INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (ICB)
SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN)
THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI
Smallholder Irrigation and Value AdditionProject (SIVAP)
Supply and delivery of Agro-processing Equipment, Installation, Training of farmers and
Commissioning of machines in the Agro-processing centres.
Grant No.: 5570155000151
Project No: P-MW-AA0-026
Procurement Ref. ICB No: 019/019/SIVAP/AGRO-EQUIP/2016/001
Category: Goods
1. This specific procurement notice (SPN) follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) published
on AfDB website(www.afdb.org) on14/01/2014 and United Nations Development Business (UNDB)
Issue number AfDB 365-07/13 of 1/7/2013.
2. The Government of Malawi through Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
(MoAIWD) received a Grant from the Global Agriculture Food Security Programme (GAFSP) to
finance the implementation of the Smallholder Irrigation and Value addition Project (SIVAP). The
grant is being managed by the African Development Bank as supervising Entity for GAFSP. The
goal of the project is to contribute to food security, increase income levels and poverty reduction in
the country. The specific objective is to increasing agricultural production and productivity through
intensification of irrigation, crop diversification, and value addition and capacity building.
3. The MoAIWD through Smallholder Irrigation and Value Addition Project (SIVAP) now invites sealed
Bids from eligible bidders for Supply, Delivery, Installation,
Training of farmers and Commissioning of machines in the following sites:
Lot
No.
A
Item
specification
Equipments for
threshing rice,
pigeon peas,
soy beans and
beans
Quantity
B
Equipments for
shelling ground
nuts
2
7
General
specs
-Multi crop
threshers
-Capacity
350 kg per
hour
-Diesel
powered
-Mobile
-Capacity
350 kg per
hour
-Diesel
powered
Delivery
period
8-12
weeks
Site of delivery
8-12
Weeks
Salima - Lifidzi
Machinga-Nsanama
Karonga -Mphinga
Nkhotakota - Mphonde
Salima - Lifidzi
Machinga-Nsanama/
Thyolo -Manthimba
Chikwawa-Thabwa
Nsanje - Masenjere
C
Equipment
required for high
quality Cassava
flour
4
D
Equipment for
processing of
polished rice
6
E
Equipment for
pressing oil from
ground nuts and
soy beans
2
F
Equipment for
feed meal
2
G
Equipments for
dhal production
4
4.
-Capacity
250 kg per
hour
-Electric
powered
-Capacity
1000 kg per
hour
-Electric
powered
8-12
Weeks
Karonga -Mphinga
Nkhotakota - Mphonde
Salima - Lifidzi
Machinga-Nsanama/
8-12
Weeks
Capacity350
kg per hour
-Electric
powered
-capacity
500 kg per
hour
- Electrical
powered
-Capacity
350 kg per
hour
-Electrical
powered
8-12
Weeks
Karonga -Mphinga
Nkhotakota - Mphonde
Salima - Lifidzi
Machinga-Nsanama/
Chikwawa-Thabwa
Nsanje - Masenjere
Salima - Lifidzi
Machinga-Nsanama/
8-12
Weeks
Salima –Lifidzi
Machinga -Nsanama
8-12
Weeks
Machinga-Nsanama/
Chikwawa-Thabwa
Nsanje - Masenjere
Thyolo - Manthimba
A pre-tender Site Visit is required as per the Standard Bidding Documents as planned
below:
Name of Site
Date
Meeting point
Time
Mphinga - Karonga
25/07/2016
Uliwa PTC
9:00 Hrs
Mphonde - Nkhotakota
26/07/2016
DADO offices
10:30 Hrs
Lifidzi - Salima
26/07/2016
Petroda Filling Station
14:30 Hrs
Nsanama - Machinga
27/07/2016
Nsanama EPA
13:30 Hrs
Thabwa - Chikwawa
28/07/2016
Thabwa
15:00 Hrs
Manthimba - Thyolo
28/07/2016
Thabwa
13:30 Hrs
Masenjere – Nsanje
28/07/2016
Thabwa
9:30 Hrs
5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding document at
the Office of the Deputy Director of Procurement, Room 76 at address on No,8 below, email:
[email protected] from 8;00 am to 12:00 noon and from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm in the afternoon.(
Monday to Friday.(except on public holiday).Phone 265(0)1789033.
6. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested bidders upon payment of a
non-refundable fee of MK 10,000.00 (Ten ThousandMalawi kwacha) or USD 50 or equivalent. The
method of payment will be cash or Bank certified cheque.
7. The provisions in the instructions to the bidders and in the General Conditions are those of the
Banks Standard Bidding Documents for the procurement of goods.
8. Bids must be delivered to the below office address on or before 14: 00 hours local time on 31
August 2016 and must be accompanied by Bid Security of Twenty Thousand USD (20,000.00
USD). Late bids will be rejected.
The IPC Chairperson,
Ministry Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development,
Smallholder Irrigation Value Addition Project (SIVAP),
P. O.Box 30134, Capital Hill.
First Floor, Room 76.
Lilongwe, Malawi.
9. Bids must remain valid for 120 days after the dead line on bid submission date.
10. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidder’s representatives who may choose to attend at 14:00
hours on the date of closing 31 August 2016 at Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water
Development- main Conference Room, Floor No.1
McCallum MM Sibande
The Chairman,
Internal Procurement Committee (IPC)
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development