Published date: 25 January 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 26 February 2016

Contract summary

Industry

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  • Construction works for power plants and heating plants - 45251000

    • Engineering design services - 71320000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£145,000,000

Procurement reference

EPC Contractor Western Power

Published date

25 January 2016

Closing date

26 February 2016

Contract start date

31 March 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Works

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Seeking a contractor with the relevant experience and capacity (either together with sub-contractors or in a consortium) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the design, manufacture, supply, assembly, testing, delivery, installation, commissioning and inter-connection of an expected 40 - 60 MW run of river hydro-electric power plant in rural Zambia.
The EPC contract will be a fixed price, date-certain, full turnkey wrap contract based on FIDIC Silver Book.

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This procurement is being carried out in accordance with the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations") which implements EU Directive 2014/24/EU, using the competitive dialogue procedure under Reg 30.
The Ngonye Falls Hydro-power Project, in the Western Province of Zambia, is being developed by Western Power Company Limited, a Zambian company, and InfraCo Africa Limited through its principal project developer eleQtra Limited. InfraCo Africa is a multi-government, donor-funded, privately managed company providing early stage development capital and expertise to develop infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa. The sole shareholder and funder of InfraCo Africa is the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). Entities that the PIDG has established or funds are required to comply substantially with and in the spirit of EU Procurement laws.

About the buyer

Contact name

Andy Fleming

Address

c/o eleQtra Limited
Eastgate House (5th F), 16-19 Eastcastle Street,
London
W1W 8DA
England

Telephone

+ 260 974 869970 w

Email

andy.fleming@westernpower.org

Website

www.westernpower.org