Government of Samoa
                      BIDDING 
                      DOCUMENTS
                          I s s u e d   o n
                    24th February 2022
                               For the
                 PROCUREMENT OF 
             Major Service Spare Parts for Four (4)
        MET53MA Mitsubishi Exhaust Gas Turbocharger
                   a t   E P C   F i a g a   P o w e r   S t a ti o n
                        GOODS IFB No:
                      SAMEPC 05/2022
                  by Open Competitive Bidding
               Procuring      ELECTRIC POWER
                  Entity:       CORPORATION
                              2022
         SAMEPC 05/2022; Procurement of Major Service Spare Parts for Four (4) MET53MA Mitsubishi
                          Exhaust Gas Turbochargers
                   Standard Bidding Document
                      Table of Contents
        PART 1 – Bidding Procedures................................................................................................1
        Section I.  Instructions to bidders..............................................................................................1
        Section II - Bid Data Sheet (BDS)...........................................................................................27
        Section III.  Evaluation and Qualification Criteria..................................................................33
        Section IV.  Bidding Forms......................................................................................................36
        PART 2 – Supply Requirements...........................................................................................55
        Section V Schedule of Requirements.......................................................................................55
        PART 3 - Contract.................................................................................................................76
        Section VI General Conditions of Contract.............................................................................76
        Section VII Special Conditions of Contract.............................................................................95
        Section VIII Contract Forms..................................................................................................100
        SAMEPC 05/2022; Procurement of Major Service Spare Parts for Four (4) MET53MA Mitsubishi
                      Exhaust Gas Turbochargers
                Section I Instruction to Bidders
                                          PART 1 – Bidding Procedures
                                         Section I.  Instructions to Bidders
                                                  Table of Clauses
                General......................................................................................................................................1
                1.     Scope of Bid...................................................................................................................1
                2.     Source of Funds.............................................................................................................1
                3.     Fraud and Corruption.....................................................................................................1
                4.     Eligible bidders..............................................................................................................3
                5.     Eligible Goods and Related Services.............................................................................6
                Contents of Bidding Documents.............................................................................................6
                6.     Sections of bidding documents......................................................................................6
                7.     Clarification of bidding documents...............................................................................7
                8.     Amendment of bidding documents................................................................................7
                Preparation of Bids..................................................................................................................8
                9.     Cost of Bidding..............................................................................................................8
                10.    Language of Bid.............................................................................................................8
                11.    Documents Comprising the Bid.....................................................................................8
                12.    Bid Submission Form and Price Schedules...................................................................9
                13.    Alternative Bids.............................................................................................................9
                14.    Bid Prices and Discounts...............................................................................................9
                15.    Currencies of Bid.........................................................................................................11
                16.    Documents Establishing the Eligibility of the bidder..................................................11
                17.    Documents Establishing the Conformity of the Goods and Related Services.............11
                18.    Documents Establishing the Qualifications of the bidder............................................12
                19.    Period of Validity of Bids............................................................................................13
                20.    Bid Security.................................................................................................................13
                21.    Format and Signing of Bid...........................................................................................14
                Submission and Opening of Bids..........................................................................................15
                22.    Submission, Sealing and Marking of Bids...................................................................15
                23.    Deadline for Submission of Bids.................................................................................16
                24.    Late Bids......................................................................................................................16
                25.    Withdrawal, Substitution, and Modification of Bids...................................................16
                26.    Bid Opening.................................................................................................................16
                Evaluation and Comparison of Bids....................................................................................18
                27.    Confidentiality.............................................................................................................18
                28.    Clarification of Bids.....................................................................................................18
                29.    Responsiveness of Bids................................................................................................18
                 SAMEPC 05/2022; Procurement of Major Service Spare Parts for Four (4) MET53MA Mitsubishi
                                                Exhaust Gas Turbochargers
                Section I Instruction to Bidders
                30.    Non-conformities, Errors, and Omissions...................................................................19
                31.    Preliminary Examination of Bids.................................................................................20
                32.    Examination of Terms and Conditions; Technical Evaluation.....................................20
                33.    Conversion to Single Currency....................................................................................20
                34.    Domestic Preference....................................................................................................20
                35.    Evaluation of Bids........................................................................................................21
                36.    Comparison of Bids.....................................................................................................22
                37.    Abnormally Low Bids..................................................................................................22
                38.    Post-qualification of the bidder....................................................................................22
                39.    Procuring entity’s Right to Accept Any Bid, and to Reject Any or All Bids...............23
                Award of Contract.................................................................................................................23
                40.    Award Criteria..............................................................................................................23
                41.    Procuring entity’s Right to Vary Quantities at Time of Award....................................23
                42.    Notification of Award and standstill period.................................................................23
                43.    Signing of Contract......................................................................................................24
                44.    Performance Security...................................................................................................25
                45.    Right to complain.........................................................................................................25
                 SAMEPC 05/2022; Procurement of Major Service Spare Parts for Four (4) MET53MA Mitsubishi
                                                Exhaust Gas Turbochargers