Specific Procurement Notice – Request for Bids Goods – AMI & AMR-enabled Retail Water Meters with AMI Infrastructure and Test Bench

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: The Gambia

Name of Project: Electricity Restoration and Modernization Project

Contract Title: AMI & AMR-enabled Retail Water Meters with AMI Infrastructure and Test Bench

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA – D3090

RFB Reference No.: GM-NAWEC-302891-GO-RFB

1. The Republic of The Gambia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Gambia Electricity Restoration and Modernization Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for Supply of AMI & AMR-enabled Retail Water Meters with AMI Infrastructure and Test Bench. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing
2. The National Water and Electricity Company Limited (NAWEC) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply of AMI & AMR-enabled Retail Water Meters with AMI Infrastructure and Test Bench as follows:

Lot 1: 15, 000 AMI & AMR-enabled Retail Water Meters with AMI Infrastructure

Lot 2: Test Bench

3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 1st, 2016, revised in November 2017 and July 2018 and November 2020) (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from:

Mrs Haddy Njie – Project Coordinator

National Water & Electricity Company Limited

Emporium III Building, Fajara

114 Kairaba Avenue

Telephone: +220 9961301 / 9967791/ 7009342

Electronic mail address: hnjie@nawec.gm, mfsanyang@nawec.gm

and inspect the bidding document during office hours at the address given below.

5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of US$300. The method of payment will be electronic transfer. The document will be sent by courier mail.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before12:00 p.m. of 19^th September 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 19^th September 2022.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of

Lot 1: US$10,000

Lot 2: US$ 2,000

8. The Basic qualification requirements for each lot are as follows:
9. Bidder must have a minimum average turnover for the last 3 years of
   Lot 1: US$2.5 million
   Lot 2: US$ 300,000
10. For each lot minimum number of 3 contracts for similar items completed in the last 5 years, with each contract being not less than
    Lot 1: US$1 million
    Lot 2: US$ 100,000
11. 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.
12. The address(es) referred to above is (are):

Attention: Mrs Haddy Njie – Project Coordinator

Address: National Water & Electricity Company Limited

Project Implementation Unit

Emporium III Building, Fajara

114 Kairaba Avenue

The Gambia

Tel:+220 996 1301 / 9967791/ 7009342

Electronic mail address: hnjie@nawec.gm, mfsanyang@nawec.gm