NEPAD PROJECT AUTHORITY
No 32 Oxford Street, P. O. Box M88
Accra Ghana.
Tel: +233 20 9494 706 Fax: +233 20 6125 951
CONTRACT PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE
Publication Reference: CAR100702 – DCI-NPC PVD / 2014/15 / 222-937
Procedure: Local/International Open Tender
Financing: DCI-NPC PVD / 2014 / 222-937 Delivering V2020
Contracting authority: African Union Government
Description of the contract: Nepad Project Authority has published their 2014/2015 annual projects which
comprises of various items as advertised through our consultant agencies. Interested suppliers, individuals
and companies should indict their interest to the specified products.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:
Eligibility and rules of origin participation: It is open to all, legal persons [participating either individually or
in a grouping (consortium) of tenderer and foreign companies] which are established in all country or territory
of the regions covered and/or authorized by the specific instruments applicable to the program under which
the contract is financed. All goods supplied under this contract must be of good quality. Participation is also
open to international organizations. Participation of natural persons is directly governed by the specific
instruments applicable to the program under which the contract is financed.
Agents: Every tenderer most have local agent as part of his/her representatives.
Registration: All interested companies that want to bid for a contract must be registered as one of our
contractor/suppliers with an amount of US$750; to cover registration cost: this payment should be made
through the consulting agent prior to the supplier submission of biding documents.
Tender: Tenderer must submit a signed declaration such as Proforma Invoice, including the Tender
Number of tenders: Tenderer may submit only one tender per lot. Tenders for parts of a lot will not be
considered. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its tender is
accepted for more than one lot.
Performance Guarantee: The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee in writing
immediately after receipt of award notice before the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided
together with the return of the counter signed contract no later than 5 days after the tenderer receives the
contract by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this
period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to another tenderer which has
submitted a cheap price.
Required Documents:
(1). Aletter of commitment to be issue by the contractor/supplier from the local agent.
(2). Contractor to issue an irrevocable undertaking letter that they would supply the goods as specified in their
proforma invoice/technical terms and in timely manner once their order is signed and paid.
(3). Submission by the contractor all corporate documents relating to their incorporation.
"...working with Efficiency and Transparency in Public Procurement"
Signing of the Contract: Contract can be signed and sent electronically i.e. by email. But shall the
commission request that the participating tenderer(s) appear in person, then they should avail themselves at
Legal Guarantor: As per contractual laws of the member states, every contract winner is mandated to
provide a legal representative (Attorney) of national origin who should be a senior advocate of the country.
Tax: Every Tenderer that wins contract may be under obligation to pay government taxes where needed.
Payment Terms: Every contract winners receive 70% as advance payment while 30% against receipt of
photocopy of shipping documents.
Meeting and Site Visit: Information on meetings and/or site visit. No information meeting is planned, but
will be duly communicated by both parties represented on any short notice.
Tender Validity: Tenders must remain valid for a period of 30 days after the deadline for submission of
Period of Implementation of Tasks: The approved items shall be delivered (and installed, where required)
within 360 days from the date of contract.
Selection and Award Criteria: The following selection criteria will be applied to tenderers. In the case of
tenders submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole:
(a) The average annual turnover of the tenderer must exceed the invoice value with 10% maximum.
(b) The financial situation of the tenderer should not be in deficit, taken into account debts, at the beginning
(c) The tenderer has worked successfully on at least one project value 10% of this contract in fields related to
this contract in the past two years. An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular
contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with
them. It must in that case prove to the Contracting Authority that it will have at its disposal the resources
necessary for performance of the contract, for example by producing an undertaking on the part of those
entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the
economic operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of nationality, as the economic
(d) The Contracting Authority must reply to all tenderer' questions at least 11 days before the deadline for
submission of tenders. Eventual clarifications or minor changes to the tender dossier shall be sent to them
through their local agent.
(e) Language of the procedure: All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be in
(f) Legal basis Commission Regulation (AU) 90/2010 of 12 Febuary 2010.
Nepad Project Authority
Address: No. 32 Oxford Street,
Tel: +233 20 9494 706
Fax: +233 20 6125 951
Email:
ghana.nepad@gmail.com
