Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-12
Buyer: Zambia Water and Sanitation Project
Country: ZM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2018-07-18

Technical requirements: Country: Zambia Loan Nº /Credit Nº / Grant Nº: EIB: Finance Contract nº 82256, AFD: Credit facility agreement Nº CZM 101101A
1. Mulonga water and sewerage company Ltd (MWSC), through the Government of Zambia, has received financing from the European investment bank (EIB), Agence France de Developpement (AFD) and the European Union (EU) toward the cost of the Zambia water and sanitation project (ZWSP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the rehabilitation, upgrade and extension of water and sewerage network in the towns of Chingola, Chililabombwe and Mufulira within the Zambia’s copperbelt province.
2. MWSC is wholly and equally owned by the municipalities of Mufulira, Chingola and Chililabombwe and is responsible for providing service to about 500,000 people from about 52,500 water and 51,400 sewer connection customers.
3. Objectives: The overall objective of the ZWSP is to contribute towards improving access of the population in the MWSC service area to provide reliable, sustainable, and affordable potable water and wastewater services.
MWSC intends to award contract: “ZWS1/C1XH/G/005: for the supply, delivery and installation of aluminium sulphate and chlorine dosing equipment at various treatment plants in Chililabombwe, Chingola and Mufulira.”
Bidders are free to bid for 1 or 2 lots however; the award of the contract will be based on the best evaluated bidder per lot.
The time for completion of the construction activities is up to 150 days from the date when the contract becomes effective. A margin of preference will not be applied.
5. Applicable procurement regulations are: The Zambia Public Regulations SI No. 63 of 2011 and the European Investment Bank Guide to Procurement June 2011 (“Procurement Regulations”). Where the two conflict, the EIB guideline takes precedence.
7. Bidding will be conducted using the Master bidding documents for procurement of goods and user’s guide, prepared by the multilateral development banks and international financing institutions, customised to be consistent with the Public Procurement Act No. 12 of 2008 of the Laws of Zambia, the Public Procurement (Amendment) Act, 2011 and the Public Procurement Regulations, Statutory Instrument Nº 63 of 2011.; and as amended to suit the EIB Guide to Procurement.
8. Interested and eligible Bidders may obtain further information from MWSC at the address below during office hours from 0900 to 1700 hours from the date of Contract notice publication until 14 days prior to submission closing date. A complete set of Bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested Bidders on the submission of a written application to the postal or email address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of ZMW 1000. The method of payment will be by cash, cheque or bankers draft (1). Once payment has been made, the document can be collected at the address below. A soft copy can be emailed to interested Bidders if requested in writing to the email addresses below.
9. Bids should be submitted in clearly marked envelopes and delivered to the address below by 10:00 on 18.7.2018 Bids must be clearly marked as follows:
Bidders tendering for Lot 1 shall have their inner and outer envelopes identified and marked as follows:
Bidders tendering for Lot 2 shall have their inner and outer envelopes identified and marked as follows:
OIB No. ZWS1/C1XH/G/005B: Lot 2 — Supply and delivery of chlorine dosing equipment bidders tendering for both Lot 1 and Lot 2 shall have their outer envelopes identified and marked as follows:
“ZWS1/C1XH/G/005 — for the supply, delivery and installation of aluminium sulphate and chlorine dosing equipment at various treatment plants in Chililabombwe, Chingola and Mufulira