Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13e41-12f0-7210-9239-f5ee1aafa8ee/design-supply-and-installation-of-11kv-auto-reclosers-plant Open for bids SZ open procedure # Design, Supply and Installation of 11kV Auto Reclosers (Plant) [Eswatini Electricity Company](https://tendernation.io/buyers/eswatini-electricity-company) Estimated value Not stated Published 19 Aug 2026 Deadline 3 days left 23 Oct 2026 ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender Request for Bids ### Plant Design, Supply, and Installation Two-envelope with Rated Criteria RFB No: SZ-ECC-561950-CW-RFB ### March 2025 ### Request for Bids Eswatini Electricity Company ### Procurement of Design, Supply and Installation of 11kV Auto reclosers (Plant) ### For the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Eswatini ### Project ID No: P508960 ### Employer: Eswatini Electricity Company Project: Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation - Eswatini Contract title: Design, Supply and Installation of 11kV Auto reclosers (Plant) ### Country: Kingdom of Eswatini Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: 7700-SZ RFB No: SZ-ECC-561950-CW-RFB ### Issued on: 19 August 2026 Standard Procurement Document ### Table of Contents ### PART 1 – Bidding Procedures. 3 Section I - Instructions to Bidders. 5 ### Section II - Bid Data Sheet 39 Section III - Evaluation and Qualification Criteria (After prequalification) 49 Section III - Evaluation and Qualification Criteria (Without prequalification) 59 ### Section IV - Bidding Forms. 77 ### Section V - Eligible Countries. 151 Section VI - Fraud and Corruption. 153 ### PART 2 - Employer’s Requirements. 157 ### Section VII - Employer’s Requirements. 159 PART 3 – Conditions of Contract and Contract Forms. 189 ### Section VIII - General Conditions of Contract 191 Section IX - Particular Conditions of Contract 291 Section X - Contract Forms. 297 ### PART 1 – Bidding Procedures Section I - Instructions to Bidders ### Contents - General 8 - Scope of Bid. 8 - Source of Funds. 9 - Fraud and Corruption. 9 - Eligible Bidders. 9 - Eligible Plant and Installation Services. 12 - Contents of Bidding Document 12 - Sections of Bidding Document 12 - Clarification of Bidding Document, Site Visit, Pre-Bid Meeting. 13 - Amendment of Bidding Document 15 - Preparation of Bids. 15 - Cost of Bidding. 15 - Language of Bid. 15 - Documents Comprising the Bid. 15 - Letters of Bid and Price Schedules. 17 - Alternative Bids. 17 - Documents Establishing the Eligibility of the Plant and Installation Services. 17 - Documents Establishing the Eligibility and Qualifications of the Bidder 17 - Documents Establishing the Conformity of the Plant and Installation Services. 18 - Bid Prices and Discounts. 18 - Currencies of Bid and Payment 21 - Period of Validity of Bids. 21 - Bid Security. 22 - Format and Signing of Bid. 24 - Submission of Bids. 24 - Submission, Sealing and Marking of Bids. 24 - Deadline for Submission of Bids. 25 - Late Bids. 25 - Withdrawal, Substitution, and Modification of Bids. 25 - Public Opening of Technical Parts of Bids. 26 - Public Opening of Technical Parts of Bids. 26 - Evaluation of Bids- General Provisions. 27 - Confidentiality. 27 - Clarification of Bids. 28 - Deviations, Reservations, and Omissions. 28 - Evaluation of Technical Part of Bids. 29 - Determination of Responsiveness of Technical Part 29 - Eligibility and Qualifications of the Bidder 29 - Detailed Evaluation of Technical Part 30 - Notification of Evaluation of Technical Parts and Public Opening of Financial Parts. 30 - Notification of Evaluation of Technical Parts and Public Opening of Financial Parts. 30 - Evaluation of Financial Part of Bids. 32 - Adjustments for Non-material Noconformities. 32 - Correction of Arithmetic Errors. 32 - Evaluation Process, Financial Part 32 - Abnormally Low Bids. 33 - Unbalanced or Front Loaded Bids. 33 - Evaluation of Combined Technical and Financial Parts, Most Advantageous Bid and Notification of Intention to Award. 34 - Evaluation of combined Technical and Financial Parts, Most Advantageous Bid. 34 - Employer’s right to Accept Any Bid and to Reject Any or All Bids. 34 - Standstill Period. 35 - Notification of Intention to Award. 35 - Award of Contract 35 - Award Criteria. 35 - Notification of Award. 35 - Debriefing by the Employer 36 - Signing of Contract 37 - Performance Security. 