Bid No.

03/IB/WSSF/07

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INVITATION OF BIDS FOR TURNKEY SUPPLY
AND
INSTALLATION OF JUICE EXTRACTION PLANT (LOT 3) &
STEAM GENERATION PLANT (LOT 4) EQUIPMENT OF
CANE SUGAR FACTORY AT WONJU/SHOA SUGAR
FACTORY IN ETHIOPIA

Address: Wonji/Shoa  Sugar Factory, Liaison Office Room No. 412, Philips Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tel:+ 251-11 551 97 00, +251-1 551 56 20, Fax:+251-22 220 09 77, +251 22 220 14 00,

Email: wssf@ethionet.et        

Wonji/Shoa Sugar Factory (WSSF), Ethiopia, on behalf of the Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia intends to install one new sugar factory with designed cane crushing capacity of 12,500 TCD (tons cane per day) including cogeneration. The project site is located about 100 km south East of Addis Ababa in the east Oromia region of Ethiopia. The project site is adjacent to the Nazareth-Asela highway with a convenient distance to the port of Djibouti, which is about 850 km. 

INVITATION OF BIDS

WSSF invites bids from interested bidders to design, manufacture, supply, delivery to Port of Djibouti, transport locally to the site, store, erection of mechanical and electrical equipment, train employer’s personnel, commission, test and hand over under terms of single turnkey contract of:

LOT 3. JUICE EXTRACTION PLANT (Bid No.: WSSF-03-JE)

LOT 4. STEAM GENERATION PLANT (Bid No.: WSSF-04-SG)

The Juice Extraction Plant (Lot 3) shall comprise of two new milling tandems consisting of cane preparation and mills as per specifications defined in bid document, suitable for 12,500 TCD capacity.

The Steam Generation Plant (Lot 4) shall comprise of three boilers with all accessory and auxiliary equipment, each of Maximum Continuous Rating (MCR) of 130 t/h at 65 bara steam pressure and 510+/-5 ⁰C temperature at the outlet of super heater header including bagasse handling, PRV station, DM plant, etc., as per the specifications defined in bid document.

Bidding will be conducted through Competitive bidding procedures specified in the bid documents and are open to all the eligible bidders from Indian firms, joint ventures, Consortiums. Bidder will be selected trough a transparent process in accordance with the requirement defined in the bid document for selection of bidders. However, the eligibility criteria of the bidder shall be based on the following:

a) The bidding firm should have been in existence for at least 10 year. In case of       consortium, the lead bidder should be mentioned and should have been in existence for at least 10 years. In case of Joint Venture specially formed for the purpose of this project, the lead bidder should be mentioned and at least one member should have been in existence for at least 10 years.

b) For Juice Extraction Plant (Lot 3), the main bidder (or) one member of Joint      Venture/Consortium (or) their respective subcontractor should have at least 10 years experience in design, manufacture, supply and installation of sugar cane factory Juice Extraction plant, capacity not less than 200 tch.

c) The bided, should have a minimum current net worth of US $ 10 million (working capital), certified by a reputed Chartered Accountancy firm. In case of Consortium/join Venture, the cumulative minimum average net worth/fun flow of the members would be considered. However, the lead bidder should satisfy at least 50% of the financial criteria.

d) For Juice Extraction Plant (Lot 3), the main bidder (or) one member of joint Venture/Consortium, (or) their respective subcontractor must have executed a minimum of 2 such projects in the past 10 years of Cane Milling suitable for cane crushing capacity not less than 200 tch or of at least US $ 2 million contract value.

For Steam Generation Plant (Lot 4), the main bidder (or) one member of Joint Venture/Consortium (or) their respective subcontractor must have executed a minimum of 2 such projects in the past 10 years in India or outside India and supplied and erected equipment outside India in the past 5 years of Boiler not less than 60 t/h capacity or of at least US $ 2 million contract value.

e) The bidder must have his associate or representative in Ethiopia, who has adequate knowledge in the procedures of immigration, customs, taxes, duties, port clearance, local transportation, insurance, etc for proper coordination.

f) The bid is to be accompanied with a bid security in an amount of US $ 11,600 for each Lot.

Bidder, who fulfill the above eligibility criteria can purchase each bid document either directly or on submission of written application upon payment of non-refundable fee of Ethiopian Birr 5,000 or US $ 575 for each Lot, in the name of Wonji/Shoa Sugar Factory, Ethiopian, by Demand Draft or Banker’s cheque. An amount of Ethiopia Birr 5000 or US $ 58 for each Lot is to be added towards postage/courier if required.

Bidder has the option to either participate in all two bids as a single turnkey contractor or participate as individual bidder for one or two lots. Bid documents will be available for purchase as of he tender advertisement published on newspapers up to the bid closing date at Wonji/Shoa Sugar Factory, Liaison Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and also at J P Mukherji & Associates Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India, Technical Consultant for  the project.

Bid closing date June 05, 2007 at 15:00hrs Ethiopian Local Time

Bid opening date June 05, 2007 at 16:00hrs Ethiopian Local Time

Bids must be delivered on the specified address & date in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their authorized representatives on the specified address & date in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia.

Wonji/Shoa Sugar Factory (WSSF) reserves the right to modify the minimum eligibility criteria, if required. Wonji/Shoa Sugar Factory (WSSF) reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Wonji/Shoa Sugar Factory