Prequalification for Construction of 330 kV WAPP-NorthCore transmission line Birnin Kebbi-Nigeria/Niger border (62 km)

This Invitation for prequalification follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this Project that appeared in United  Nations  Development  Business online  (UNDB ), April  9,  2019.

The Governments of Nigeria, Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso and the West African Power Pool, has received financing from the World Bank for the implementation of the WAPP-North Core/Dorsale Nord, Regional Power Interconnector Project, and intend to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Construction of 330 kV transmission line Birnin Kebbi - Nigeria/Niger border (62 km).

The WAPP-North Core Project Management Unit (WAPP-NC-PMU) intends to prequalify contractors on EPC basis for the construction of 62 km overhead transmission line (unique lot) with the following requirements:

1. Double circuit 330 kV overhead transmission line with a vertical arrangement of phases
2. Steel lattice pylons with reinforced concrete foundations;
3. Two bundled conductors per phase with composite insulators strings;
4. Two shield wires including one OPGW.

It is expected that the Request for Bids will be made by November 2019.

Prequalification will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016 revised November 2017 and August 2018). (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Applicants as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from the WAPP-NC- Project Management Unit at the following address:

A complete set of prequalification documents in English may be purchased by interested Applicants on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Twenty Thousand (20,000) Nigerian Naira.

The payment will be done by Bank Transfer to the Project Account number 2710002733 at Ecobank Nigeria-Abuja under West African Power Pool /North Core.

The document can either be picked-up at the below address or sent to the applicant's address by the route he will have indicated and for which he will have paid the cost of.

Applications for prequalification should be submitted in sealed envelopes clearly marked: “PQ/EPC-TL/WAPP-NC/WB # 01:Application for construction of 330 kV WAPP North Core transmission line Birnin Kebbi-Nigeria/Niger Border (62 km) – Lot 1A-TL” and delivered to the address below before 11 00 AM, local time (Abuja - GMT+1), on 21 th October, 2019:

Late applications might be rejected.

EXTENSION TO APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Kindly note that the deadlines for submission and opening of Applications are modified as follows:

• Submission: Monday, November 18th, 2019, before 11 00 AM, local hour (Abuja - GMT + 1);
• Opening: Monday, November 18th, 2019, at 11 30 AM, local hour (Abuja - GMT+1).

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