DEADLINE: 1ST JUNE, 2021
LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT
MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI) AS A CONCESSIONAIRE TO DESIGN, BUILD, FINANCE, OPERATE AND MANAGE AN INDEPENDENT POWER PLANT FOR THE LAGOS STATE BLUE RAIL MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM
(1.0) BACKGROUND
Lagos, the most populous city in Nigeria and the African continent has a population of 14.8 million as of 2021 within the city proper. The Lagos metropolitan area has a total population of 21.3 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in Africa. Lagos is a major African financial centre and is the economic hub of Lagos State and Nigeria at large.
The Lagos State Government (LSG), is constructing a light rail system, the Blue Line rail as part of its master plan for transportation in Lagos State. The Lagos Rail Mass Transit System project is being developed by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) on behalf of LSG.
The 27.5 km Blue Line rail from Marina to Okokomaiko will have 11 stations and will run at the onset 8No 4 car electric trains scalable to 12Nos. The first phase for operation will be from Marina station to Mile 2 station and the second Phase will be from Marina Station to Okokomaiko Station. The construction of the first phase of the Blue line rail is to be completed by Q3 2022, whilst operation is expected to commence in the Q4 2022.
As part of the State Government’s effort to ensure the timely availability of adequate power supply to the Rail System, LSG now seeks to concession the Design, Build, Finance, Operation and Management of a 9MW power plant scalable to a 16MW to interested international and local Independent Power Producers /Power Solution Companies.
Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) on behalf of LAMATA thereby invites qualified Independent Power Producers/ Power Solution Companies to express interest in providing a power plant of installed capacity ranging from 9MW to 16MW.
(2.0) PROJECT SCOPE
The proposed scope of work to be provided shall include but not limited to the following:
- Arrange for and source all the financing required for the plant based on the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to be signed with LAMATA;
- Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the plant;
- Commissioning and Testing of the plant to meet specified performance criteria;
- Operation and Maintenance of the plant;
- Refurbishment and handover of the plants to LAMATA at the end of the agreed PPA term, and
- Source and ensure constant supply of the relevant fuel.
(3.0) REQUIREMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES
The bidder may consist of a single company or a consortium of companies with the technical, financial, legal, IPP and PPP, and other specialist expertise required to successfully deliver on the project. In the case of a consortium, the consortium members must jointly submit the information required herein paragraph 3. Consortiums must also clearly identify a member company as the Lead Company as well as identify the specialized expertise/fields of its membership.
The Lead Company will have the primary responsibility for liaising with the Project Delivery Team and for managing the consortium’s performance of the Project.
In order to be pre-qualified, prospective bidders should submit an Expression of Interest detailing the following information as basis for prequalification:
(3.1) LEGAL STATUS AND PROFILE
- Full name and contact person, postal address, telephone, and e-mail addresses of each corporate entity.
- Company profile and profile of management team
- Company registration including Certificate of Incorporation, certified true copies of Memorandum and Articles of Association and CAC Form C07 or the equivalent
- Ownership structure including name(s) of shareholders and percentage shareholding. Ownership structure including name(s) of shareholders and percentage shareholdings.
- Evidence of registration with Lagos State Public Procurement Agency prior to final stage of bidding
- Evidence of Tax Clearance Certificate for the last Three (3) years
(3.2) RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
The bidder must have undertaken independent Power Projects in the past 10years with a cumulative capacity of at least 40MW. At least one of the projects having a single capacity of at least 10MW via EPC. In the other projects, the bidder must have been either or all of the following:
- Independent Power Producer
- Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) Contractor and
- Operations & Management (O&M) Contractor
The bidder is to provide evidence of previous experience detailing the following information:
- Direct experience delivering and structuring PPP Transactions;
- Track record of successful closure of PPP Power concessions;
- Description of roles played in at least three (3) PPP Power/related transactions closed in emerging markets during the past Ten (10) years (at least one of which should be in the past Four(4) years);
- Availability of appropriate skills with relevant qualification
- Name and address of a Referee for the previous projects; and
- Experience working in Nigeria and/or sub-Saharan Africa.
(3.3) FINANCIAL CAPABILITY
- Provide the most recent 3-years audited Financial Statements and latest management accounts
- Evidence of PAYE remittance for Nigerian Consortia/firms
- Evidence of financial capacity/availability of financial resources / access to funding from a reputable bank
(4.0) SUBMISSION OF BIDS
Bids for either or all of the services must be delivered in triplicate and tamper free evident sealed envelopes clearly marked “EOI-BLUE RAIL IPP” and delivered to the address below not later than 5:00pm Two (2) weeks from the date of the publication (June 1, 2021).
Office of the Hounorable Commissioner,
C/O Procurement Unit
Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
Room 114, Block 6
The Secretariat
Alausa,
Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria
It should be noted that this invitation does not constitute a commitment on the part of LSG, LAMATA and/or MEMR to award the project to any party(ies) expressing interest. Furthermore the submission of documents shall not entitle any of the interested parties to any claims against LSG, LAMATA and/or MEMR by virtue of such parties having responded to the EOI invitation.
All cost incurred by respondents as a result of this EOI invitation and any subsequent requests for information shall be for respondent’s account only.
Honourable Commissioner
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
