The Reli Assets Holding Company Limited (RAHCO) has invited bids for the supply of luxury trains through competitive pre-qualification tenders for rolling stock for its envisaged Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) system.
A pre-qualification stage is a preliminary step in a bidding process under which bidders showcase ability and requisite resources and experience to complete the job at hand. According to Rahco’s public notice, interested bidders must deliver their documents to the Office of the Secretary of Tender Board at RAHCO building along Sokoine Drive in Dar es Salaam by 10:30 on January 30, this year.
The pre-qualification tenders, says RAHCO, would be conducted through competitively as set out in the Public Procurement Act No, 7 of 2011 and its Public Procurement (Amendment) Act, No 5 of 2016, Public Procurement Regulation, 2013 and its Public Procurement (Amendment) Regulations, 2016.
The bidding process aims at enabling RAHCO to get the best qualified bidder to supply 14 electric locomotives of 6500 HP and two diesel locomotives of 6500 HP (Freight Trains) and three electric locomotives of 3000 HP and two diesel locomotives of 3000 HP (Departmental trains).
Other requirements on its ‘wish list’ include five Electric Multiple Units (EMU), each with the capacity to accommodate 1,800 passengers, 15 Coaches Class I and 45 Coaches of economy class. Other items to be supplied include 600 Flat wagons, 200 Oil tankers, 50 double stack container wagons, 50 bulk wagons, 70 Condola wagons and 70 ballast hoppers (Freight Wagons).
For its tracks, Rahco further requires three rail cutting machines, four tamping machines, four ballast regulators, five truck measuring cars, one CWR installation set, five Inspection motor trolleys and heavy motor trolleys, one rail welding machine, two Torque wrench machines and three sets of construction, inspection and maintenance of overhead line (OHL).
Rahco boasts a handsome government budget set aside specifically for this job during FY 2017/18, under which part of the funds would be spent to cover costs of supply, testing, commissioning, and training of rolling stock for SGR systems to operate within Tanzania’s Central Railway Corridor.
Commenting on the new development the Director of Tanzania Information Services (MAELEZO) and Chief Government Spokesperson, Dr Hassan Abbas, said the bids had since attracted the attention of a good number of eligible candidates.
“So many have asked me about the bids … I can confidently confirm that it’s indeed true that the government through RAHCO has initiated the bidding process to purchase modern locomotives and wagons. We promise … we deliver,” he said.
Yapi MerkezInsaat VeSanayi of Turkey and Mota-Engil, Engenharie and Construcao Africa, SA (Portugal) won the first phase of the SGR project implementation.
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