Dar es Salaam. ENOC
Africa, a Tanzanian oil company, has won a tender to import fuel under
the Petroleum Bulk Procurement System (BPS) for the month of October
this year.
The
tender, which attracted six oil companies including five foreign and
international companies, was awarded to ENOC Africa after offering the
lowest Weighted Average Premium per Metric Ton of $ 45.771 per MT. Other
companies (all international) that participated in the tender include
Addax Energy SA which quoted $ 49.18 per MT, Augusta Energy SA ($ 48.854
per MT) and Gapco (K) Ltd ($ 47.543 per MT).
Speaking
about the tender results over the weekend of which the company will
import 299,872 Metric Tons of fuel, Petroleum Importation Coordinator
(PIC) General Manager, Michael Mjinja said ENOC Africa was pronounced
the winner after meeting all the tender requirements and proving that
its offer would most benefit the country, traders and consumers.
“Among the six oil companies, only four returned the tender documents and finally the winner (ENOC Africa) was picked. ENOC
Africa is the only a locally registered company and the consignment it
will import will be enough to serve the country for a period of one
month and two weeks,” he said.
Mr.
Mjinja said it was delighting to see local companies like ENOC Africa
coming up to pose a challenge to giant foreign international oil
companies which had previously dominated the sector by frequently
winning such tenders.
“BPS
is the most transparent way of public procurement where the winning
bidder is decided in the open before representatives of all bidders,
everyone endorses the winning bidder,” said Mr. Mjinja. ENOC
Africa will import 156,863 MT of Automotive Gas & Oils (AGO),
115,490MT of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS – gasoline), 26,269MT of Jet A1
and 1,250MT of Kerosene.
“With
the transparent manner in which the winning bidder is picked, oil
marketing companies are satisfied with the process. They do accept
decisions made openly and unanimously in picking the winning bidder,”
said Mr. Minja.
When
contacted via phone yesterday, the Energy and Water Utilities
Regulatory Authority (Ewura) Head of Communication and Public Relations,
Titus Kaguo said that BPS has proved to be a system which both
consumers and suppliers are happy with and has helped lowered pump
prices for fuel, increased government revenue and restored some sanity
in the oil trading business.
“The
system has helped in improving quality of petroleum products,
stabilized cup prices, improved taxation and has helped to reduce
demurrages at the port. Apart from transparency and increasing
government revenue, the BPS has also assisted the country to save
foreign currency used to purchase petroleum products,” he said.
ENOC
Africa, which recently expressed its intention to heavily invest in
storage facilities in Tanzania and neighbouring countries, has proved
its ability to ensure sustainability in oil supply in Tanzania by
winning the tender for the third time. Tanzania consumes about 1.54 million cubic meters per annum of petroleum products.
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