Sustainable Energy Development and Access Project: Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and SCADA system on Kosrae

Project ID: P165183

Project Title: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS PROJECT

Borrower Bid Reference: FM-DORD-241325-GO-RFB

Submission Deadline Date/Time: Mar 25, 2022 10:00

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Country: Federated States of Micronesia

Name of Project: Sustainable Energy Development and Access Project (P165183)

Contract Title:  Procurement of KUA Battery storage and Energy Management System including Installation and Commissioning

Grant No.: IDA-D3970

RFB Reference No.: FM-DORD-241325-GO-RFB

Issued on: 4th February 2022

1. The Federated States of Micronesia, Department of Finance and Administration (DoFA) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Sustainable Energy Development and Access Project (P165183), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of KUA Battery storage and Energy Management System including Installation and Commissioning. “For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.”

2.      The Department of Resources and Development now invites sealed or encrypted/password-protected Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and SCADA system on Kosrae

3.      Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, Revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.      Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the FSM Department of Resources and Development, Charlie Butts, project manager, sedap@fsmrd.fm.

5.        The bidding document in English Language may be obtained by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below. The interested bidder will then be provided with a link to the Drop Box from where the Procurement documents can be downloaded.

6.      Bids must be delivered to the address (1) below on or before 10:00 a.m. (GMT+11) March 25, 2022 or if the Bidder prefers to submit the encrypted or password-protected bids by e-mail due to the COVID 19 situation, it must be emailed to address  (2) below on or before 10:00 a.m. (GMT+11) March 25, 2022 . Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened immediately after the deadline for submission in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at address (1) below or using conferencing facilities (3) as specified below.

7.      All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration.

8.      Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

9.      The address (es) referred to above is (are):

1. For submission of paper-based bids and physical attending of bid opening:

The Secretary, Department of Resources and Development,

Attn: Mr. Charlie Butts

Project Manager – Sustainable Energy Development and Access Project

Floor/ Room number: Division of Energy

City: Palikir, Pohnpei

ZIP Code: 96941

Federated States of Micronesia

sedap@fsmrd.fm

 2)   For submission of bids through e-mail:

Attn: Mr. Charlie Butts

sedap@fsmrd.fm

 3)   For attending bid opening using conferencing facilities:

The procedure of bid opening will be shown via “Zoom” Video Communication without screen sharing but reading out loud the information as in any normal bid opening. The Purchaser will send the “Zoom” meeting link to all bidders who received documents directly from the Purchaser.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Organization/Department Department of Resources and Development
Name Elina Akinaga
Address National Government Center, Palikir, Pohnpei, FSM
City 
Province/State Micronesia, Federated States of
Postal Code 
Country Micronesia, Federated States of
Phone +691 320-2646
Email eakinaga@fsmrd.fm