"Tender No.: 409/2001 Preformed Fittings Successful Tenderer Brief Description of Contract Work 1. EXTENT OF CONTRACT - The Contract includes the manufacture, inspection and testing at manufacturer’s Works, packing for export shipment and delivery CFR Limassol or Larnaca, Cyprus, on liner terms at both ends, of the following Preformed Fittings: GROUP I – PREFORMED STAY FITTINGS Item Description Qty Pieces/Sets 1 Preformed, pole top make –offs 50.000 2 Preformed, guy grip dead ends 150.000 3 Dead end reverse bend insulator assembly 13.000 4 Dead end normal bend insulator assembly 13.000 5 Preformed Strand 13.000 6 Preformed Splice for stay assemblies (with no stay insulator) 5.000 GROUP II – PREFORMED TIES Item Description Qty Pieces/Sets 7 Preformed 11kV, straight line tie for 32mm² bare copper stranded conductors. 16.000 8 Preformed 11kV, angle (side) tie for 32mm², bare copper stranded conductors for line deviation upto 35°. 13.000 9 Preformed 11kV, angle (side) tie for 70mm², bare copper stranded conductors for line deviation upto 15°. 2.000 10 Preformed low voltage tie for 100mm², bare aluminium stranded conductors. 80.000 GROUP III – PREFORMED DEAD ENDS Item Description Qty Pieces/sets 11 Preformed 11kV dead end for 32mm² bare copper stranded conductors. 60.000 12 Preformed 11kV dead end for 70mm² bare copper stranded conductors. 15.000 13 Preformed low voltage dead end for 100mm² bare aluminium stranded conductors. 170.000 14 Preformed low voltage dead end for 100mm² insulated (PVC) Aluminium stranded conductors. 10.000 15 Preformed low voltage dead end for 70mm² bare copper stranded conductors. 10.000 16 Preformed low voltage dead end for 35mm² insulated (PVC) Copper stranded conductors. 1.000 17 Socket Thimble for 11kV preformed dead ends 75.000 2. SHIPMENT - The port to which the equipment should be shipped is Limassol or Larnaca on the South Coast of Cyprus. 3. DELIVERY - The equipment must be delivered in 3 consignments as follows: 1st shipment : 30% of the required quantities of each item within 3 months from Contract award. 2nd shipment : 35% of the required quantities of each item in March 2003. 3rd shipment : 35% of the required quantities of each item in March 2004. It will be to the Authority’s absolute discretion (a) to change any or both of the deliveries of 2nd and 3rd shipment by up to ±3 months and (b) to vary the total quantity of each item by up to ±20% without any change in the unit prices or other terms of the Contract. For any change or variation, the Contractor will be informed accordingly in advance. 4. CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT - The Conditions of Contract will be the Electricity Authority of Cyprus Conditions and the Contract will be in conformity with the laws of the Republic of Cyprus and shall be governed by such laws. 5. PAYMENT - The work will be financed from the Authority’s funds and the Contract will provide terms of payment as quoted in the above mentioned Conditions of Contract. 6. COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS - Unless another standard is specifically mentioned in the Specification, all materials used and provided under the Contract must, where such standard exists, be in accordance with the latest edition of the British Standards Institution, or the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) or the International Organisation of Standardisation (ISO) or in accordance with any of the recognised standards appropriate to the country of manufacture, which in the opinion of the Authority, ensure an equivalent or higher quality. 7. QUALITY ASSURANCE - The Tenderer must have an ISO 9001 Quality Assurance Certificate for the goods offered issued by the Cyprus Organisation for Standards and Control of Quality, or any member of the ""IQNET"" or other Organisation accredited for this purpose by a National Accreditation Body. OR The Tenderer must implement a Quality Assurance System, which ensures that the procedures, processes and other measures taken by the Tenderer are equivalent to the Quality System requirements specified in the ISO9001. 8. CERTIFICATES - The Tenderer must furnish as part of his Tender: (i) Test Certificates establishing that the goods offered comply with the specified Standards and (ii) A valid ISO 9001 Quality Assurance Certificate for the goods offered issued by the Cyprus Organisation for Standards and Control of Quality, or any member IQNET or other Organisation accredited for this purpose by a National Accreditation Body. OR A certificate, accompanied by the relevant Assessment Report, issued during the last 12 months prior to the Closing Date establishing that the Quality Assurance System implemented for the manufacture of the goods offered is equivalent to the Quality System requirements specified in the ISO 9001 Standard. The certificate may be issued by the Cyprus Organisation for Standards and Control of Quality, or any member of the IQNET or other Organisation, accredited for this purpose by a National Accrediation Body. 9. EXPERIENCE - The Tenderers must have proven and extensive experience in the execution of Contracts of similar nature and value, home and abroad and must submit evidence that they have manufactured goods to the specified standards. 10. VALIDITY - Tenders are required to be held open for acceptance for 120 days from the Closing Date specified. 11. TENDER BOND - The Tenderers are required, as a security for the due performance of their obligations under the Tender, to submit with their Tender an irrevocable Bank Guarantee issued or confirmed by a local Bank carrying out full Banking Operations in Cyprus, in the following sums: Group I C£15.000,- (fifteen thousand Cyprus Pounds) Group II C£ 5.000,- (five thousand Cyprus Pounds) Group III C£20.000,- (twenty thousand Cyprus Pounds) The validity of the said Bond shall not expire prior to 30 days beyond the validity of the Tender. The above shall be returnable to the Tenderers’ Bankers if their Tender is not accepted. 12. PERFORMANCE BOND - The successful Tenderer will be required to furnish a Performance Bond to the amount of 10% of the total Contract value. The said Bond shall be valid up to 18 months after delivery of the equipment. 13. TENDER DOCUMENTS - Tender Documents will be available from the Electricity Authority of Cyprus as from Friday 31 August 2001, upon payment of C£50 - plus V.A.T. for a set of 4 Documents. This payment will not be refundable. Where Tender Documents are to be mailed by the Authority abroad, an additional amount of C£20 - per set should be paid, in order to cover packing and postage costs. 14. CLOSING DATE - Tenders are returnable to the Head Office of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus, by Friday 19 October 2001, at 12.00 hours noon local time. 15. PUBLIC OPENING - The public opening of the Tenders will take place at the Authority's Head Office on Friday 19 October 2001 at 12.30 hours local time. 16. AWARD – Each Group of items will be adjudicated and awarded separately. It will be, however to the Authority’s absolute discretion to consider any Tenders which offer more favourable terms to the Authority, in case two or more Groups are combined for adjudication and award. 17. GENERAL - The Electricity Authority of Cyprus does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender, nor will it be responsible for any costs incurred by the Tenderers in making their Tenders. 18. LOCAL AGENT – No more than two Tenders which nominates the same Local Agent will be accepted by the Authority. It is brought to the Tenderers’ attention that in case three or more of the Tenders submitted nominate the same Local Agent, then all these Tenders nominating the same Local Agent will be rejected by the Authority. 19. SAMPLES – A sample of each item offered must be submitted with the Tender."