Malawi invites bids for postgraduate campus project

The Malawi government is inviting tenders for the construction of an institute for postgraduate studies and an information and communication technology centre at the College of Medicine, a constituent college of the University of Malawi.

The project will be financed using the proceeds of a grant that the Malawi government has obtained from the governments of Norway and Sweden.

The internal procurement committee of the College of Medicine says local bidders should be registered with Malawi’s National Construction Industry Council in the unlimited category (for very big contractors) while foreign bidders should be eligible for registration in this category.

“The successful bidder will be the one meeting the minimum qualification criteria set out in the bidding documents. There shall be no preference for domestic bidders,” says the committee.

It says bidding documents and additional copies may be obtained from a consulting firm called MOD Chartered Architects, of Blantyre, Malawi, on paying a nonrefundable fee of $100 in cash or by bank-certified cheque.

The committee says interested bidders may obtain more information from the college and bids will be opened at the college in the presence of bidders’ representatives who may choose to attend, on February 29. Malawi is currently expanding its colleges and building new campuses in order to increase the number of students gaining access to tertiary education.

Besides other projects, the government plans to construct what will be known as the Lilongwe University of Science and Technology, in the capital.