Tender Description

Request for Bids

Plant
Design, Supply and Installation

(Two-envelope Bidding Process, Without Prequalification)

1. The The Federal Government of Somalia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Contracts for **Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 6MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 10 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for Wamo Energy Service Company (WESCO), Kismayo City, Somalia.**For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing except for those payments which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.

2.  The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for provision of the Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of 6MWp Solar PV Power Plant with 10 MWh of Battery Energy Storage System for Wamo Energy Service Company (WESCO), Kismayo City, Somalia. as detailed in the table below.

Table1: WESCO Kismayo City, Somalia

The project’s delivery period is Fifteen (15) from the effective date.

3.          Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.          Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 80% and for Bid cost: 20%.

5.         Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Interim Project Coordinator, Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, email address: sesrp.procurement@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 8.30am to 4.00pm at the address given below. 

6.          The bidding document in English may be obtained free of charge by interested eligible Bidders on the https://sesrp.moewr.gov.so/company-overview/careers/ website or can be provided upon submission of a written application to the address below.

7.          A Pre-bid conference shall be conducted virtually by the Employer, the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Mogadishu, Somalia on 19th July 2025 at 10.30 amMogadishu Local Time thorough the following link:  https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzU3MTE4ODYtYjI3NS00NDRjLWE0YjUtYjhlZmQ2YjA3Y2Y1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224b471a60-88ee-4c96-87e7-c9beee1ca249%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d72bc85d-7b1f-4248-8f42-6f8a6ff74abb%22%7d

             No site visits shall be organized by the employer, but bidders are encouraged to contact Wamo Energy Service Company (WESCO) headquarters for site visits to familiarize themselves fully with the scope of work envisaged.

8.          Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10.30 a.m. on 14th August 2025. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below, at 11.00 am on 14th August 2025. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in the safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.

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