Design, Supply and Installation of a Grid-Interactive Solar Photovoltaic System- Antigua and Barbuda

GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT

GRID-INTERACTIVE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC WITH BATTERY STORAGE ELECTRIC SYSTEMS AND ACCESSORIES FOR SCHOOLS AND CLINICS PROJECT

DESIGN, SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF A GRID-INTERACTIVE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

INVITATION TO BID

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) has received financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), administered by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the Grid-Interactive Solar Photovoltaic with Battery Storage Electric Systems and Accessories for Schools and Clinics Project and intends to apply a part of the funds to cover eligible payments under the Agreement. Payment by CDB will be made only at the request of GOAB and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement. The Grant Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of CDB, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than GOAB shall derive any rights from the Grant Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Grant.

The Department of Environment now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of grid-interactive Solar PV systems for select schools and clinics on the island of Antigua (“the Facilities”). International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with CDB’s Single-Stage Bidding Procedure.

Consideration will be limited to firms or joint ventures of firms which are legally incorporated or otherwise organised in, and have their principal place of business in an eligible country and are either:

(a) more than 50% beneficially-owned by a citizen or citizens and/or bona fide resident or residents of an eligible country, or by a body corporate or bodies corporate meeting these requirements; or

(b) owned or controlled by the Government of an eligible country provided that it is legally and financially autonomous and operated under the commercial law of an eligible country and otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of the CDB Guidelines for Procurement (2006).

Eligible countries are are member countries of CDB and IDB.

Eligible bidders will be required to submit full qualification information with their bids establishing their eligibility to bid and qualification to perform the contract if the bid is accepted. Tender and qualification information are to be submitted in the English Language on the prescribed forms inserted in the Bid Documents. Submissions that do not provide the information required or that do not demonstrate the prospective contractor’s ability to perform satisfactorily, will not qualify and will not be considered for further evaluation.

Bid documents will be available for inspection at the first address below, from Monday, July 24, 2017, on week days between 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Requests may be made by personal application or in writing. Written applications must be clearly marked: “Request for Bid Documents for the Design, Supply and Installation of a Grid-Interactive Solar Photovoltaic System”. Applicants who request that documents be forwarded to them must submit an account number from a local courier agent that accepts freight collect charges. The documents will be promptly dispatched, but under no circumstance will GOAB or the Department of Environment, be held responsible for late delivery, loss or damage to the documents.

Hard copies of Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes, with the name and address of the bidder, and be clearly marked “Tender for Design, Supply and Installation of a Grid-Interactive Solar Photovoltaic System” and must be delivered to the second address below no later than 12 noon AST on Monday, September 18, 2017. Bids will be opened publicly immediately after the deadline for submission of bids, in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the second address below. Qualification information only must be submitted simultaneously to the third address below.

Each bid must be accompanied by a Bid Securing declaration. Late bids will be rejected.

GOAB or the Department of Environment reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the process and reject all bids, at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected prospective bidder(s) or any obligation to inform the affected prospective bidder(s) of the grounds for GOAB or the Department of Environment action. GOAB will not defray any costs incurred by any bidder in the preparation of bids.

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