Invitation of sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement of Connection Materials - Conductors & Wires in three (3) Lots tender at Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Request for Bids / Goods
(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Uganda
Name of Project: Electricity Access Scale-Up Project (EASP)
Contract Title: Procurement of Connection Materials: Conductors & Wires (Lot 3a, Lot 3b and Lot 3c)
Loan No./Credit No./Grant No.: 7075-UG
RFB Reference No.: MEMD-EASP/SUPLS/2024-2025/00046/EASP
Issued on: 10th June, 2025

1. The Government of Uganda has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Electricity Access Scale-up Project (EASP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Connection Materials: Conductors & Wires (Lot 3a, Lot 3b and Lot 3c).
2. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement of Connection Materials - Conductors & Wires in three (3) Lots as follows:

3. Bidders may bid for one or more Lots. Each Lot shall be awarded separately.
4. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised February 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of UGX 200,000 (Uganda Shillings Two Hundred Thousand only). The method of payment will be by depositing to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) account in any commercial bank in Uganda. The Bidding Documents in English will be sent by email.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address (8) below on or before 11:00 am (EAT) on 16th July 2025. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below at 11:15 am (EAT) on 16th July 2025.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security valid until 17th January 2026 in the amounts as follows:

Each Lot must have a separate Bid Security and not be combined.

8. The address for inspection of bidding documents and for submission of Bids is:

The Head, Procurement and Disposal Unit
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development
Amber House, Block B, Room C109
Plot 29/33 Kampala Road
Kampala, Uganda

Eng. Irene Bateebe
PERMANENT SECRETARY

Email for inquiries and submissions:

 procurement@energy.go.ug