Hale HPP procurement support VfM Hale HPP upphandlingsstöd Support to Sida during the procurement of the Hale Hydropower Project in Tanzania. The support includes assistance from the Sida framework Consultant Charles&Kendall to assess whether the procurement documents are in such order and have the necessary quality to provide for a procurement where "Value for Money" and life cycle costs are taken into consideration. In addition, the procurement shall offer a level playing field where technical quality and environmental and social aspects are included in the assessment together with the financial proposal. The support does also include assessment whether the winning bidder have been selected in a fair and transparent manner without bias. Stöd till Sida för upphandlingen av vattenkraftprojektet Hale Hydropower i Tanzania. Stödet avser hjälp från ramkonsulten Charles&Kendall att bedöma huruvida upphandlingsunderlaget har förutsättningar för "Value for Money", att livscykelkostnader tas i beaktande vid bedömningen av anbuden samt att upphandlingen  är utformad på ett konkurrensmässigt tillfredsställande vis där tekniskt innehåll, miljö och sociala dimensioner ingår bland bedömningskriterierna tillsammans med anbudspriset. Stödet innefattar även bedömning av huruvida vinnande anbud har utsetts på ett korrekt vis vad gäller objektivitet och transparens. Sida is supporting a hydropower project in northern Tanzania, called Hale Hydropower rehabilitation project. That projects aims at a total renovation of an old hydropower station, including new turbines, generators, substation, etc. The cooperation partner and owner of the project is the Tanzanian state utility Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco).
Tanesco undertook an international procurement to select contractors for the work. During the preparation of the tender, Sida actively worked for elements of life cycle costs and sustainability to be included in the tender and that tender proposals should be assessed and, if deemed warranted, be rewarded for proposing sustainability solutions that went over and above of the minimum technical requirements. This Tanesco agreed to and included in the tender.
As Sida and the Swedish Embassy have limited internal capacity to assess to what extent life cycle costs and sustainability has been included in the tender, external support was procured. For the purpose Sida did a call off from the framework consultants for procurement (Charles Kendall & Partners Ltd).
The assignment was to assess to what extent aspects of life cycle costs / value for money had been incorporated in the tender documents. The assignment also included the second task of reviewing the outcome of the procurement, to ensure selection of winner and contract award was done in an appropriate and transparent manner.
At a later stage, a third task was added to the assignment. This third task requested the consultant to provide an opinion about what Tanzania's procurement legislation say about local content in public procurement. The reason for this third taks was that in another Sida-financed energy project, the Government of Tanzania insisted on 100% local content for material in the procurement. Sida was unsure if such requirement would be compatible with Tanzanian procurment legislation, hence the consultant was requested to provide an opinion on the matter.