SECTION 1 — INVITATION TO BID
Date: 11th September 2024 Reference No.: NAWEC/GCSD/NCB/DS&CM/001/2024
- Project Name: Servicing of Digital Safes and Cash Counting Machines
Dear Sir/Madam:
You are hereby invited to be a Bidder in the Tender described herein. The Gambia Public Procurement Act defines a Tender as a type of Bid and anyone submitting a Tender or other Bid is known as a Bidder. Under the Tender process, there will be a public opening of all bids received at the place and at the time stated in paragraph 8 below.
- NAWEC has budgeted funding for the procurement of Service for Servicing of Digital Safes and Cash Counting Machines and intends to place a Medium-Term framework Contract for the supply of these Services to support the operations of the company.
- NAWEC now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply of the following.
LOT 1: Servicing of Digital Safes
LOT 2: Servicing of Cash Counting Machines
- Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) Procedure in accordance with requirement of the Gambia Public Procurement Authority Act of 2022.
- Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding Document during official hours Monday to Thursday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am to 12:30 pm at the address given below:
Office of the Senior Procurement Manager
National Water and Electricity Company Limited
53 Mamadi Maniyang Highway
PO BOX 609
Kanifing
ATT: Procurement Manager SS (fkinteh@nawec.gm), Procurement Manager WBU (snyang@nawec.gm).
- A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders upon submission of a written application to the above address and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of GMD 5,000 (Five thousand Dalasi only). The method of payment is Cash deposit. The document will be sent via email upon payment and requesting the said document on written application.
- The deadline for submission of inquiries and requests for clarifications is Ten (10) days before the deadline for bid submission. A pre-bid conference will not take place.
- Electronic Bidding will not be permitted, and late bids will be rejected.
- A bid Security shall be required. The amount and currency of the bid security (Bank Guarantee) is GMD 45,600.00 for Lot 1 and GMD 17,280.00 for Lot 2. A combined security of these amounts will also be accepted.
- Bid must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 pm Local time on 17th October 2024 at the address given in 4. Above.
- Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address above at 12:30 pm (Local time) on 17th October 2024.
- The method of selection to be used for this procurement is Least Cost Selection.
- NAWEC is not obliged to accept the lowest read-out bid price.