AMENDMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF BIDDERS AND EXTENSION OF BIDSUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR TENDER NO. TP/05/2023/NCB/S/010FOR THE PREQUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS FOR PROVISION OFPETROLEUM PRODUCT QUALITY ANALYSIS

Tanzania International Petroleum Reserves Ltd (TIPER) is a bulk fuel storage facility with its shares divided equally between the Government of Tanzania and Oryx Energies SA. The Company office is located at Kigamboni Industrial Area, Depot site-plot # 1, Dar es Salaam-Tanzania.
TIPER invited via National Competitive Bidding (NCB) through a tender advertisement on the Mwananchi and The Guardian newspapers of June 12th, 2023, technically qualified and reputable companies to submit their bids for Prequalification of Bidders for Stocktaking of Petroleum Products.
As per previous advertisement stated in part 2 above, eligible firms were supposed to possess a valid registration certificate for provision of laboratory services from the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) and other respective government authority like Weight and Measures Agency (WMA) for provision of the respective laboratory services.
TIPER wishes to amend part 3 above, where by for bidders to be eligible they must posses an ISO 17025:2005 certification and other relevant and validly certification. Bidders who don’t meet this condition are not be eligible to participate for this tender.
As per the amendment, interested and eligible bidders may request electronic copy of tender document through the following email: [email protected] by sending an application letter and attach copies of an ISO 17025:2005 certification and other certification as per part 4 above from Monday to Friday at 08:O0AM to 4:00PM between 12 June 2023 to 28 June, 2023.
Bidders MUST submit hardcopies of bids (one original and one copy) respectively, enclosed in a single plain envelope marked Tender NO: TP/05/ 2023/NCB/S/010 FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS PROVISION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT QUALITY ANALYSIS. Softcopies MUST be submitted in a USB flash disk. Submission of bids by email shall not be accepted(considered).
All bid documents must be addressed and delivered to Tanzania International Petroleum Reserves Ltd, P.O. Box 2608, Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam.
Subject to this amendment he deadline for submission of Tender documents will be extended from 30 June, 2023 at 4.00 p.m. local time to 06 July, 2023 at 4.00 p.m. local time
Bids opening will be conducted in the presence of the TIPER tender committee only, formed by the company. There shall be NO public opening of bids.
Late bids, portion of bids, electronic bids will not be considered for evaluation irrespective of any circumstances.
TIPER reserves the right to accept or reject any tender and does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any bid