductile iron clear water pumping main and associated fittings from proposed Ssonde reservoir in Mukono District to existing Naguru reservoir in Kampala City.
vii. Supply and installation of SCADA system for the priority measures, including installation of main station at Gaba water works and eight (08) other sub-stations
Note: A minimum average annual construction turnover of EUR 78 million (Seventy eight million Euros only), calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress and/or completed within the last five (5) years divided by five (5) years, starting 1
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 Construction of the Katosi-Kampala Drinking Water Transmission Main”. The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) will promptly dispatch the documents by email, but under no circumstances will it be held responsible for late delivery or loss of the documents so emailed.