Specific Procurement Notice
Invitation for Pre-qualification
Nigeria Lagos Cable Car Transit (LCCT) Project
Development of a cable car ropeway solution to the commuter congestion in Lagos, Nigeria comprising of three lines using Tri-cable detachable grip technology. The civil works consist of piling works, construction of tower bases (14 No), and concrete towers (3 No. 150 to 180 m high) erection of steel towers (11 No), construction of stations (10 No) and associated infrastructure for the stations.
1. Ropeways Transport Limited (RTL) has applied for a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB), hereinafter referred to as the AfDB, in various currencies towards the cost of the Lagos Cable Car Transit Project which comprises of the construction of three cable propelled transit lines in Lagos, Nigeria and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this loan to eligible payments under the contract for which this Invitation for Prequalification is issued.
2. Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH is RTL’s technology partner. Roughton international has been appointed as RTL’s project manager. RTL intends to prequalify Design and Build contractors for the following civil and construction works under this project:
- The three transit lines are from Ijora to Iddo to Adeniji Adele; Apapa to Oluwole to Adeniji Adele and from Adeniji Adele to Obalende to Falomo to Ozumba with stations at each of the locations;
- Substructure works – piling and tower bases and foundations for the stations;
- Super structure works – construction of three concrete towers (150 – 180 m high), erection of 11 no steel towers;
- Detailed design and construction of eight stations;
- Detailed design and installation of M&E works;
- And all associated infrastructure works.
3. Interested eligible applicants may obtain further information from and inspect the Prequalification Document at the RTL offices (address below) from 9.00am to 4.00pm local time during working days. A complete set of the Prequalification Document in English may be purchased by interested applicants through the submission of a written application to the address below, and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of N50, 000 or US$350. The method of payment will be Bank draft or Managers Cheque drawn in favour of Ropeways Transport Limited. If the applicant desires that the document hp sent bv post/courier service, then an additional charge of M7500 or US$50 for inland delivery and N15, 000 or US$100 for overseas delivery shall also be paid along with the fee stated above. The request for sending prequalification application by post/courier service must be received in the office of RTL with requisite fee before December 31, 2012.
4. Prequalification will be conducted through prequalification procedures specified in the Bank’s Rules and Procedures for Procurement of Goods and Works, and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries, as defined in the Rule. A minimum requirement for qualification is to have successfully carried out as a main or principal contractor the execution of at least one Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contract of a similar nature and complexity/or complexity comparable to the proposed project within the last five years; a track record of carrying out large construction projects in Nigeria; QA/QC performance (including demonstration of international certification); Health, Safety & Environment record; Financial turn over in the same name & style during any of the last five financial years ending March 31, should be at least Two Hundred Million US Dollars (USD 200 million) and the technical capacity (availability of key personnel and equipment) for the civil works.
5. Applications for Prequalification should be submitted in sealed envelopes, delivered to the address below by January 14, 2013, and be clearly marked “Application to Prequalify for Lagos Cable Car Transit Project – Civil Works – Contract Number LCCT /1 / 2013”
Ropeways Transport Limited
Attn: Captain Dapo Olumide
CEO/Managing Director
ID, Club Road, Ikoyi, Lagos,
Nigeria.
6. It is expected that Invitations for Bid (IFB) will be made in January 2013. Applicants will be advised, in due course, of the results of their applications. Only firms and joint ventures prequalified under this procedure will be invited to bid.
