Request for Bids Works (Two-envelope Bidding Process, Without Prequalification)
Employer: Azerenerji JSC
Project:
Azerbaijan Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Project (AZURE)
Contract title: Construction of HV OHL 500 kV single-circuit
OHL connecting Azerbaijan TPP with Navahi substation – 235 km
Country: Azerbaijan
Loan No.: 9799-AZ
RFB No: AZ-AZERENERJI-512323-CW-RFB-TL-1
Issued on: October 2025
1.
The Government of the Republic of
Azerbaijan has received for financing from the World Bank toward
the cost of the Azerbaijan
Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Project (AZURE) and intends to apply part of the
proceeds toward payments under the contract for Construction of HV OHL 500 kV
single-circuit OHL connecting Azerbaijan TPP with Navahi substation – 235 km.
2.
The Azerenerji JSC now invites sealed Bids from eligible
Bidders for Construction of HV OHL 500 kV single-circuit OHL connecting Azerbaijan
TPP with Navahi substation – 235 km; construction period being 790 days. Margin of
Domestic preference shall not apply. The qualification requirements are:
(i)
The Bidder 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 USD 12 million for the subject
contract(s) net of the Bidder’s other commitments
(ii)
Minimum average
annual construction turnover of USD 50 million, calculated as total certified
payments received for contracts in progress and/or completed within the last 3 years
(iii)
A minimum of 2
similar contracts, each with a minimum value of USD 50 million, or 1 similar
contract with a minimum value of USD 75 million; that have been satisfactorily
and substantially completed as a prime contractor, joint venture member,
management contractor, or subcontractor between 1 January 2020 and the bid
submission deadline.
3.
Bidding
will be conducted through international competitive
procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as
specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects
Financing” Seventh
Edition September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to
all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4.
Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the
evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings
shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 50 %. and for the Bid cost: 50 %.
5.
Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further
information from
Mr. Vugar Guliyev,
Deputy PIU
Director/ Procurement Manager
“Azerenerji” JSC
Address:
10 Abdulkarim Alizade str., Azerenerji Head office, Third Floor
Country: Baku, Azerbaijan
Postal Code: AZ1005
E-mail: vuqar.quliyev@azerenerji.gov.az
and inspect the Bidding document
during office hours. 09.00 to 17.00 hours at
the address given below.
6.
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 USD 500 (or equivalent in the local currency AZN). The method of payment will be through bank
transfer (Bank’s requisites can be requested by the below mentioned e-mail).
The document will be sent by e-mail (soft copy) or received at “Azerenerji”
head office (hard copy).
8.
All Bids must be accompanied by a (i)Bid Security
of USD 380, 000. (ii) Sexual Exploitation and
Abuse (SEA) and/or Sexual Harassment (SH) Declaration; and (iii) Local Labour
Method Statement.
9.
Attention is
drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose
information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the
Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as
included in the bidding document.
10.
The address referred to above is:
“Azerenerji” JSC
AZ1005, 10 Abdulkarim Alizade
str., Baku, Azerbaijan
Tel: +99412 598 41 84
Deputy PIU Director: Vugar Guliyev
Email: vuqar.quliyev@azerenerji.gov.az