A SOUTH Korean company has won a tender to design, manufacture and deliver electricity transformers for NamPower.
This was announced by the Central Procurement Board of Namibia last week. According to an executive summary of the bid evaluation report, Hyosung Heavy Industry Corporation was the lowest substantially evaluated responsive bidder among 11 submissions.
“The board resolved to approve as per the recommendation of the bid evaluation committee, and award the work to Hyosung Heavy Industry Corporation,” the summary stated.
The estimated cost of designing, manufacturing, testing, delivering, installing and commissioning the transformers is N$110 million, but the South Koreans offered to do the work for N$91 million.
The summary did not show the amounts offered by the unsuccessful bidders.
The other 10 bidders were disqualified for failing to meet any of the five criteria used for awarding the tender.
ABB came closest to the South Koreans, but their bid failed on the overall transformer compliance, with the summary indicating that they had deviated from the set standards.
FOURTEEN containers of biomass (bush and logs) will be shipped to Europe for further in-depth testing and value-addition.
This was revealed in a media advert placed last week by GIZ on behalf of the ministry of agriculture, which is the implementing partner for the bush control and biomass utilisation (BCBU) project.
According to the advert, the GIZ is looking for companies in the transport and logistics sector to fill 10 standard 40-foot containers with whole freshly harvested bush, and an additional four standard 40-foot containers filled with freshly harvested logs.
The bush and logs will be transported to Germany (six containers) and Belgium (eight containers) for testing and research for new technology on local encroacher bush biomass samples.
GIZ indicated that the overall objective of BCBU is to develop strategies and measures that effectively address bush encroachment, with emphasis on creating value-addition opportunities.
BCBU works with government institutions, farmers, the private sector and communities in assisting developing capacity and sharing knowledge on bush control.
The advert indicated that all bidders should be aware that the exporting and harvesting of the stipulated biomass will be subject to both local and international laws.
The tender closes on 10 October.
NAMIBIA Red Cross Society (NRCS), in close partnership with their counterparts from Britain, Spain and Germany, will procure drought relief food for people in the Sibbinda constituency of the Zambezi region as from 1 November 2019.
The society revealed this in an invitation for bids in the media last week, where they intend to procure 12 tonnes of maize, three tonnes of cow-peas, and six tonnes of groundnuts.
The NRCS explained that the intention is to supplement the government’s efforts in reducing the impact of food shortages on drought-affected communities in the Sibbinda constituency.
Interested companies can submit bids through electronic means, as opposed to physical bids.
However, the tender is limited to those who have outlets at Katima Mulilo. It closes this week Friday.
THE National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia is in the running for tenders to construct two filling stations, one in Windhoek and another agt Oshakati.
According to the parastatal’s downstream strategy, which not only calls for the penetration of the market, but also to grow the commercial and retail fuels and lubricants market, the parastatal is inviting experienced firms to submit bids for the construction of the two fuel stations.
Only registered Namibian companies are eligible to participate in this bid, the advert indicates.The tender closes today.
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