Supply and Delivery of Distribution Line Hardware for Malawi Energy Project

Specific Procurement Notice Template Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: MALAWI Name of Project: ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY ACCESS TRANSFORMATION IN MALAWI PROJECT Contract Title: SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF DISTRIBUTION LINE HARDWARE Grant No.: IDA E410 RFB Reference No.: MW-ESCOM-513415-GO-RFB Date of Issue: 19th December 2025 This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared UNB Online, Notice number OP00336801 dated 31st January 2025 The Government of the Republic of Malawi has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Malawi (ASCENT) Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract Supply and Delivery of Line Hardware.

For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing. The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Ltd now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Supply and Delivery of Line Hardware to be delivered to Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu.

Items requirement are as indicated below.

Lot 1 steel and copper items Description of Goods Quantity Physical unit Delivery site D-Iron (C/W cross bolt) 25,000 Each Mzuzu 60,000 Each Lilongwe 40,000 Each Blantyre 25,000 Each Zomba M16x200 bolts 25,000 Each Mzuzu 60,000 Each Lilongwe 40,000 Each Blantyre 25,000 Each Zomba M16x300 pig tail bolt & nut (long thread) : SH1 8,334 Each Mzuzu 20,000 Each Lilongwe 13,333 Each Blantyre 8,333 Each Zomba 7/12 Stay Wire 83,334 Meters Mzuzu 200,000 Meters Lilongwe 133,333 Meters Blantyre 83,333 Meters Zomba M16 Stay rod assembly (stay rod, turning buckle, thimble, stay plate) 8,334 Each Mzuzu 20,000 Each Lilongwe 13,333 Each Blantyre 8,333 Each Zomba 7/12 Guy grip 25,000 Each Mzuzu 60,000 Each Lilongwe 40,000 Each Blantyre 25,000 Each Zomba Bimetal clamps - Cu-Al (16mm2/16mm2 41,667 Each Mzuzu 100,000 Each Lilongwe 66,667 Each Blantyre 41,666 Each Zomba Danger plates 6,667 Each Mzuzu 16,000 Each Lilongwe 10,666 Each Blantyre 6,667 Each Zomba Barbed wire (m) 75,000 Meter Mzuzu 180,000 Meter Lilongwe 120,000 Meter Blantyre 75,000 Meter Zomba Lot 2 ABC Accessories and insulators Bobbin Insulators 25,000 Each Mzuzu 60,000 Each Lilongwe 40,000 Each Blantyre 25,000 Each Zomba LV Stay Insulators 8,334 Each Mzuzu 20,000 Each Lilongwe 13,333 Each Blantyre 8,333 Each Zomba Tension Clamp 12,500 Each Mzuzu 30,000 Each Lilongwe 20,000 Each Blantyre 12,500 Each Zomba Suspension Clamp 8,334 Each Mzuzu 20,000 Each Lilongwe 13,333 Each Blantyre 8,333 Each Zomba Cable Tie 75,000 Each Mzuzu 180,000 Each Lilongwe 120,000 Each Blantyre 75,000 Each Zomba End Caps - for 95mm2 core 41,667 Each Mzuzu 100,000 Each Lilongwe 66,667 Each Blantyre 41,666 Each Zomba End Caps - for 75mm2 core 10,834.00 Each Mzuzu 26,000.00 Each Lilongwe 17,333.00 Each Blantyre 10,833.00 Each Zomba 16-95mm2-Al/16-95mm2-Al Insulation Piercing Connector(IPC) 91,667 Each Mzuzu 220,000 Each Lilongwe 146,666 Each Blantyre 91,667 Each Zomba Pre-Insulated sleeve - Phase 5,000 Each Mzuzu 12,000 Each Lilongwe 8,000 Each Blantyre 5,000 Each Zomba Pre-Insulated sleeve - Neutral 1.667 Each Mzuzu 4,000 Each Lilongwe 2,666 Each Blantyre 1,667 Each Zomba 3.

Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Seventh Edition, September, 2025. (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4.

Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 50% and for Bid cost: 50% 5.

Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Ltd, The Chairperson of Internal Procurement and Disposal of Assets Committee and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1200 hours and 1330 to 1630 hours at the address given below 6.

The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of MWK30,000.00 or its equivalent in a freely convertible currency . The method of payment will be a Direct Deposit to the following accounts.

FOREIGN CURRENCY PAYMENTS Type of Information DETAILS BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NAME ESCOM Border Towns BENEFICIARY ADDRESS P.O. BOX 2047, BLANTYRE BENEFICIARY BANK Standard Bank SWIFT CODE SBICMWMXXXX BANK ACCOUNT 9100000906260 CURRENCY USD LOCAL CURRENCY PAYMENTS Type of Information DETAILS BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NAME ESCOM Main BENEFICIARY ADDRESS P.O.

BOX 2047, BLANTYRE BENEFICIARY BANK National Bank of Malawi SWIFT CODE NBMAMWMW002 BANK ACCOUNT 694592 CURRENCY MWK The document will be sent by email or collected from issuing office. Please note that the bidding documents are being provided in hard copies.

However, only for the convenience of the bidders, in filling the various Forms and the Bills of Quantities, a soft copy in CD is also being given along with the hard copy. The bidders should note that in case of any difference in the hard and the soft copy, the one in hard copy only will prevail. 7.

Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 AM Malawian Time, 11 February 2026 Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected.

The outer Bid envelopes marked “Original Bid”, and the inner envelopes marked “Technical Part” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend 11 February 2026, 10:30 AM Malawi time , at the address below All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.

8. All Bids must be accompanied by the Bid Securing Declaration for both lots in the format provided in the bidding document 9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document. 10.

The address(es) referred to above is (are): For Submission of Bids: The Chairperson of the Internal Procurement and Disposal of Assets Committee Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Ltd ESCOM House, Annex Building, 9 Haile Selassie Road. P.O.

Box 2047 Blantyre, Malawi +265 1 822 000 ascentproc@escom.mw www.escom.mw For Opening of Bids Mount Soche Hotel Blantyre, Malawi Agency: ESCOM Procurement method: Request for Bids Notice type: Invitation for Bids Status: Published Value: 4900000.0 USD