NATIONAL WATER AND SEWERAGE CORPORATION

BID NOTICE UNDER OPEN DOMESTIC BIDDING

Invitation to Bid for Consultancy Services for Development of a Bankable Business Plan and Architectural Detailed Designs for Kachung Vocational SkillsDevelopment Facility.

Procurement Reference Number: NWSC–HQ /SRVCS/2012–13/158189

  1. National Water and Sewerage Corporation has allocated funds from their internally generated resources to be used to fund consultancy services for Development of a Bankable Business Plan and Architectural Detailed Designs for Kachung Vocational Skills Development Facility (KVSDF).NWSC is desirous of exploring the possibility of upgrading the Kachung water treatment works (KWTW) housing units into a practical vocational skills development facility, which will ably address the practical hands–on capacity building needs for continual skills development initiatives. Presently, only thirteen (13) units are utilized of which seven (7) are occupied by Lira Area staff and six (6) are rented out to primary school teachers. There is dire need to put the redundant units into use. One of the ways of putting most of the housing units into good use is by modifying them to a modern vocational skills training facility, to address professional training needs in the water sector. The scope of works includes two main components i) Preparation of a detailed and robust business plan for KVSDF ii) preparation of detailed designs for the construction of the KVSDF.
  1. National Water and Sewerage Corporation therefore invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the above consultancy services for Development of a Bankable Business Plan and Detailed Designs for Kachung Vocational Skills Development Facility
  1. Bidding will be conducted in accordance with the Open Domestic Bidding procedures contained in the Government of Uganda’s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003; and is open to all eligible bidders.
  2. A complete set of Bidding Documents in the English language may be purchased by interested bidders on submission of a written application and upon obtaining a bank advice slip from the address below at 8(a) and upon payment of a non–refundable fee of Uganda Shillings one hundred thousand (Ug.Shs 100,000) or its equivalent in a freely convertible currency to a specified local bank.
  3. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below at 8(a) from 08:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs on working days before the date of bid closing.
  4. A site visit will be conducted on June 21, 2013 starting at 10;00 Hrs local time at NWSC Lira Office.A pre–bid meeting will be held on the same day June 21, 2013 in Lira after the site visit.
  5. Bids must be delivered to the address below at 8 (a) at or before 10:00 hrs on July 19, 2013 Bids must be accompanied by a Bid security amounting to Ug.shs 4,500,000 or its equivalent in a freely convertible currency. Late bids shall be rejected forthwith. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below 8 (a) on July 19, 201311:30 hrs. The document could be delivered by hand, against the receipt of payment or delivered by courier. No liability willbe accepted for any bid loss or late delivery.

8. (a) Address documents may be inspected at:

The Manager Procurement,

National Water and Sewerage Corporation

Plot No. 43, 6th Street, Industrial Area–Kampala

P O BOX 7053, Kampala, Uganda

Telephone: +256–414–315800/802

(b) Address documents will be issued from:

As above in 8(a)

(c)Address bids must be delivered to:

As above in 8(a)

(d)Address of bid opening:

As above in 8(a)

(e)Address documents will be issued from:

As above in 8(a)

The planned procurement schedule (subject to changes) is as follows:

Activity / Date
a. publish bid date / June 04, 2013
b. pre-bid meeting / June 21, 2013
c. bid closing / July 19, 2013
d. evaluation process / July 26, 2013
e. display and communication of best
evaluated bidder notice / August 15, 2013
f. Contract award and signature / After Solicitor General’s clearance