37 - Procurement Related Complaint 38 Section I - Instructions to Bidders ### General ### Scope of Bid In connection with the Specific Procurement Notice - Request for Bids (RFB), specified in the Bid Data Sheet (BDS), the Employer, as specified in the BDS, issues this bidding document for the Design, Supply and Installation of Plant as specified in Section VII, Employer’s Requirements. The name, identification, and number of lots (contracts) of this RFB are specified in the BDS. Throughout this bidding document: the term “in writing” means communicated in written form (e.g., by mail, e-mail, fax, including if specified in the BDS, distributed or received through the electronic-procurement system used by the Employer) with proof of receipt; if the context so requires, “singular” means “plural” and vice versa; “Day” means calendar day, unless otherwise specified as “Business Day.” A Business Day is any day that is an official working day of the Borrower. It excludes the Borrower’s official public holidays; “ES” means environmental and social (including Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), and Sexual Harassment (SH)); “Sexual Exploitation and Abuse” “(SEA)” means the following: Sexual Exploitation is defined as any actual or attempted abuse of position of vulnerability, differential power or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. Sexual Abuse is defined as the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. “Sexual Harassment” “(SH)” is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature by the Contractor’s Personnel with other Contractor’s or Employer’s Personnel. “Contractor’s Personnel” is as defined in GCC Sub-Clause 1; and “Employer’s Personnel” is as defined in GCC Sub-Clause 1. A non-exhaustive list of (i) behaviors which constitute SEA and (ii) behaviors which constitute SH is attached to the Code of Conduct form in Section IV. ### Source of Funds The Borrower or Recipient (hereinafter called “Borrower”) indicated in the BDS has applied for or received financing (hereinafter called “funds”) from the World Bank (hereinafter called “the Bank”) in an amount specified in BDS, toward the project named in BDS. The Borrower intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract(s) for which this bidding document is issued. Payment by the Bank will be made only at the request of the Borrower and upon approval by the Bank in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan (or other financing) Agreement. The Loan (or other financing) Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the loan account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, equipment, plant, or materials, if such payment or import 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 the Borrower shall derive any rights from the Loan (or other financing) Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Loan (or other financing). ### Fraud and Corruption The Bank requires compliance with the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines and its prevailing sanctions policies and procedures as set forth in the WBG’s Sanctions Framework, as set forth in Section VI. In further pursuance of this policy, bidders shall permit and shall cause their agents (where declared or not), subcontractors, subconsultants, service providers, suppliers, and personnel, to permit the Bank to inspect all accounts, records and other documents relating to any initial selection process, prequalification process, bid submission, proposal submission and contract performance (in the case of award), and to have them audited by auditors appointed by the Bank. ### Eligible Bidders A Bidder may be a firm that is a private entity, a state-owned enterprise or institution subject to ITB 4.6, or any combination of such entities in the form of a joint venture (JV) under an existing agreement or with the intent to enter into such an agreement supported by a letter of intent. In the case of a joint venture, all members shall be jointly and severally liable for the execution of the entire Contract in accordance with the Contract terms. The JV shall nominate a Representative who shall have the authority to conduct all business for and on behalf of any and all the members of the JV during the Bidding process and, in the event the JV is awarded the Contract, during contract execution. Unless specified in the BDS, there is no limit on the number of members in a JV. A Bidder shall not have a conflict of interest. Any Bidder found to have a conflict of interest shall be disqualified. A Bidder may be considered to have a conflict of interest for the purpose of this Bidding process, if the Bidder: directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with another Bidder; or receives or has received any direct or indirect subsidy from another Bidder; or has the same legal representative as another Bidder; or has a relationship with another Bidder, directly or through common third parties, that puts it in a position to influence the Bid of another Bidder, or influence the decisions of the Employer regarding this Bidding process; or or any of its affiliates participated as a consultant in the preparation of the design or technical specifications of the Plant and Installation Services that are the subject of the Bid; or or any of its affiliates has been hired (or is proposed to be hired) by the Employer or Borrower as Project Manager for the Contract implementation; or would be providing goods, works, or non-consulting services resulting from or directly related to consulting services for the preparation or implementation of the project specified in the BDS ITB 2.1 that it provided or were provided by any affiliate that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that firm; or has a close business or family