Design, Supply & Installation of Hydro-Electro-Mechanical equipment, 33kV Evacuation line, substations and associated Civil Works for the Gbedin Falls Hydropower Plant (~9.4MW) in Nimba County in Liberia

The Government of Liberia has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) hereinafter called the Bank toward the cost of the Renewable Energy for Electrification in Liberia (REEL) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contract for Design, Supply & Installation of Hydro-Electro-Mechanical equipment, 33kV Evacuation line, substations and associated Civil Works for the Gbedin Falls Hydropower Plant (~9.4MW) in Nimba County in Liberia. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines and procedures for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.

The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Design, Supply & Installation of Hydro-Electro-Mechanical equipment, 33kV Evacuation line, substations and associated Civil Works for the Gbedin Falls Hydropower Plant (~9.4MW) in Nimba County in Liberia over a period of 24 to 30 months.

Bidding will be conducted through the Open Competitive Bidding (International), OCBI procedures as specified in the Bank’s “Procurement Policy Framework for Bank Group funded operations” dated October 2015, http://www.afdb.org/en and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Framework.

Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Rural and Renewable Energy Agency, Augustine Moore (augustinem@rrealiberia.org and info@rrealiberia.org; paschaline.mashingaidze@yahoo.ca and inspect the bidding document during office hours 09:00 to 17:00Hrs GMT at the address given below.

The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of three Hundred United States Dollars (USD 300.00). The method of payment will be by Bankers Check in favor of RREA alternatively, a direct payment at our Finance Department or United Bank for Africa, Account Number 53030030000064, Swift Code-UNAFLRLM and submitting the payment evidence to collect the Bid Documents. An additional amount will be charged for deliveries by courier.

Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00am GMT, June 6, 2022. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 10:00am GMT, June 6, 2022.

All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$ 700,000.00) in the form of bank guarantee.

Attention is drawn to the Procurement Framework requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

The address(es) referred to above is:

Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA)
Attn: Stephen V. Potter, Sr., Deputy Executive Director for Program
Old LEC Substation, Newport Street, Monrovia, Liberia
Telephone: +231886525505/+231777525505
Electronic mail address: stephenp@rrealiberia.org
cc: augustinem@rrealiberia.org ; paschaline.mashingaidze@yahoo.ca info@rrealiberia.org

Invitation for Bids (IFB)