ENPC mapping fuel project
MBABANE - ECORPS has been enlisted as the best evaluated tenderer to be awarded the Eswatini National Petroleum Company (ENPC) tender.
ENPC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the procurement of consulting services for the implementation of a business process mapping and documentation project, and six companies responded.
Three of the companies that responded were foreign; Lidwala Consulting (Pty) Ltd, lmpela Consulting (Pty) Ltd and Technolibra (Pty) Ltd from South Africa.
When evaluated, ECORPS scored 85.86 with a price of E330 950, occupying the first position.
Pison Business (Pty) Ltd from Eswatini did not obtain the 75 points minimum to qualify for financial evaluation, while TQMS (Pty) Ltd was disqualified due to failure to submit statutory documentation to qualify for technical evaluation, according to ENPC.
Published
The above-mentioned was published by the procurement regulating authority, the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA) on their website.
The intention to award the company was published on Friday, and if it is not contested, they are expected to begin executing it after 10 working days.
As the requesting entity, ENPC was also in charge of the procurement of the tender as well as its approvals.
ENPC requested unsuccessful bidders to apply 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 ENPC.
Meanwhile, ENPC has been tasked with the construction of a fuel storage reserve at Phuzumoya.
Alabasta Petroleum (Pty) Ltd also proposed to construct a fuel reserve storage facility in Matsapha past Kellogg’s facility.
The proposed storage facility will accommodate a minimum of 10 million and a maximum of 80 million litres of all grades of fuel, including petrol and diesel.
Development
The development, according to the Project Architect, Dumsane Tsabedze, would include a design and construction facility with an estimated value of E980 million.
The facility will create more than 200
jobs for both skilled and unskilled labour.
Tsabedze mentioned that the project has further availed opportunities for local businesses in construction, supply and electronics.
“The over E980 million facility will be constructed by local companies, we will have a bidding process as per the rules of procurement,” he said.
Tsabedze mentioned that all materials and services needed by the project would be procured locally; he said services that were not available in the country would be outsourced. He said the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) would also benefit from the project, and Tsabedze outlined that first preference would be given to them in terms of services like catering, cleaning and security, among others.