relationship with a professional staff of the Borrower (or of the project implementing agency, or of a recipient of a part of the loan) who: (i) are directly or indirectly involved in the preparation of the bidding document or specifications of the Contract, and/or the Bid evaluation process of such Contract; or (ii) would be involved in the implementation or supervision of such contract unless the conflict stemming from such relationship has been resolved in a manner acceptable to the Bank throughout the Bidding process and execution of the Contract.A firm that is a Bidder (either individually or as a JV member) shall not participate as a Bidder or as JV member in more than one Bid except for permitted alternative Bids. Such participation shall result in the disqualification of all Bids in which the firm is involved. However, this does not limit the participation of a Bidder as subcontractor in another Bid or of a firm as a subcontractor in more than one Bid. A Bidder may have the nationality of any country, subject to the restrictions pursuant to ITB 4.8. A Bidder shall be deemed to have the nationality of a country if the Bidder is constituted, incorporated or registered in and operates in conformity with the provisions of the laws of that country, as evidenced by its articles of incorporation (or equivalent documents of constitution or association) and its registration documents, as the case may be. This criterion also shall apply to the determination of the nationality of proposed subcontractors or subconsultants for any part of the Contract including related Services. A Bidder that has been sanctioned by the Bank, pursuant to the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines, in accordance with its prevailing sanctions policies and procedures as set forth in the WBG’s Sanctions Framework as described in Section VI paragraph 2.2 d., shall be ineligible to be prequalified for, initially selected for, bid for, propose for, or be awarded a Bank-financed contract or benefit from a Bank-financed contract, financially or otherwise, during such period of time as the Bank shall have determined. The list of debarred firms and individuals is available at the electronic address specified in the BDS. Bidders that are state-owned enterprises or institutions in the Employer’s Country may be eligible to compete and be awarded a Contract(s) only if they can establish, in a manner acceptable to the Bank, that they (i) are legally and financially autonomous (ii) operate under commercial law, and (iii) are not under supervision of the Employer. A Bidder shall not be under suspension from Bidding by the Employer as the result of the operation of a Bid-Securing Declaration or Proposal-Securing Declaration. Firms and individuals may be ineligible if so indicated in Section V and (a)as a matter of law or official regulations, the Borrower’s country prohibits commercial relations with that country, provided that the Bank is satisfied that such exclusion does not preclude effective competition for the supply of goods or the contracting of works or services required; or (b)by an act of compliance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Borrower’s country prohibits any import of goods or contracting of works or services from that country, or any payments to any country, person, or entity in that country. Where the procurement is implemented across jurisdictional boundaries (and more than one country is a Borrower, and is involved in the procurement), then exclusion of a firm or individual on the basis of ITB 4.8 (a) above by any country may be applied to that procurement across other countries involved, if the Bank and the Borrowers involved in the procurement agree. A Bidder shall provide such documentary evidence of eligibility satisfactory to the Employer, as the Employer shall reasonably request. A firm that is under a sanction of debarment by the Borrower from being awarded a contract is eligible to participate in this procurement, unless the Bank, at the Borrower’s request, is satisfied that the debarment; (a) relates to fraud or corruption, and (b) followed a judicial or administrative proceeding that afforded the firm adequate due process. This bidding is open only to prequalified Bidders unless specified in the BDS. ### Eligible Plant and Installation Services The Plant and Installation Services to be supplied under the Contract and financed by the Bank may have their origin in any country in accordance with Section V, Eligible Countries. For purposes of ITB 5.1 above, “origin” means the place where the Plant, or component parts thereof are mined, grown, produced or manufactured, and from which the services are provided. Plant components are produced when, through manufacturing, processing, or substantial or major assembling of components, a commercially recognized product results that is substantially different in its basic characteristics or in purpose or utility from its components. Contents of Bidding Document ### Sections of Bidding Document The bidding document consists of Parts 1, 2, and 3, which