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MBABANE - A total of 14 companies wanted ESR over E14 million contract which was yesterday awarded to Ubanzi Projects and Afrotim Construction.
Ubanzi Projects, Afrotim Construction have been enlisted as the best evaluated tenderers to be awarded the Eswatini Railways (ESR) tender.
The information about which companies bid for the tender was revealed by the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA) on their website.
The intention to award the company was published yesterday and if not contested, they are expected to begin executing it after a period of 10 working days.
According to the procurement regulator, ESR was looking for a contractor for the building services for resettlement of project affected people at Ncabeni.
Ubanzi Projects evaluated price was E7 170 416, while Afrotim Construction proposed E7 277 863.45. Worth noting, ESR is also looking for a civil contractor for the construction of Mpaka Inland Container Depot (ICD) offices. ESR said the operations at the Mpaka ICD required personnel to be housed in a safe and secure building to ensure smooth delivery of the ESR organisational goals and realize profit. Therefore, purpose of this tender was to procure a suitably qualified civil contractor to erect the office building.
ESR emphasised that the contractor must be registered with the Construction Industry Council (CIC) Category B3 only, as required by law.
“The contractor shall perform all civil works, earthworks, roofing, glazing, wiring, plumbing, and painting works required to complete the office building, including construction of all ancillary structures as directed by the engineer,” mentions ESR tender documents.
They said the contractor must have successfully completed at least two construction projects in the last 10 years from date of submission, each with a value of at least E5.5million.
The contractor must have also participated in at least one project of the same nature and complexity (buildings only) implemented during the last 10 years, with a value of at least E2 million. The total evaluation score for other companies were revealed in the tender document and it was also indicated that PSSN Investments was disqualified for invalid submission.
ESR was the procuring entity for the tender which was approved by the authority of the Board.
ESR requested the unsuccessful bidder to submit an application for review with the agency within 10 working days.
“All tenderers who submitted bids are hereby notified that a period of 10 working days is hereby allowed for submission of any application for review,” said ESR. The agency also mentioned that the tender does not constitute a contract.