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MBABANE - Eltech Investments (Pty) Ltd has been enlisted as the best evaluated tenderer to be awarded the Eswatini Railways (ESR) tender.
ESR issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the extension of Mpaka Inland Container Depot (ICD) Offices, sugar loading bay.
Eltech Investments (Pty) Ltd had the highest bid amount of E1.7 million, they were enlisted as the best evaluated, followed by Inner Works (Pty) Ltd who were ranked second with a bid price of E1.1 million.
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 last week, and if it is not contested, they are expected to begin executing it after 10 working days.
As the requesting entity, ESR was also in charge of the procurement of the tender, as well as its approvals.
Review
ESR requested unsuccessful bidders to apply for review with the agency within 10 working days.
“All tenderers who submitted
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(Pty) bids are hereby notified that a period of 10 working days is hereby allowed for submission of any application for review,” said ESR.
Meanwhile, 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 realise profit. Therefore, the 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.
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“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,” mentioned 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 E5.5 million.
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. ESR added that the similarity shall be determined based on the physical size, complexity, construction methodology or technology as described in the title of the contract.
They said it was imperative that the bidder demonstrate that it has qualified personnel with the recent experience for the key positions that meet the criteria, and that the nominated personnel
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confirm their availability to the contract for its full duration.
“The bidder must demonstrate that it owns or has the ability to hire the light delivery vehicle, concrete mixer and confirm its availability for the entire duration of the contract,” added ESR. The ICD is part of the rail link project with an estimated value of E32.3 billion which was listed as part of the country’s economic growth forecast projects.
Development
The project entails the construction of a 150km long new railway line from Lothair (South Africa) to Sidvokodvo in Eswatini that will provide a strategic rail link with the ports of Richards Bay and/or Maputo.
As well as the development of the Mpaka ICD Greenfield project requires a 22 000m² hardstanding for container staging office buildings, weighbridge and warehousing.