Zambia Red Cross Society
TENDER NOTICE
TENDER TITLE: EQUIPPING OF BOREHOLES WITH SOLAR POWERED SYSTEM
TENDER NO. ZRCS/NLRC/CBHR 2/25
Background
Zambia Redcross Society (ZRCS) in partnership with the Netherlands Red Cross is implementing a three-year project known as Community based and resilience (CBHR 2) which resumed in 2022 and shall close in November 2025. The project in question is being implemented in Lusangazi Eastern Province. The project aims at improving maternal and child health and improved access to clean and safe water.
It is from this brief background that ZRCS is requesting Eligible Bidders to submit offers for Equipping of Boreholes with solar water pumping systems
Bidders must strictly adhere to all the requirements of this RFP. No changes, substitutions or other alterations to the rules and provisions stipulated in this RFP may be made or assumed unless it is instructed or approved in writing by the ZRCS in the form of supplemental information to the RFP. Any Bid submitted will be regarded as an offer by the bidder and does not constitute or imply the acceptance of any bid by the ZRCS. The ZRCS is under no obligation to award a contract to any Bidder because of this RFP.
Validity:
Your offer must remain valid within 60 days before which a contract placed should be accepted by you. Please include the validity period in your proposal.
Should you need any clarification, please contact our office at telephone number for Mr. Noble Phiri +260963335283 or email: [email protected] cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
Submission of Offer
All proposals CLEARLY MARKED WITH TENDER NUMBER must be dropped in the Tender box to the following address in a sealed envelope on 16th May, 2025 at 2:00PM or earlier, Zambia local time
Attention: Logistics and Procurement Department
Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS) HQ Office, Lusaka Zambia
Along Los Angels Boulevard Road, Opposite Lusaka Boys Secondary School
TENDER NO. ZRCS/NLRC/CBHR2/25
EQUIPPING OF BOREHOLES WITH SOLAR WATER PUMPING SYSTEM
The proposal must be sent in a sealed envelope, clearly mentioning Sender, Receiver and Contact Details.
- Offers sent by email/fax will be disqualified (IMPORTANT)
- All late offers will not be considered (IMPORTANT)
General Instructions
1. Cost
The bidder shall bear any all expenses related to the preparation and/or submission of the bid proposal, regardless its Bid proposal was selected or not. The ZRCS shall in no case be responsible or liable for those costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the procurement process.
2. Bid proposal submission
The complete bid proposals shall be submitted in a set of three (one original and two copies). All the required Eligibility Documents listed below shall be submitted following such order. These documents shall be the basis of the bidder’s eligibility check.
Eligibility / Legal Documents
a. Company registration certificate whichever may be appropriate under existing laws of Zambia
b. Other appropriate certificate or reference as may be required by the Procuring Entity
c. All the required documents in the technical proposal
d. Financial documents
These documents shall be the basis of the bidder’s preliminary examination of the technical and financial proposal during the bid opening.
Bidder must submit their bid in specified manner when the bid is expected to be in transit for more than 24 hours. The Bidder must ensure that sufficient lead time has been provided to comply with the ZRCS deadline for submission.
In case one or more of the required document/s is/are missing, the bidder must strictly complete the document within the period as per the instruction of the Tender Committee otherwise the bid will be disqualified.
Any unsolicited clarification submitted by a Bidder in respect to its Bid, which is not a response to a request by the ZRCS, shall not be considered during the review and evaluation of the Bid.
3. Site Visit and Pre-bid conference (Mandatory)
Following is the schedule:
- Friday 9th May at ZRCS Petauke Office at 08:00hrs and 11:30 Site meeting at Chikowa Health facility
- Saturday 10th May at Lusangazi Town Council office ( Civic Centre) at 08:30 am and 10:00 site meeting at Refugee (Lusandwe) health Facility.
Contact Person: Saul Sinyinza on 0978903536 or Bruce Zulu on 0979183179/0971219822
NB: All interested bidders should provide their own transport during site visits.
No verbal statement made during the conference shall modify the terms and conditions of the RFP unless such statement is specially written in the minutes of the meeting or issued/posted as an amendment in the form of supplemental information to the RFP.
The bidder must visit and examine the sites and its surroundings and must obtain for him/herself on his/her responsibility all information which may be necessary for preparing the bid proposal.
Follow this link for Detailed specifications and BOQs
4. Location:
Name of Health Facility / Distance
1. Chikowa / 89 Kilometers from Petauke CBD
2.Refugee / 88 kilometers from Petauke CBD
Thank you and best regards,
Logistics and Procurement team
To apply for this job email your details to noble.phiri@redcross.org.zm