Avis d’appel d’offre pour la fourniture de compteurs à prépaiement et de tableaux prêts à l’emploi, Rwanda

Invitation for Bids [IFB]/ Specific Procurement Notice

1. The Government of Rwanda has received financing from the African Development Fund (ADF) hereinafter called the Bank toward the cost of Transmission System Reinforcement and Last Mile Connectivity Project (TSRLMC) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply of Prepayment Meters and Ready Boards. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines and procedures for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit ;

2. The Energy Development Corporation Limited now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply of Prepayment Meters and Ready Boards. The tender is divided into two LOTS: (i) LOT1: Supply of Prepayment Meters, and (ii) LOT2: Supply of Ready Boards ;

3. Bidding will be conducted through the Open Competitive Bidding (International), (OCBI) method as specified in the Bank’s Procurement Framework Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations dated October 2015, and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Framework ;

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Energy Development Corporation Limited and procurement@edcl.reg.rw , and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours at the address given below ;

5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Fifteen Thousand Rwandan Francs (15,000 Frw) or equivalent in USD.

The method of payment will be to deposit in the Bank Account No 1000023217 10^th Floor KCT, KN 2 ST, Nyarugenge District, P.O. Box 3855 Kigali, Rwanda Tel.: + (250) (0) 787172265, email: info@edcl.reg.rw, website: www.reg.rw

opened in the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) in the name of EAQIP IDA(USD), SWIFT CODE: BNRWRWRW.

The proof of payment shall be sent to the following email: procurement@edcl.reg.rw ; copy to gndayisaba@edcl.reg.rw

The document will be issued to bidders from addresses indicated below or via email upon request by interested bidder.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 5^th July 2022 at 10h00 a.m. local time. Electronic bids 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 5^th July 2022 at 10h30 a.m. local time ;

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of :

LOT 1: Fifty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Six US Dollars (USD 57, 246)

LOT 2: Thirty-One Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Four US Dollars (USD 31,584)

8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Framework 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 ;

9. The address(es) referred to above is (are): Energy Development Corporation Ltd Rwanda Universal Energy Access Program KN2 ST 3, Nyarugenge District, Kigali City P.O.B 3855 Kigali, Rwanda.

Tel. : (250) 787172265 Email : info@edcl.reg.rw, website: www.reg.rw

Kigali City Tower (KTC), 2^nd  Floor, Procurement Office

Yours ,

Gentille UMUSHASHI

Ag Head Procurement Management Services

Félix GAKUBA

Managing Director