Reinforcement and Rehabilitation of the Regional Electricity Distribution Network Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Benin

Summary : Reinforcement and Rehabilitation of the Regional Electricity Distribution Network

Deadline : 29 Oct 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 27244820

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT
Attn: Gabriel DEGBEGNI National Coordinator Immeuble KOUGBLENOU, 3ème étage, Domaine de l’OCBN Derrière ex-Compagnie Territoriale de Gendarmerie du Littoral Cotonou, Littoral 01 BP 101 Tel: (229) 21 31 78 25 Fax: (229) 21 31 46 92
Benin
Email :benin@charleskendall.com / info@mcabenin2.bj
URL :http://www.mcabenin2.bj

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Reinforcement and Rehabilitation of the Regional Electricity Distribution Network and in Cotonou.

The Millennium Challenge Account Benin II ("MCA-Benin II") plans to launch a call for tenders for completion of the work of strengthening and rehabilitation of the regional electricity distribution network and in Cotonou. Through this notice, MCA-Benin II invites interested companies to provide information on their experience of similar projects before the launch of the contract.
It is important to note that this Request for Information does not constitute a call for tenders or a promise to publish a Tender Documents in the future and therefore does not commit MCA-Benin II to contract for a few work that it is; however, it could serve as a precursor to a procurement process.
This request for information is an information gathering process in which MCA-Benin II seeks to gather information from companies in the field of HV / MV substations (161/63/33/15 kV) as well as underground links and overhead lines (63 kV, 33 kV, 15 kV). As participation is entirely voluntary, MCA-Benin II encourages all companies in this field to participate and express their interest.
Respondents are advised that MCA-Benin II will not pay any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this request for information; all costs associated with responding to this Request for Information will be solely at the expense of the interested party.
The United States of America, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation ("MCC") and the Government of Benin (the "Government" or "[GoB]") has signed a Millennium Challenge Account Support Compact approximately $ 375, 000, 000 ("MCC Funding") to promote poverty reduction and economic growth in Benin (the "Compact"). The Government, acting through the Millennium Challenge Account- Benin II (the "Owner"), intends to use part of the MCC Funding to make payments authorized under this contract for which this notice of application information is disseminated. The Compact and its associated documents can be found on the MCC websitehttps://www.mcc.gov/resources?fwp_resource_type=program-procurement-guidelines and on the MCA Benin II website, www.mcabenin2.bj .
The objective of the Program is to increase the productivity and production of enterprises, to create more economic opportunities for households and to improve the capacity to provide public and social services by improving the quantity and quality of supply of electricity.
The Project concerned by this request for information is the Project "Distribution of Electricity" which includes the following three activities:
"Reinforcing and Rehabilitating the Cotonou Power Network" Activity: This Activity will contribute to strengthening the reliability of the network to meet the future growth of the demand for connections by investing in several infrastructure projects, with the construction of new underground links, new posts, as well as the extension of the electricity network in the city of Cotonou.
Activity "Strengthening and Rehabilitation of the Power Grid at the Regional Level": This Activity will support the replacement of power lines, the strengthening of source stations, the installation of new distribution posts and the construction of new posts in some cities in Benin.
Activity "Construction of a National Electricity Distribution Control Center": This activity will build a National Distribution Control Center (Dispatching), an infrastructure necessary for effective network management, to take into account planned photovoltaic production and to collect real-time data from the network. (This activity is for information only, and has already been the subject of a separate contract).
This request for information concerns only the works for the activities Reinforcement and rehabilitation of the electricity network in Cotonou and Reinforcement and rehabilitation of the electrical network at the regional level which will be entrusted to companies through a call for tenders for the markets / lots identified in Annex A.
Companies will have the choice to bid for one or more contracts / lots, depending on their technical and financial capabilities for each market. The allotment, however, is not yet finalized, some markets may eventually be grouped together.
The work to be carried out must comply with the environmental and social performance standards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as well as the environmental framework law in Benin, as well as the Environmental, Social, Health and Safety Management System (SGESSS). ) of MCA-Benin II and its annexes.
The description of IFC standards is available at:
https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/38fb14804a58c83480548f8969adcc27/PS_French_2012_Full-Document.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
The framework law on the environment in Benin is available here:
https://benin.eregulations.org/media/loi%20cadre%20sur%20l%27environnement.pdf
The summary of the '' Environmental Management System, Social, Health and Security '' (SGESSS) of MCA-Benin II and its annexes is available at the following address:
http://www.mcabenin2.bj/uploads/multimedia/resume-sgesss.pdf
The company will also be in charge, within the limits that will be defined by the Owner's Requirements, the storage of polluted soils and any hazardous materials on buffer sites in the vicinity of construction sites.
It should be remembered that interested companies will have to use a web application to document their environmental, social and health safety actions, describe incidents and accidents, as well as any programmed events that could have an influence on these aspects.
The summary of the requirements of the Contracting Authority (Annex B) in terms of qualifications relating to the above contracts is available from the Procurement Agent on request to be sent to the following address:
info-benin @ charleskendall.com with copy to info@mcabenin2.bj.
Interested companies are invited to i) provide information on their companies (history, main areas of expertise, brief description of achievements similar to the works mentioned above, the turnover of the last three years and the financial resources available to them) and that they can mobilize from financial institutions, etc.) in the form of flyers, leaflets or other documents demonstrating their technical and financial capabilities in the field of the works mentioned above, ii) making comments or observations on the markets / lots mentioned in Annex A and indicate which markets / lots they would be interested in participating with any offer, iii) indicate whether they would be likely to use orconsider alternative technologies such as tunneling, drilling, push pipe and HDD instead of digging trenches for cable installation, and iv) providing comments or observations on the content of the Owner's Requirements by email at: info-benin@charleskendall.com with copy to info@mcabenin2.bj, or by mail to the address below, no later than October 29th 2018 at 10am:com with copy to info@mcabenin2.bj, or by mail to the address below, no later than October 29, 2018 at 10:00 am:com with copy to info@mcabenin2.bj, or by mail to the address below, no later than October 29, 2018 at 10:00 am:

Millennium Challenge Account Benin II (MCA-Benin II),
Attention: Procurement Agency,
95, rue 5.073, Building Kougblénou, 3rd floor,
Zongo Nima
01 BP.101 Cotonou
Republic of Benin.

It is understood that the information presented in response to this Request for information remain confidential.
MCA-Benin II has prepared a response form to be completed (attached as Annex C).
Your answers may include as many details as you think necessary. Additional information not required is welcome.
Please provide your answers in the text boxes provided in the Form where possible.
PJ: 03
Annex A: Description of the Procurement
Annex B: Summary of the Client Requirements
Annex C: Questions / Answers Form.

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