FJ-Suva: EDF — supply, installation and commissioning of a grid-connected solar PV system in Nauru

Country:

Fiji

City/Locality:

SOYBA

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:57421-2008

Publication Date:

Mar 3, 2008

Deadline:

Apr 11, 2008

Buyer:

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT UNIT

Original Language:

English

Address:

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT UNIT
SUVA
Fiji

Email:

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Notice Type: 0708
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 42/2008
, #
57421-2008
Referenced Document Number: 23027-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
Location — Republic of Nauru
Supply procurement notice
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/126481/D/SUP/NR
2. Procedure: Open.
3. Programme: EDF.
4. Financing: Financing agreement.
5. Contracting authority: The Government of the Republic of Nauru,
represented by the National Authorising Officer, ('the contracting
authority'), Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Government
Offices, Yaren District, Republic of Nauru.
Contract specifications
6. Description of the contract: The supply, installation and
commissioning of a 40 kWp+/- 5 % grid-connected PV system on the roof of
Nauru College. Training is also to be provided to the operators at the
utility and the college for the operation, maintenance, and replacement of
components of the PV system.
7. Number and titles of lots: There is only 1 lot.
Terms of participation
8. Eligibility and rules of origin: Participation in tendering is open on
equal terms to natural and legal persons (participating either
individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers) from ACP States
and Member States of the European Union contributing to the European
Development Fund and international organisations as authorised by the
instrument applicable to the programme under which the contract is
financed (see also point 22 below). All goods supplied under this contract
must originate in these countries.
9. Grounds for exclusion: Tenderers must submit a statement to the effect
that they are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the
'Practical Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions'.
10. Number of tenders: Tenderers may submit only 1 tender per lot.
Tenders for parts of a lot will not be considered. Any tenderer may state
in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its tender
is accepted for more than 1 lot. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a
variant solution in addition to their tender for the supplies required in
the tender dossier.
11. Tender guarantee: Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of EUR 10
000 when submitting their tender. This guarantee will be released to
unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to
the successful tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all parties.
This guarantee will be called upon if the tenderer does not fulfil all
obligations stated in its tender.
12. Performance guarantee: The successful tenderer will be asked to
provide a performance guarantee of 10 % of the amount of the contract at
the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided no later than
30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the contracting
authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee
within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be
drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next best
compliant tender.
13. Information meeting and/or site visit: No information meeting is
planned.
14. Tender validity: Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days
after the deadline for submission of tenders.
15. Period of performance: Delivery period: No more than 120 days from
the date of signature of the contract by the Head of Delegation of the EC
Delegation for the Pacific.
Installation start: Within 30 days from delivery to site (indicative
deadline end of September 2008).
Installation finish: No more than 90 days after the delivery of the
materials on site (indicative deadline of end of December 2008).
Provisional acceptance: Within 30 days of completion of the training
sessions and commissioning of the installation (indicative deadline of end
of January 2009).
Selection and award criteria
16. Selection criteria: See Section 20 of the instructions to tenderers.
17. Award criteria: Price (or, if appropriate after derogation, the best
value for money which is a combination of quality of services/price).
Tendering
18. How to obtain the tender dossier: The tender dossier is available
from the following Internet address: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/
procedures/implementation/supplies/index_en.htm. The tender dossier is
also available for collection from the contracting authority. Tenders must
be submitted using the standard tender form for a supply contract included
in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly
observed.
Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing
to
Programme Management Unit, Support to the Energy Sector in 5 ACP Pacific
Islands (REP-5), REP-5 Project Office, Level 2, Garden City, Raiwai, Suva,
Fiji. Fax (679) 327 50 46. E-mail: katerina.syngellakis@itpower.co.uk,
(mentioning the publication reference shown in point 1) at least 21 days
before the deadline for submission of tenders given in point 19. The
contracting authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11
days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual
clarifications to the tender dossier shall be published on the EuropeAid
web site at http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl.
19. Deadline for submission of tenders: The deadline for submission of
tenders is 11.4.2008 (18:00), Fiji local time, at the address specified in
the instructions to tenderers.
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session: The tender opening session is to be held at
10:00, Fiji local time, in the REP-5 Programme Management Unit Office in
Suva, Fiji.
21. Language of the procedure: All written communications for this tender
procedure and contract must be in English.
22. Legal basis: ACP–EC Partnership Agreement signed at Cotonou on
23.6.2000 as amended on 25.6.2005.
Decision No 2/2002 of the ACP–EC Council of Ministers published in OJ L
320 of 23.11.2002.

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