Support People's Livelihoods in the Fishery Sector in Maldives through Sustainable Energy Project

Invitation for Empanelment

The Government of Maldives (GoM) through the support of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) are implementing the Support People's Livelihoods in the Fishery Sector in Maldives through Sustainable Energy Project to upscale up to 200 fishing vessels in the Maldives.

The objective of the project is to contribute to achieving the Policy 5: Increase profitability from fishery activities (‘Hama Agu’ Policy) of the country’s Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for 2019-2023, in particular the Strategy 5.2: Promote and facilitate access to technologies and techniques to increase profitability, improve catch quality, and reduce postharvest losses.

Through this project, interested and eligible fishing vessels will receive the required support the installation of refrigerated sea water systems (RSW), to adapt renewable energy solutions through the installation of solar PV plants and to find new and more lucrative market opportunities through the enhancement of market linkages.

Component A: Enhance Finishing Infrastructure

Refrigerated Sea Water (RSW) systems: this component is about the design, the supply and the installation of approximately 200 Refrigerated Sea water systems on fishing vessels. The size of the RSW system is standardized in the market based on the storage capacity of the fishing vessel. This project, targets vessels with capacity and the size to carry minimum 15 tons of fish. The minimum technical specifications and requirements will be prepared in consultation with experts and the local stakeholders of the project.

Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture invites reliable and experienced parties to empanel their names/ businesses to, to supply and install the RSW systems through this project implemented by the Government of Maldives through the SDFC (the bank). It is solely the ‘Approved Vendors’ responsibility to make arrangements for the supply, delivery and installation of the RSW systems onboard the fishing vessels as per the agreed terms and conditions set forth in the Terms of Reference of this announcement.

1. Additional details regarding this will be available on the Terms of reference (ToR) attached with this Invitation for empanelment and uploaded on our website [www.fishagri.gov.mv]. Additionally, the ToR includes the format to submit the following documents:

1. Letter of the applicant,
2. Price Schedule
3. Proposed technical description
4. Applicant’s Information Sheet
5. Party to Joint Venture Information Sheet
6. Historical Contract Non-Performance, Pending Litigation
7. Average Annual Turnover
8. Experience

2. All interested parties may apply by submitting their application form with required additional documents to the Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture on 30^th November 2022 at 1300 hrs.

Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture

Ameer Ahmed Magu,

Velaanaage’, 7^th Floor

Male, Republic of Maldives

Telephone: +960 3322625

3. The Ministry shall open the Proposal in public at the address, date and time specified below and in the presence of Applicants’ designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend.

Address: Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture,

Ameer Ahmed Magu, Velaanaage’, 7^th floor

Date:  30^th November 2022

Time: 1300 hrs

4. Proposals submitted to the Ministry, under this TOR shall:

1. bear the name and address of the Applicant;
2. bear the title, ‘Proposal for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of RSW systems under Support People's Livelihoods in the Fishery Sector in Maldives through Sustainable Energy Project’
3. be addressed to the Ministry as below:

Suneetha Abdulla

Director

Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture,

7th Floor, Velaanaage, Ameer Ahmed Magu, Malé City, Maldives

Telephone: +960 3339239

1. bear the warning ‘Not to open before the time and date for Application opening’.

5. Proponent may obtain further information and clarification through queries sent to the following address:

Suneetha Abdulla

Director

Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture,

7th Floor, Velaanaage, Ameer Ahmed Magu, Malé City, Maldives

Telephone: +960 3339239

Email: [email protected]