REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Country: Republic of South Africa
Sector: Energy
Employer: Eskom Holdings SOC Limited
Loan No.: IBRD 7820 and CTF TF010690
EOI No: PSCED0335
Issued on: 02 August 2020
Name of Project
Eskom Investment Support Project (EISP) and Eskom Renewables Support Project
Consultancy Services for:
Provision of technical assurance on detailed engineering designs and specifications, develop tender documentation, project management support, construction supervision and legal services for the distributed grid connected Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for phase 1 (800Mwh)
Duration: 24 months
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd has received financing for an the amount of US$ 406M from the World Bank, New Development Bank, and African Development Bank towards the cost of the ESKOM Investment Support Project (EISP) and ESKOM Renewables Support Project (ERSP) and intends using part of the funding to finance consultancy services for the provision of technical assurance on detailed engineering designs and specifications, develop tender documentation, project management support, construction supervision and legal services for the distributed grid connected Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for Phase 1 (800MWh)
1. Background
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd in the Republic of South Africa intends to engage an experienced consultant to carry out the Consultancy Services for the provision of technical assurance on detailed engineering designs and specifications, develop tender documentation, project management support, construction supervision and legal services for the distributed grid connected Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for Phase 1 (800MWh)
Phase 1 of the BESS (800MWh) is divided it into three main packages for the seven (7) sites. The consultant will be responsible to provide engineering and project management support and legal services to the client on the following packages.
A. Package 1 – Skaapvlei (Western Cape Vredendal) Substation.
Design Supply and Installation (DS&I) and commissioning of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for a minimum of 80MW/320 MWh usable capacity at Skaapvlei Substation, including 5 years of operations & maintenance (O&M).
B. Package 2 – Melkhout (Eastern Cape) and Pongola and Elandskop (KwaZulu Natal) Substations.
Design Supply and Installation (DS&I) and commissioning of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for a minimum of 35MW/140MWh at Melkhout, 40MW/160MWh at Pongola and 8MW/32MWh at Elandskop including 5 years of operations & maintenance (O&M).
C. Package 3 – Paleisheuwel, Graafwater and Hex (Western Cape) Substations.
Design Supply and Installation (DS&I) and commissioning of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for a minimum of 10MW/40MWh at Paleisheuwel, 4.5MW/25MWh at Graafwater, and 20MW/100MWh at Hex including 5 years of operations & maintenance (O&M).
The total Scope of works includes all civil works, interlinking roads, and Battery management systems, a collection system, fibre-optic communication, BESS foundations, Firefighting, HVAC systems and commissioning of the BESS.
2. Shortlisting Criteria:
- Eligibility: The consultant must submit copies of certificates of incorporation or registration of the consulting firm, company ownership (Directors and Shareholders) of the company.
- Previous Assignments: The Consultant must have completed in the past seven (7) years at least two (2) similar assignments of detailed engineering design, specification development, tender documentation & management, project management and construction supervision of distributed grid connected Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) of approximately US$ 300 thousand value and above.
The Consultant must have proven experience of similar assignments with a proven record of scope, complexity, and value. Previous or current assignments on projects of similar scope with similar characteristics for the past seven (7) years clearly indicating the role played by the consultant should be documented as part of the submission. Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.
Consulting firms are encouraged to associate with local South African consulting firms. Associations may take the form of either a joint venture (whereby firms will be severally and jointly liable for the assignment and in which case all joint venture partners are required to demonstrate competence in the core areas of the assignment) or sub consultancy (where a firm possess competence in core areas of the assignment and sub contracts part(s) of the assignment to another firm(s).
- Availability of appropriate skills among staff related to the assignment: Consultants must demonstrate evidence of availability of appropriate skills including electrical engineers with experience in fields such as BESS, network studies, grid connection, electrical substation design, protection, control, telecommunications and automation; Mechanical engineers with experience in HVAC design and civil engineers with experience in civil structures, geometric & pavement design and storm water management design.
3. Scope of Services:
The Consultant will carry out the aforementioned services for a continuous period of 24 Months accommodating the DS&I defect liability period.
The Terms of Reference (ToR) are available at https://tenderbulletin.eskom.co.za/Tenders/Docs?TENDERID=44761
4. Submission of EOI
(i) Interested parties are required to submit the Expressions of Interest to the physical address below. The submissions can be in hard copy as one (1) original and three (3) copies and one memory stick of the Expression of Interest document. Hard copy submissions are to be in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Expression of Interest for Provision of Technical Assurance on Detailed Engineering Designs and specifications, Develop tender documentation, Project Management; Construction Supervision and Legal Services for the project for distributed grid connected battery energy storage system (BESS) for Phase 1 (800MWh)”
ESKOM HOLDING SOC LIMITED
Megawatt Park, Tender Offices
1 Maxwell Drive, Sunninghill, Sandton, 2191, South Africa
Attention: Pitso Mokheti, Procurement Manager
Telephone Number: +27 13 693 4393
2. Alternatively, the submission can also be in an electronic copy of a single PDF file to the electronic mail address below. The file is to be titled “Provision of Technical Assurance on Detailed Engineering Designs and Specifications, Develop tender documentation, Project Management; Construction Supervision and Legal Services for the project for distributed grid connected battery energy storage system (BESS) for phase 1 (800MWh)”.
The Address for submission is Electronic Mail: formaltendering@Eskom.co.za
Expression of interest documents are to be submitted to the above address on or before 10: 00AM South African Standard Time (SAST) i.e. GMT+2 hours on Tuesday, 25 August 2020. Late submissions and EOIs not in English will not be accepted.
5. Selection Criteria
Shortlisting of the Consulting firms will be carried out according to the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (Regulations), revised July 2018.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 3.14 of the Procurement Regulations. A consultancy firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method.
Interested Consulting firms may obtain further information from Pitso Mokheti via email address WB_BESS_Skaapvlei@eskom.co.za during working hours (i.e. 0900hrs to 1230hrs and 1400hrs to 1600hrs) South African local time, Mondays to Fridays inclusive, except on Public Holidays
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications, or to cancel the entire proceedings without giving any reasons whatsoever.