EMPLOYER: TRANSMISSION COMPANY OF NIGERIA (TCN)
PROJECT: NIGERIA ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PROJECT (NETAP)
CONTRACT TITLE: REFURBISHMENT & EXTENSION OF TWO EXISTING CONTROL
CENTERS AT BENIN & IKEJA WEST
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
CREDIT NOS. 61850-NG & 61860-NG
RFB NO: NTP-W2
ISSUED ON: 30TH NOVEMBER, 2020
DEADLINE: 28TH JANUARY, 2020
1.The Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Refurbishment & Extension of two existing Control Centers at Benin & Ikeja West.
2. The Transmission Company of Nigeria Plc – Project Management Unit (TCN-PMU) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Refurbishment & Extension of two existing Control Centers at Benin & Ikeja West. TCN
is embarking on a construction, proet refurbishing Benin Regional Control Centre and IkeJa- WestRegional Control Centre. The two Regional Control
Centers (RCCs), are responsible for all TCN Grid Operations, Monitoring and Control within the Transmission network. Functionally, the RCCs supervise
all the substations within the two Regional Control Centers.
The construction period of twelve (12) months is required for this assignment.
3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing July 2016, revised NOvember 2017 and August 2018 (Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Transmission Company of Nigeria, Project Management Unit (TCN-PMU)-Engr. T. M. Bamalli: tenpmu@tcnpmu.ng & bamalli.tukur@ten.org.ng.
5. The Bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application via email to the above email address and upon payment of a refundable fee of Fifty thousand Naira (N50,000.00). The method of payment will be via Remita (https://www.remita.net/) by generating Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) in favour of Transmission Company of Nigeria-Project Management Unit.
Kindly follow these steps: (i) Enter Remita platform (ii) Select Pay FGN and State TSA (iii) Select FGN (iv) Under Who do you want to pay-Select Transmission Company of Nigeria-Project Management Unit (v) Under Name of
Services/ Purpose-Select Transmission Company Nigeria-Project Management Unit (vi) Complete the form and Submit.
The bidding documents can be accessed and downloaded from this link
https:/tcnpmu.ng/pmu assets/pmu files/2020/11/requestforbids.docx and https:/tenpmu.ng/refurbishment-extension-of-two-existing-control-centers-at-benin-ikeja-west
However, evidence of payment in accordance with item 5 above must be accompanied with your Bids.
6. Firms that cannot meet the following key qualifications requirements are not encouraged to participate in the Bidding Process:
a) Average annual turnover requirement:
Minimum average annual turnover of Three million, one hundred and ten thousand US Dollars (USS3,I10,000) for each Lot calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (3) years
(b) Financial Resources:
The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial mecans (independent of any contractual advance payment) sufficient to meet the
construction cash flow requirements estimated as Five hundred and twenty thousand US Dollars (USS 520,000) for each Lot.
c) Specifie Experience:
A minimum number of two(2) similar contracts specified below that have been satisfactorily and substantially completed as a prime contractor, Joint venture member management contractor or subcontractor between 1st January, 2015 and each of minimum value of One million, two hundred and forty four thousand US Dollars (USSI,244,000) for each Lot.
7. Bids can be submitted by email with password protected read-only documents as attachments. The email address for the bid submission is ciroma.joseph@ tcn.org.ng. The submission deadline is 28th January, 2021 at 12:00 pm Nigeria Local time. Bidders can also submit pass worded
soft copy in a flash drive. TCN-PMU will confirm the receipt of each bid. The read-only password protected bids will be opened on 28th January, 2021 at 12:00pm Nigeria Local time. Bidders are expected within one hour after the bid submission deadline to have sent the password of their password protected read-only bids to ciromajoseph@tcn.org.ng as specified in the bidding documents.
8. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Securing Declaration.
9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations 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.
