Tenders

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids – Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Kingdom Lesotho

Name of Project: Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project II (LLWDP II)

Credit No.: 6402 and 6403

RFB Reference No.: LLWDP/G/05 (A)

The Kingdom of Lesotho has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project II (LLWDP II) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Training and Commissioning of Radar Sensors for The Department of Water Affairs.   For this contract, the Borrower shall process payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit

The Ministry of Water now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Training and Commissioning of Radar Sensors for The Department of Water Affairs.

Bidding will be conducted through an International Competitive Procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services July 2016 Revised November 2017 and August 2018 and November 2021 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from LLWDP II. Request for Bids Documents will be available from Tuesday Friday October 14, 2022; contact Procurement e-mail: [email protected] and inspect the bidding documents during office hours – i.e. 09:00 to 16:00 hours at the address given below.

A complete set of bidding documents in English may be downloaded for free from the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project website; www.llwdp.co.ls

Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 11:00 am on Thursday November 24, 2022. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below on Thursday November 24, 2022 at 11:00 am

All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of LSL80,000.00 (Eighty Thousand Lesotho Loti) or its equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency, in a form of a Bank Guarantee.

The addresses referred to above are:

House No. 788/789,

Fairview Avenue,

Lower Thetsane,

Maseru.