SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
INVITATION FOR INITIAL SELECTION EMPLOYER:
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AGENCY PROJECT:
NIGERIA ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT
CONTRACT TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS FOR UNIVERSITIES AND TEACHING HOSPITALS
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
CREDIT NO.: 62910
ISD NO: REA-NEP/GO/RFP/105/20 A-G
DEADLINE: 25TH NOVEMBER, 2020
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards payments under the Contract for the Development of Solar Hybrid Power Systems for Universities and Teaching Hospitals which has been segregated into seven (7) lots as described below:
| Lot | Location | Liquid Assets (US$) | Average Annual Turnover (US$) | Minimum Value of Single Contract (US$) |
| 1 | Universities of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja | 1,700,000.00 | 13,000,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 |
| 2 | Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia | 2,000,000.00 | 19,000,000.00 | 10,000,000.00 |
| 3 | University of Calabar & Teaching Hospital, Cross River State | 3,000,000.00 | 24,000,000.00 | 13,000,000.00 |
| 4 | University of Maiduguri & Teaching Hospital, Borno State | 4,000,000.00 | 38,000,000.00 | 31,000,000.00 |
| 5 | Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun | 2,000,000.00 | 19,000,000.00 | 7,000,000.00 |
| 6 | Federal University Gashua, Yobe State | 2,000,000.00 | 21,000,000.00 | 8,000,000.00 |
| 7 | Nigeria Defense Academy Kaduna | 2,000,000.00 | 18,000,000.00 | 7,000,000.00 |
The REA intends to initially select Applicants for Development of Solar Hybrid Power Systems for Universities and Teaching Hospitals. The Energizing Education Programme (EEP) Phase II, being the third component of the NEP, seeks to provide adequate power supply (up to approximately 38MW in total) to Seven (7) Federal Universities (“the Universities”) and two (2) University Teaching Hospitals across the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It also aims to provide streetlights within the facilities to promote and facilitate safe, secure and productive learning environments as well as to develop and operate workshop/training centers to train university students in renewable energy technology innovations. The programme also includes Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services for the captive power plants of the Beneficiary Institutions. The seven (7) universities and two (2) teaching hospitals are spread across: Abuja; Abia; Cross-River; Borno; Ogun; Yobe and Kaduna states. At the RFP stage, Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of quality (technical proposal) and price. It is expected that the Request for Proposals will be issued in January 2021.
Initial Selection will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated July 2016 and revised November 2017 and August 2018, as available on http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/178331533065871195/Procurement-Regulations.pdf, and is open to all eligible Applicants as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from the REA at the address below during office hours 08:00 to 17:00 hours (WAT). A complete set of Initial Selection documents in English may be obtained for free, either on the REA’s website indicated below, or through a written request to the REA by email, or at the mail address below. In addition, the Initial Selection Document may be sent to the interested Applicant by regular mail upon payment of Twenty Thousand Naira (NGN20,000.00) for places within Nigeria, Thirty-Five Thousand Naira (NGN35,000.00) for places in Europe and West Africa and Fifty Thousand Naira (NGN50,000.00) for all other countries to cover the cost of printing and delivery. Payment can be made via www.remita.net by generating Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) in favor of Rural Electrification Agency – Nigeria Electrification Project.
Applicants are permitted to submit their applications electronically.
Application submission procedure:
Applications for Initial Selection should be submitted in clearly marked envelopes and delivered to the address below by 12:00 noon (WAT) on 25th November, 2020. Applicants shall have the option to submit the electronic copies of their Applications by email with password protected read-only Applications/documents as attachments. Late applications will be rejected.
Electronic Application opening procedures:
For password protected read-only Applications submitted by email, Applicants must send the password of their protected Applications to the email address below within thirty (30) minutes after the Application submission deadline.
Address: Rural Electrification Agency (REA)
Attn: Anita Otubu
Head Project Management Unit Nigeria Electrification Project
No. 16, Umaru Dikko Street, Jabi,
2nd Floor, Head Project Management Unit Office
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
900288, Abuja, Nigeria
Tel: +234 813 882 2835
Tel: +234 803 325 2544
E-mail: nep@rea.gov.ng
Initial Selection Document web page: http://rea.gov.ng/isd-solar-hybrid-power-for-universities
