Component #2 Grid Reinforcement “Supply and Installation of 500 kV HVAC Transmission Line “Rogun-Sangtuda” in Tajikistan associated

with CASA-1000 Project (INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING)

IFP No.: PQ/ CASA1000/TL/#02 Dated: 15 December, 2019

This invitation for prequalification follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared on the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) website and the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan (MEWR) website and in the Financial Times newspaper on June 22, 2015.

The countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic together have decided to develop cross-border transmission interconnection amongst these four countries to facilitate transfer of surplus hydropower in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan in summer to energy deficit Pakistan and Afghanistan. The proposed CASA- 1000 transmission infrastructure will transfer 1000MW of power to Pakistan and a further 300MW to Afghanistan.

The Republic of Tajikistan received financing from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) toward the cost of the Supply and Installation of 500 kV HVAC Transmission Line “Rogun- Sangtuda”.

The Republic of Tajikistan intends to apply part of the financing from IsDB to payments under the contract for “the Supply and Installation of 500 kV HVAC Transmission Line “Rogun-Sangtuda” (the Project). The MEWR intends to prequalify contractors and/or firms for the said Project with the scope of work including engineering, design, manufacturing, testing, supply, installation, testing and commissioning but not limited to the following:

• 500kV AC transmission line from 500kV Substation of Rogun to Sangtuda HVDC Convertor Substation (approximately 118km);

• expansion of Sangtuda convertor substation via installation 500kV line bay.

Prequalification will be conducted through procedures specified in the Islamic Development Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement of Goods and Works, May 2009, and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries, as defined in the guidelines.

Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from and inspect the prequalification document at the MEWR (address below) from 09.00 to 16.00 pm. A complete set of the prequalification document in in English may be purchased by interested Applicants on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee 300 (three hundred) USD. The method of payment

will be money transaction at the following bank account:

 

The Bank Account

Intermediary Bank:

JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Swift: CHASUS33

Correspondent Bank:

National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Swift: NBFAUZ2X

 

Beneficiary Bank:

State Savings Bank of Tajikistan “Amonatbonk” Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Account: 21002840600000450004 Swift: ASSETJ22

Remittance Information

Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan 20206840001254101000

Applications for prequalification should be submitted in sealed envelopes, delivered to the address below by February 14, 2020 (15:00 hours Dushanbe local time), and be clearly marked “Application to Prequalify for:

•     Component #2 Grid Reinforcement “Supply and Installation of 500 kV HVAC Transmission Line “Rogun-Sangtuda”

Electronic submission of applications is not permitted. Late applications will be rejected.

Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan

Attention: Mr. Manuchehr Safarzoda Address: Shamsi 5/1, Dushanbe 734064, Republic of Tajikistan

Tel number: +992 372 35 97 78 E-mail address: mewrinvest@gmail.com