include all the sections indicated below, and should be read in conjunction with any Addenda issued in accordance with ITB 8. ### PART 1. Bidding Procedures Section I - Instructions to Bidders (ITB) ### Section II - Bid Data Sheet (BDS) Section III - Evaluation and Qualification Criteria ### Section IV - Bidding Forms ### Section V - Eligible Countries Section VI - Fraud and Corruption ### PART 2. Employer’s Requirements ### Section VII -Employer’s Requirements ### PART 3. Conditions of Contract and Contract Forms Section VIII - General Conditions of Contract (GCC) ### Section IX -Particular Conditions of Contract (PCC) Section X -Contract FormsThe Specific Procurement Notice-Request for Bids (RFB) issued by the Employer, or the Notice of Request for Bids (RFB) issued by the Employer to the prequalified Bidders are not part of the bidding document. Unless obtained directly from the Employer, the Employer is not responsible for the completeness of the document, responses to requests for clarification, the Minutes of the pre-Bid meeting (if any), or Addenda to the bidding document in accordance with ITB 8. In case of any contradiction, documents obtained directly from the Employer shall prevail. The Bidder is expected to examine all instructions, forms, terms, and specifications in the bidding document and to furnish with its Bid all information or documentation as is required by the bidding document. Clarification of Bidding Document, Site Visit, Pre-Bid Meeting A Bidder requiring any clarification of the bidding document shall contact the Employer in writing at the Employer’s address indicated in the BDS or raise his enquiries during the pre-Bid meeting if provided for in accordance with ITB 7.4. The Employer will respond in writing to any request for clarification, provided that such request is received prior to the deadline for submission of Bids within a period specified in the BDS. The Employer shall forward copies of its response to all Bidders who have acquired the bidding document in accordance with ITB 6.3, including a description of the inquiry but without identifying its source. If so specified in the BDS, the Employer shall also promptly publish its response at the web page identified in the BDS. Should the clarification result in changes to the essential elements of the bidding document, the Employer shall amend the bidding document following the procedure under ITB 8 and ITB 23.2. The Bidder is advised to visit and examine the site where the Plant is to be installed and its surroundings and obtain for itself on its own responsibility all information that may be necessary for preparing the Bid and entering into a Contract for the provision of Plant and Installation Services. The costs of visiting the site shall be at the Bidder’s own expense. The Bidder and any of its personnel or agents will be granted permission by the Employer to enter upon its premises and lands for the purpose of such visit, but only upon the express condition that the Bidder, its personnel, and agents will release and indemnify the Employer and its personnel and agents from and against all liability in respect thereof, and will be responsible for death or personal injury, loss of or damage to property, and any other loss, damage, costs, and expenses incurred as a result of the inspection. If so specified in the BDS, the Bidder’s designated representative is invited to attend a pre-Bid meeting and/or a site visit. The purpose of the meeting will be to clarify issues and to answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage. The Bidder is requested to submit any questions in writing, to reach the Employer not later than one week before the meeting. Minutes of the pre-Bid meeting, including the text of the questions raised without identifying the source, and the responses given, together with any responses prepared after the meeting, will be transmitted promptly to all Bidders who have acquired the bidding document in accordance with ITB 6.3. If so specified in the BDS, the Employer shall also promptly publish the Minutes of the pre-Bid meeting at the web page identified in the BDS. Any modification to the bidding document that may become necessary as a result of the pre-Bid meeting shall be made by the Employer exclusively through the issue of an Addendum pursuant to ITB 8 and not through the minutes of the pre-Bid meeting. Nonattendance at the pre-Bid meeting will not be a cause for disqualification of a Bidder. ### Amendment of Bidding Document At any time prior to the deadline for submission of Bids, the Employer may amend the bidding document by issuing addenda. Any addendum issued shall be part of the bidding document and shall be communicated in writing to all who have obtained the bidding document… Read full description ## CPV classification Construction work Source World Bank Procurement · Notice OP00463607 [View official notice](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/procurement-detail/OP00463607) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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