ESWADE SPENDS OVER E340 000 ON SOLAR PANELS
SIPHOFANENI - Watts Up Solar (Pty) Ltd, has been enlisted as the best evaluated tenderer to be awarded an ESWADE tender.
The tender was issued by the Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (ESWADE), LTD and a total of two companies expressed their intention for the contract. Solsun (Pty) Ltd when evaluated scored 31 points, they occupied second position. This was revealed by the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA) on their website.
The intention to award the company was published on Tuesday and they are expected to begin executing it after a period of 10 working days, should they not be contested. According to the regulator, ESWADE was looking for a company to supply and install an 11KW solar PV for lesibovu Potable Water Supply Scheme. The proposed contract price by the best evaluated tenderer was E340 500.69 and when evaluated, they scored 70 points.
Worth noting, the Government has tasked ESWADE and the National Maize Corporation (NMC) to produce over 30 000 metric tons of grain maize through the commercial maize project.. This project has the mammoth task of assisting the country to attain its food and nutrition security through the production of 30 000 metric tonnes of grain maize on annual basis.
This task is to be achieved through the amalgamation of farmers under Eswatini Nation Land, commercial maize production on the government farms. For the project to be a success, government has allocated E44 million, entrusting ESWADE with the facilitation of maize production in the country through the commercial maize project and a partnership with NMC.
It means farmers and commercial maize producers have been afforded an opportunity to supply government with maize and in turn, government would assist them through loans and further avail a market for them. As the requesting entity, ESWADE was also in charge of the procuring of the tender as well as its approvals. ESWADE requested unsuccessful bidders to submit an application for review with the agency within 10 working days.
“All tenderers who submitted bids are hereby notified that a period of 10 working days is hereby allowed for submission of any application for review,” said ESWADE.
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