Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 12/01/2022, for the Ruzizi III EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) Turnkey Contract -Initial Selection. The Ruzizi III Regional Hydroelectric Power Plant, will be located on the Ruzizi River, at the border between (DRC- Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Rwanda. It will be part of the Ruzizi Cascade, already equipped by Ruzizi I and Ruzizi II projects, and will be located approximately 13 km downstream of the Ruzizi II dam. The contract includes the construction of a 3.8 km long, 6.7 m diameter, concrete-lined headrace tunnel from the dam reservoir to the powerhouse. Value contract EUR436 million, excluding VAT. Duration contract 56 months. Tenders must be sent to Ruzizi III Energy Ltd, attn Luciano Canale, Kigali, tel +25 0786674578, email luciano.canale@ruzizienergy.com. Contact Ruzizi III Energy Ltd, attn Lonceny Magassouba, Kigali, tel +224 622676247, email RuziziIII_EPC_InitialSelection@ruzizienergy.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=575634-2021. 46/21.
Rwanda-Kigali: Hydro-electric plant construction work
 
2021/S 220-575634
 
Contract notice
 
Works
 
Legal Basis:
 
EIB Guide to Procurement - Financed by the EIB
 
Section I: Contracting authority
 
I.1)Name and addresses
 
Official name: Ruzizi III Energy Limited
Postal address: Sanlam Towers, Wing 4A, 4th Floor, KN 67 St 10
Town: Kigali
NUTS code: RW Rwanda
Postal code: 3300
Country: Rwanda
Contact person: Luciano Canale (Project Director)
E-mail: luciano.canale@ruzizienergy.com
Telephone: +25 0781553634
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.ruzizi-iii.com
 
I.3)Communication
 
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
 
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
 
Official name: Ruzizi III Energy Limited
Postal address: Cité chemin de fer, Commune de Kaloum, BP : 1463
Town: Kigali
NUTS code: RW Rwanda
Postal code: Rue KA 050
Country: Rwanda
Contact person: Loncény MAGASSOUBA
E-mail: RuziziIII_EPC_InitialSelection@ruzizienergy.com
Telephone: +224 622676247
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.ruzizi-iii.com
 
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the following address:
 
Official name: Ruzizi III Energy Limited
Postal address: Sanlam Towers, Wing 4A, 4th Floor, KN 67 St 10
Town: Kigali
Postal code: Rue KA 050
Country: Rwanda
Contact person: Luciano Canale
Telephone: +25 0786674578
E-mail: luciano.canale@ruzizienergy.com
NUTS code: RW Rwanda
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.ruzizi-iii.com
 
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
 
Other type: Private company (SPV)
 
I.5)Main activity
 
Other activity: Electricity
 
Section II: Object
 
II.1)Scope of the procurement
 
II.1.1)Title:
 
Ruzizi III EPC Turnkey Contract – Initial Selection
 
II.1.2)Main CPV code
 
45251120 Hydro-electric plant construction work
 
II.1.3)Type of contract
 
Works
 
II.1.4)Short description:
 
The Ruzizi III Regional Hydroelectric Power Plant will be located on the Ruzizi River, at the border between DRC and Rwanda. It will be part of the Ruzizi Cascade, already equipped by Ruzizi I and Ruzizi II projects, and will be located approximately 13 km downstream of the Ruzizi II dam.
 
II.1.5)Estimated total value
 
Value excluding VAT: 436 000 000.00 EUR
 
II.1.6)Information about lots
 
This contract is divided into lots: no
 
II.2)Description
 
II.2.3)Place of performance
 
NUTS code: RW Rwanda
 
Main site or place of performance:
 
The Ruzizi III Regional Hydroelectric Power Plant will be located on the Ruzizi River, at the border between DRC and Rwanda. It will be part of the Ruzizi Cascade, already equipped by Ruzizi I and Ruz
 
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
 
This is the Initial Selection process for the Ruzizi III Regional Hydroelectric Power Plant EPC contract. The contract will include the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of a 45 m height embankment dam with associated spillway, low level outlet, and eco-flow small-hydro, a 3.8 km long, 6.7 m diameter, concrete-lined headrace tunnel from the dam reservoir to the powerhouse, penstock and unit penstocks, power station and switchyard, a 7.3 km long 220 kV double-circuit transmission line connecting the Ruzizi III substation to the regional dispatch station in Kamanyola (DRC), access roads from Bugarama (Rwanda) and Kamanyola (DRC) to the dam site, and all ancillary and related works. The power station will have three generating units and an eco-flow small-hydro, giving an installed capacity of 206 MW.
 
II.2.5)Award criteria
 
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
 
II.2.6)Estimated value
 
Value excluding VAT: 436 000 000.00 EUR
 
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
 
Duration in months: 56
 
This contract is subject to renewal: no
 
II.2.10)Information about variants
 
Variants will be accepted: no
 
II.2.11)Information about options
 
Options: no
 
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
 
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
 
II.2.14)Additional information
 
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
 
III.1)Conditions for participation
 
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
 
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
 
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
 
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
 
Section IV: Procedure
 
IV.1)Description
 
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
 
Restricted procedure
 
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
 
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
 
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
 
IV.2)Administrative information
 
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
 
Date: 12/01/2022
 
Local time: 14:00
 
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
 
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
 
English, French
 
Section VI: Complementary information
 
VI.1)Information about recurrence
 
This is a recurrent procurement: no
 
VI.3)Additional information:
 
The Borrower (“the Contracting States (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda) and Ruzizi III Energy Limited (REL)”); REL a special purpose company who is going to be owned by Industrial Promotion Services and SN Power (owned by Scatec ASA) and the Contracting States.
 
The Borrower has currently secured from the African Development Bank, approval for part of the funding for the 206 MW (203 MW for the main powerhouse and 3 MW for the small-hydro on the ecological flow). In addition, the Borrower is currently negotiating the remaining financing from a number of other multilateral development banks, including the World Bank (WB), European Investment Bank (EIB), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the French Development Agency (AFD), and the European Union (EU). This funding will be used towards the cost of developing the project, and the Borrower intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, and services to be procured under this project.
 
In this regard, Ruzizi III Energy Limited intends to initial select contractors and consortia to tender for the RIII-EPC contract. Initial Selection documents will be made available, in electronic format for free, in a dedicated electronic system. Interested applicants may request access to the electronic system by sending an email to the following address: RuziziIII_EPC_InitialSelection@ruzizienergy.com.
 
All queries related to the Initial Selection process should be sent via email to the following email address: RuziziIII_EPC_InitialSelection@ruzizienergy.com.
 
The RIII-EPC contract is planned to be tendered in Q4 2022 with work commencing in Q1 2023.
 
VI.4)Procedures for review
 
VI.4.1)Review body
 
Official name: Ruzizi III Energy Limited
Town: Kigali
Country: Rwanda
 
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
 
09/11/2021