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 of the contract is EUR 436 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be56 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
