The Mozambican importer of Petroleum in Mozambique (IMOPETRO) launched this Monday, June 13, a public tender for contracting the new fuel supplier for the country, for the period between next September and November.
For this purpose, IMOPETRO has scheduled for this week the opening of proposals with a view to determining the pre-qualified companies and assessing the technical and financial requirements proposed by the competing companies.
According to IMOPETRO director general, João Macandja, the tender is governed by international procedures and rules similar to those specified in World Bank guidelines, namely Procurement Under BRD Loans and IDA Credits.
“The selection criteria for the next entity responsible for importing fuel will be the best price, security and reliability,” he said. To Notícias, João Macandja also announced that Mozambique will import an additional 575,000 metric tons of fuel to ensure that the country’s needs are met in the period in question.
“We plan to import 150,000 metric tons of gasoline, 400,000 of diesel and 25,000 of gas. These refined oil products will be distributed from the ports of Maputo, Beira, Nacala and Pemba,” he said.
Macandja said that all liquid fuel that is on sale in Mozambique (diesel, gasoline and jet fuel), and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), used as cooking gas is imported by sea, in special cargo ships.
The process is centralised, by law, in a single entity, IMOPETRO, which is owned by the oil product distributors operating in the country. “Contrary to what has happened in other tenders, in which the country imports enough fuel to supply the market for six months, the new contract provides for the acquisition of oil products to cover national needs for three months,” he noted.
