1. Operation of Wash Bay (MOR/59/22/28-11)
INVITATION TO TENDER
Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) Ltd is a coal mining company established in 1973 to mine and transform coal into
unlimited sources of energy. The MCM business is at the heart of a prosperous future for Botswana where coal
production contributes significantly to the economic development of Botswana. Morupule Coal Mine is owned 100%
by the Minerals Development Company Botswana (MDCB). Morupule Coal Mine is located 14 km northwest of the
urbanized village of Palapye (the fastest growing centre outside the capital city of Gaborone), along the Serowe-
Palapye national highway (A14). The company’s vision is ‘To be a leading coal energy business’.
MCM invites interested, reputable and experienced 100% citizen owned companies to tender for the following:
1. Operation of Wash Bay (MOR/59/22/28-11)
2. Supply and Installation of Smart Metering (MOR/64/22/28-11)
Tender documents for the above tender will be provided between Monday and Friday, from 0730hrs to 1630hrs, upon
submission of proof of payment of a non-refundable fee of BWP 250.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Pula Only) to
Contracts Administrator’s e-mail provided below. All tender documents will be e-mailed.
Payments:
Payments are to be made through depositing cash or by Electronic Fund Transfer to: Account Name: Morupule Coal
Mine; Bank Name: Stanbic Bank; Account No: 9060001295360 Branch No: Fairgrounds Swift Code: SBICBWGX.
Submission:
Tenderers are required to submit their tenders to MTenders@mcm.co.bw on or before 16 December 2022 at 12:00
noon.
Submissions should be labelled “MORUPULE COAL MINE – NAME OF TENDER AND REFERENCE NO” e.g. for item No.1
above “MORUPULE COAL MINE – OPERATION OF WASH BAY REF: MOR/59/22/28-11 Documents must be submitted
in a compressed file/folder format to reduce the size of the documents. Each returnable document must be individually
labelled for indexing purposes. The maximum allowable email size at a time shall be 10 MB. Those who wish to submit
documents with more than the stated email size will be free to split the submission in multiple parts but not exceeding
the reasonable length required. All documents must be in PDF format and password protected. The document
password should be sent to communications@mcm.co.bw
Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or be error free as it may arrive late or may not open or be
quarantined due to security issues (virus scare), therefore MCM does not accept any liability of any omissions or errors
in the contents of the e-mail transmission. Interested parties are encouraged to submit their offers earlier.
Telegraphic, telephonic, telex facsimile or submissions emailed to kmongale@mcm.co.bw will also not be considered.
Morupule Coal Mine reserves the right to reject or accept any submission and does not bind itself to accept the lowest
or any portion of any tender. Acceptance thereof is not binding on the company until confirmed through official
notification. The services pertaining to this contract shall be run under Morupule Coal Mine General Conditions of
Service, details of which are in the tender documents. Enquiries relating to this tender must be addressed to:
Contracts Administrator, at e-mail: kmongale@mcm.co.bw or Tel: 494 3025.