Supply and Delivery of Distribution Transformers, Electricity Meters and Ready Boards

Request for Bids Framework Agreement(s) Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) PROCUREMENT OF DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS, ELECTRICITY METERS AND READY BOARDS FOR Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Eswatini (ASCENT ESWATINI) Project ID No: P508960 Specific Procurement Notice (SPN) Template Request for Bids Framework Agreement(s) for Goods (Primary Procurement, Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Procuring Agency: Eswatini Electricity Company Country: Kingdom of Eswatini Name of Project: Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Transformation in Eswatini (ASCENT Eswatini) Framework Agreement Title: Supply and Delivery of Distribution Transformers, Electricity Meters and Ready Boards RFB Reference No.: SZ-ECC-575165-GO-RFB Loan No./Credit No./Grant No.: P895069 The Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Eswatini Project (ASCENT in Eswatini), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under Call-off Contracts that may be awarded under the Framework Agreements (FAs) ] for Procurement of Distribution Transformers, Electricity Meters and Ready Boards for the Construction of the Distribution Network to increase electricity access to households in the Kingdom of Eswatini concluded through this RFB Primary Procurement process. The Procuring Agency is undertaking the Primary Procurement with a view to concluding Framework Agreements . The Procuring Agency is the sole Purchaser under the Framework Agreement [ s ]. The Procuring Agency now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement of Electrical Materials and Equipment , over the Term of the Framework Agreement(s). Distribution Transformers, Minisubs and Ring Main Units, Metering Materials and Accessories . The Framework Agreements to be concluded will be Single-User. The Single-User entitled to purchase under the Framework Agreements is Eswatini Electricity Company. The Framework Agreements to be concluded will be Multi-Supplier. The selection of a FA Supplier to be awarded a Call-off Contract will be done through a Secondary Procurement process as defined in Framework Agreement. However, the conclusion of a Framework Agreement shall not impose any obligation on the Procuring Agency, including participating Purchasers, to purchase Goods under a Call-off Contract. The conclusion Framework Agreement does not guarantee that a FA Supplier