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Invitation for Bids: Lot 1 Turbine, Generator, and Balance of Plant

Country: The Kyrgyz Republic

Project title: “Start-up of Second Generator Unit of Kambarata HPP-2”

Contract title: “Lot 1 Turbine, Generator, and Balance of Plant”

ICB No.: KHPP2-ICB-02-1

Kyrgyz Republic has received financing from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) towards the cost of the Project: Start-up of Second Generator Unit of Kambarata HPP-2. The end recipient of the loan is the Open Joint Stock Company “Electric Power Plants”. It is intended to apply part of this loan to payments under the contract “Lot 1 Turbine, Generator, and Balance of Plant”.

The Open Joint Stock Company “Electric Power Plants” (EPP), (Employer) invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for participation in the tender for the performance of the Plant Design, Supply, and Installation contract: “Lot 1 Turbine, Generator, and Balance of Plant”, that mainly includes: turbine with speed governing system, generator with excitation system, turbine and generator auxiliaries (all for the Second Generator Unit), Balance of Plant systems, as well as control and protection systems for the new generating unit, transformers, switchyards, and transmission lines. The scope shall include design, manufacturing, delivery, installation, testing, commissioning, and services, complete in each respect on a turnkey basis, as detailed and specified in the bidding documents.

Bidding will be conducted through the Single Stage Single Envelope International competitive bidding procedure, in accordance with the World Bank’s Procurement Guidelines and EFSD Procurement Policy. In addition, please refer to the definition of conflict of interest set forth in the EFSD Procurement Policy.

Bidding is open to all eligible bidders. The eligibility criteria and bidding procedures of EFSD and World Bank, specified in Procurement policy for projects funded by EFSD[1], July 10, 2013 (EFSD Procurement Policy) and World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011 (Procurement Guidelines), will govern the bidding process (EFSD Procurement Policy has priority).

Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from, and inspect the bidding documents at the address of the Employer given below:

Open Joint Stock Company Electric Power Plants

Project Implementation Unit (PIU)

Mr. Erlan Kadinov

2a, Lermontova Street, Floor 2, room 1, 720022, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

tel: +996 312 67 02 61

mobile: +996 553 61 58 10

e-mail: piu4@es.energo.kg 

A complete set of documents, in the English language, may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders, from 27 June 2024 onwards upon presentation of a written application to the above office and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of USD $300. The price includes one complete set of documents as a soft copy recorded on an electronic data storage device and does not include courier charges. The method of payment will be by transfer through a bank account. The bank account of the Employer is the following: 

All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security as required in the bidding documents.

All bids must be delivered to the Employer’s address:

OJSC “Electric Power Plants” General Affairs Division

48, Lenina Street, Floor 1, room 2, Kara-Kul town, Jalal-Abad region, 721000, Kyrgyz Republic at or before 24th September 2024,14:00 hours local time Bishkek.  

Late bids will be rejected. 

Bids will be publicly opened on 24th September 2024,14:00 hours local time Bishkek or promptly thereafter in the premises of the OJSC “Electric Power Plants” (Assembly hall) at 48, Lenina Street, Kara-Kul town, Jalal-Abad region, 721000, Kyrgyz Republic in the presence of the Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend.

The Employer will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by the Bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of their bids. 

[1] The same as the «Procurement Policy for Projects funded by the Anti-Crisis Fund of the Eurasian Economic Community».