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Closing Date: 12.01.2022 (Tender Closed)


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




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