Ghana’s largest independent power producer, Sunon Asogli Power Ghana, and its partner, China Energy Engineering Corporation Ltd, have been prequalified to carry out the construction works of the 350MW Limbé gas power plant and associated power lines in Cameroon.
The consortium was selected following the Restricted International Invitation to Tender launched by the West African nation’s Ministry of Water and Energy.
The results were made public on May 27. There were five which put in the bid for the project.
The call for tenders was launched on May 7, 2020, and the companies had August 10, 2020, as the deadline to submit their bids to the Ministry of Water and Energy (Minee).
After nearly two years of examination, only the offer proposed by Sunon Asogli and its partner was able to meet the expectations of the special commission for partnership contracts set up by the Ministry.
The evaluation was made based on the technical and financial qualifications of each offer.
According to a local report, out of 100 points, Sunon Asogli and CECL were able to pull off 81.7 per cent.
“The Minister invites the Managing Director of the group of companies Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Limited/China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited to get in touch with his Cabinet for the start of the pre-qualification dialogue. A consultation to angle on the technical means, as well as the legal and financial arrangement for the realisation of the studies, the construction and the exploitation. ”
However, in the event of non-agreement between the two parties, the invitation to tender may be cancelled and a new recruitment process would be initiated. In addition, said press release invites those companies that have not been selected to collect “within two weeks, their offers from the office of the Minister for Water and Energy, upon publication of this press release. After this period, offers not withdrawn will be destroyed.
The companies which were eliminated for “non-compliant’’ are the Folder Energy partners limited / China Machinery Engineering Corporation Limited group based in Douala in Cameroon, ACWA Power based in the United Arab Emirates, AKSA ENERJI Uretim AS based in Turkey and Power Construction Corporation of China Limited based in China.
Commenting on the development, Director of Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited, Togbe Afede XIV, who expressed gladness, said: “This is an exciting milestone in the pursuance of our Pan-African development agenda, and our desire to be part of the solution to electric power supply problems on the continent.”
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
