Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-02-01
Buyer: FRES — Foundation Rural Energy Services
Country: NL
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09331200: Solar photovoltaic modules
Submission deadline: 2018-03-07
Award criteria: Price, Quality, lifetime and suitability of equipment, Technical approach including quality assurance, Warrantees provided on components

Technical requirements: Price
Quality, lifetime and suitability of equipment
Technical approach including quality assurance
Warrantees provided on components
This contract requires a 75 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant to be purchased, delivered, installed, tested and integrated with a generator (to be supplied by others) that will be interconnected into a mini-grid in Diaramana village, Mali. The project will connect 300 households, businesses and community centres. See the technical specifications in the complete tender dossier for further information.
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed at Cotonou on 23.6.2000 as amended on 25.6.2005 and on 22.6.2010 (Annex IV).
This contract requires a 75 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant to be purchased, delivered, installed, tested and integrated with a generator (to be supplied by others) that will be interconnected into a mini-grid in Diaramana village, Mali.
Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of EUR 6 000 when submitting their tender. This guarantee will be released to unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to the successful tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all parties. This guarantee will be called upon if the tenderer does not fulfil all obligations stated in its tender.
The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10 % of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next best compliant tender.
All tenders must be received before the deadline date and time on 7 March 2018 at 11:00 CET (Central European Time). Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
The tender dossier is available from the Contracting Authority via the email address provided below. Tenders must be submitted using the standard tender form included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.
Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to the following email address, procurement_regional@fres.nl.

Eligibility requirements: The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10 % of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next best compliant tender.