TRANSMISSION COMPANY NIGERIA (TCN)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT (PMU)

Invitation for Prequalification

COUNTRY: NIGERIA
NAME OF PROJECT: NIGERIA ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PROJECT
CONTRACT TITLE: REHABILITATION & REINFORCEMENT OF 330/132KV AND
132/33KV TRANSMISSION SUBSTATIONS (PACKAGE 3)
SECTOR: ENERGY
Credit No: 61850-NG
Project ID NO.: P146330
PREQUALIFICATION REFERENCE NO: NTP-TR3
DATE: 27th August, 2018

1. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the
cost of the Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds
toward payments under the contract for Rehabilitation & Reinforcement of 330/132kV and
132/33kV Transmission Substations (Package 3).
2. The Transmission Company of Nigeria Plc - Project Management Unit (TCN-PMU) intends
to prequalify contractors for Rehabilitation & Reinforcement of 330/132kV and 132/33kV
Transmission Substations (Package 3) in two Lots as follows:

Lot 1: Rehabilitation & Reinforcement of 330/132kV and 132/33kV Transmission Substations

in North-East., Nigeria. The contract involves the supply and installation of 4x150MVA
330/132kV Power Transformers, 2x100MVA Power Transformers, 10x60MVA Power
Transformer with all associated accessories; 9Nos, 330kV Circuit Breakers, 20Nos 132kV
Circuit Breaker and 31Nos 33kV Circuit Breakers; 51Nos, 330kV Disconnect Switches plus
Earthing Switch, 31Nos 132kV Disconnect Switches plus Earthing Switch and 60Nos 33kV
Disconnect Switches plus Earthing Switch and Rehabilitation of 7Nos Control Room. The
contract sites are: Yola, Mayo Belwa (Adamawa State), Damaturu (Yobe State), Biu,
Damboa, Maiduguri (Borno State) and Bauchi (Bauchi State), Transmission Substations.
Lot 2: Rehabilitation & Reinforcement of 330/132kV and 132/33kV Transmission Substations
in North –East & North-Central, Nigeria. The contract involves the supply and installation
of 2x300MVA 330/132kV Power Transformers, 1x150MVA Power Transformer, 3x100MVA
Power Transformers with all associated accessories; 17Nos, 330kV Circuit Breakers, 7Nos
132kV Circuit Breaker and 10Nos 33kV Circuit Breakers; 46Nos, 330kV Disconnect
Switches plus Earthing Switch, 18Nos 132kV Disconnect Switches plus Earthing Switch and
13Nos 33kV Disconnect Switches plus Earthing Switch and Rehabilitation of 3Nos Control
 Room buildings. The contract sites are: Jalingo (Taraba State), Gombe (Gombe State) and
Jos (Plateau State) Transmission Substations.
Details of the above descriptions and scope of work are contained in the Prequalification
Documents.

It is expected that the Request for Bids will be made in April 2019.

3. Prequalification will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s
Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July, 2016, and revised November 1, 2017
(“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Applicants as defined in the
Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from the Transmission
Company of Nigeria Plc, Project Management Unit (TCN-PMU) - Engr. A. A. Gwadabe
tcnpmu@tcnpmu.ng & abugwadabe@tcnpmu.ng at the address (1) below during office hours
0900 to 1700 hours. A complete set of prequalification documents comprising of Lots 1 & 2
in English language may be purchased by interested Applicants on the submission of a written
application to any of the addresses below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Fifty
thousand Naira (N50,000.00) via Remita at www.remita.net by generating Remita Retrieval
Reference (RRR) in favour of Transmission Company of Nigeria-Project Management Unit.
The Prequalification Document shall be sent by Courier upon additional payment of Twelve
Thousand Naira (NGN12,000.00) for places within Nigeria or Thirty Thousand Naira
(NGN30,000.00) for Europe and West Africa and Fifty Thousand Naira (NGN50,000.00)
for all other countries not later than three (3) weeks from the date of publication to cover
the delivery.
5. Firms that cannot meet the following key qualifications requirements are not encouraged to
participate in the Prequalification Process:
(a) Average annual turnover requirement
Minimum average annual turnover of
Lot 1 – Thirty three million US Dollars (US$33,000,000)
Lot 2 – Twenty nine million US Dollars (US$29,000,000)
calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within
the last Five (5) years
(b) Financial Resources:
The Applicant shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available liquid assets,
unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means (independent of any
contractual advance payment) sufficient to meet the construction cash flow requirements
estimated as:
Lot 1 – Five million US Dollars (US$5,500,000)
Lot 2 – Five million US Dollars (US$5,000,000)
(c) Specific Experience:
A minimum number of Two (2) similar contracts specified below that have been satisfactorily
and substantially completed as a prime contractor, joint venture member, management
contractor or subcontractor between 1st January, 2013 and Application submission deadline:
Two (2Nos) Contracts, each of minimum value:
Lot 1 – Twenty six million US Dollars (US$26,000,000)
 Lot 2 – Twenty three million US Dollars (US$23,000,000)

Minimum requirements for combined contracts shall be the aggregate requirements for each
contracts for which the Applicant has applied for as follows: Similar 2No contracts for Lot
1 and Lot 2 shall be different contracts.
6. Applications for prequalification should be submitted to address below in clearly marked
envelopes and delivered to the address below by 12:00noon on 13th November, 2018. Late
applications may be rejected.
ADDRESS
Transmission Company of Nigeria – Project Management Unit (TCN-PMU)
Conference Room 1,
Attention: Engr. A. A. Gwadabe - Project Manager PMU
No. 7, Hombori Street, Wuse 2,
Abuja 900288,
NIGERIA
Tel: +234 8080288802 or +234 8080288803
E-mail: tcnpmu@tcnpmu.ng & abugwadabe@tcnpmu.ng
Website: www.tcnpmu.ng