OPEN BIDDING
REQUEST FOR BIDS
Reference Number: SADC/3/5/1/68
Procurement entity: Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat
Location: SADC Secretariat, Western Commercial Road (near Lobatse and Siboni Roads), CBD Plot 54385, Private Bag 0095, Gaborone, BOTSWANA.
- This Invitation to Bid follows the General Procurement Notice that appeared on SADC Secretariat website May 2022.
- The SADC Secretariat herewith invites companies to submit proposals for the following contract: “CONSTRUCTION OF A MUSEUM IN HONOUR OF SADC FOUNDERS AT THE SADC HEADQUARTERS IN GABORONE, BOTSWANA.” More details on the scope of the contract(s) are provided in the Bidding Documents which can be downloaded, free of charge, from the following website: www.sadc.int
The procurement method used for this contract is Open Bidding, as defined in the SADC Secretariat Guidelines for Procurement and Grants, edition August 2021 available at the following website: www.sadc.int
- The Request for Bids is open to companies who satisfy the eligibility and qualification requirements stated in the Bidding Documents.
- The date and time of submission of the Bids at the address indicated in the Bidding Document is 17th January 2023, at or before midnight, local Botswana time. Proposals received after this time and date, or submitted otherwise than indicated in the Bidding Documents shall not be considered and shall be returned unopened.
- A compulsory pre-tender clarification site meeting with representatives of the Procuring Entity will take place at the SADC Head Quarters in Gaborone, Botswana on 13th December 2022. Bidders are supposed to assemble at SADC Head Office at 09:00 hours, ready commence the site meeting at 09:30 Hours. Bidders, who arrive at the site after 11:00 Hours, shall not be admissible. All costs in connection with the attendance of the pretender site meeting shall be borne by the bidders
- All notifications concerning this procurement process, including: modification of the Bidding Documents, results of the evaluation or cancellation notices, will be published on the following website www.sadc.int and will also be communicated directly to the bidders.
- Companies may seek clarification or/and additional information concerning this contract, only in writing and by latest 16th December 2022 by 16:30 hours local Botswana time, from the following contact points.
Attention: Mr. Thomas Chabwera
Address: SADC Secretariat
Plot No. 54385, New CBD
Private Bag 0095
City: Gaborone
Country: Botswana
Telephone: +267 395 1863
E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]
Copy to, [email protected] and [email protected]
Responses to requests for clarifications will be posted on the SADC website by 6th January 2023, by midnight, Botswana Time.
- Description of the assignment: “CONSTRUCTION OF A MUSEUM IN HONOUR OF SADC FOUNDERS AT THE SADC HEADQUARTERS IN GABORONE, BOTSWANA”.
Sincerely;
Thomas Chabwera
Ag. Senior Officer – Procurement