Contractor: various
Contract Amount: various

Sector: miscellaneous
Type: goods and consulting services
Project name: Ghana, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA)
Notification of award of contracts No.21 (January 2010)
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the government of Ghana (the government) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact (the Compact) for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Ghana in the amount of approximately 547 million US$ (MCC Funding). The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) on behalf of the government intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of MCC Funding to eligible payments under this contract. Payments by MiDA will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of MCC Funding, of the Compact. No party other than the government and MiDA will derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCC Funding.
The five-year Compact aims at reducing poverty through the modernisation of agriculture in three designated areas of the country, namely:

*The Northern Agricultural Area; comprising five districts: Savelugu Nanton, Tolon Kumbungu, Tamale Metro, West Mamprusi and Karaga (the Northern Zone)
*The Afram Basin Area; comprising nine districts: Ejura Sekyedumasi, Kwahu South, Kwahu East, Sekyere East, Sekyere Afram Plains, Mampong Municipal, Sekyere Central, Kwahu North, Fanteakwa (the Afram Basin Zone)
*The Southern Horticultural Belt Area; comprising sixteen districts: Gomoa East, Gomoa West, Efutu Municipal, Awutu - Senya, Akuapim South Municipal, Upper Manya Krobo, Lower Manya Krobo, Dangme West, Yilo Krobo, Kpandu, Hohoe Municipal, Ketu South, Ketu North, Keta Municipal, South Tongu and Akatsi (the Southern Zone)

*Component 3: Rural Development Project
--Activity Ref No: 3301103
Activity Name: Financial Services Activity
Proc. Type & Method: QCBS/Services
Contract No: 3301103/01 Variation Order 2
Awarded To: Messrs NCR Ghana Limited
Price: US$ 182,000.00
Date of Award: 18 January 2010
Duration: four weeks
Scope (Summary): supply of gateway backup licences for 28 clearing gateways for the completion of the cheque code clearing system consultancy.

--Activity Ref No: 3302103
Activity Name: Financial Services Activity
Proc. Type & Method: QCBS/Services
Contract No: 3302103/01 Variation Order 1
Awarded To: Messrs Inlaks Computers Limited
Price: US$ 173,925.95
Date of Award: 18 January 2010
Duration: four weeks
Scope (Summary): supply of technically recommended oracle database system to enable e-merge banking application software run efficiently.

--Activity Ref No: 3302105
Activity Name: Financial Services Activity
Proc. Type & Method: QCBS/Services
Contract No: 3302105/01
Awarded To: Messrs Sambus Company Limited
Price: US$ 67,268.50
Date of Award: 18 January 2010
Duration: four weeks
Scope (Summary): provision of additional resources to ensure smooth communications between the data centre and the hub of the wide area network.

*Component 5: Programme Administration and Audits
--Activity Ref No: 5101348
Activity Name: Program Administration
Proc. Type & Method: Goods/Shopping
Contract No: 5101348/01
Awarded To: Mericom Solutions (Gh) Ltd
Price: US$ 30,570.00
Date of Award: 13 January 2010
Duration: four weeks
Scope (summary): supply of 17 computer notebooks and extra memory chips

--Activity Ref No: 510148
Activity Name: Program Administration
Proc. Type & Method: Goods/Shopping
Contract No: 5101348/02
Awarded To: IPMC
Price: US$ 9,763.00
Date of Award: 13 January 2010
Duration: four weeks
Scope (Summary): supply of server hardware

Contracts for goods, works, and services financed under the program will be implemented according to the principles, rules and procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines dated 23 July 2007, and procurement is open to any person from an eligible source country as defined in the said guidelines, which may be downloaded from the MCC website (www.mcc.gov).

This notification of award of contracts is posted on the MiDA website (www.mida.gov.gh), the Development Gateway Market (dgMarket) website (www.dgmarket.com) and the UN Development Business website (www.devbusiness.com).

Millennium Development Authority (MiDA)
4th Floor Heritage Tower, 6th Avenue, Ridge West
PMB 56, Stadium Post Office
Accra, Ghana
Tel: (233-21) 666-619
Fax: (233-21) 666-669
Website: www.mida.gov.gh