Description: Construction of the proposed 500 MW WindNam plant to be developed within the Sperrgebiet National Park, on a piece of land of approximately 8 700ha in size, in Namibia. Estimated value: USD $943.9 million.
Status: Procedural
Industry: Infrastructure
Region: Namibia
Sector: Private
Value: R 100 million+
Timing: 2017 onwards.
Notes: The proposed development remains in early planning stage.
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Description: Construction of a mental healthcare facility, Barkly Road, Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Estimated project value: R1.8 billion.
Status: Underway
Industry: Healthcare
Region: Kimberley
Sector: Public
Value: R 100 million+
Timing: October 2005 – October 2007 (24 months) extended to November 2017.
Notes: The Department of Health is in the process of obtaining additional funds from National Treasury and the National Department of Health for the project. Some of the sub-contractors on site have received part payment. Payments from August until February are still outstanding. There is skeleton staff on site and minimal works is taking place.
Description: Construction of a two storey 30 500 m² Lenmed Private Hospital consisting of a basement, ground, first and second floors on the corner of Jacobus Smit Avenue and Welgevonden Street, Kimberley, Northern Cape which will be known as the Kimberley Lenmed Royal Hospital and Heart Centre. There will be 170 beds and the overall construction area is approximately 30 500m². Services include major and minor theatres, delivery rooms, and an oncology bunker, as well as a cathlab facility, casualty unit, resuscitation room, maternity, paediatric, intensive care, medical and surgical wards. Contract value: R238.4 million.
Status: Underway
Industry: Building
Region: Kimberley
Sector: Private
Value: R 100 million+
Timing: August 2015 to February 2017 (19 months). Extended to August 2017.
Description: Construction of hotels for the Maputo airport city in Mozambique. The airport city will consist of hotels, a business centre and a shopping complex.
Status: Conceptual
Industry: Building
Region: Mozambique
Sector: Public Private Partnership
Value: Unknown at this stage
Timing: 2017 onwards.
Notes: A preliminary study has been done. Funding investors are being sought.
Pfft….everything exists…you just need to know where to look!
There is going to be a 30 000m² mall situated on the N3 / London road interchange within Alexandra township, Gauteng. The mall includes 5 entrances, extensive taxi rank facilities, ample parking, two flood-lit mini soccer courts surrounding a 250 seater feature restaurant plus a children’s play area within the food court. And contractors are sitting around scratching their heads wondering “how did I miss this tender”??
Quite simple really. Firstly you have to be invited to tender for it. It is not a Government funded project. It is being done by a Private Developer who already has contractors in mind that will be invited to submit prices. So, yes, Private Tenders do exist. They are just known in construction circles as “Invited Tenders”.
So…. how can you get invited to tender on this mall? You would have to approach the developer or the professional team involved and sell your company to them. But firstly you have to find out who is developing the mall? Who is the architect? Who is the consultant and quantity surveyor…not to mention you have to find the contact details for them too…phew…that is quite a lot of work just to be invited to tender.
At Leads 2 Business we make this easier for the contractor. We source all this information for them. We source these private leads from conceptual stage to procedural stage, where the feasibility and EIA consultant are appointed to ascertain whether the project would be feasible and to ensure environmental authorisation is applied for and received. Yes, yes, we source this information too. Then, once all this is approved the architects are appointed to design the mall. They and the developer put their heads together to see which construction companies they should send the invited tender to. Here you put your foot in the door, a spanner in the works and say hey…what about me…this goes for the vendors too. You can say to the architects and quantity surveyors, well we have this amazing roofing, flooring, walling, windows etc and get your products listed on that BoQ.
It all boils down to … Sell your business. We can only provide the Leads but it is up to you to be “Invited to Tender”.
So to recap…do Private Tenders exist? Yes they do, but do not expect them to come knocking on your door. Go out and find them.
and a whole brand New City to be built in Egypt (another desert??)
New City Egypt
These are some of the developments that spring to mind…developments that take your breath away…but how on earth are these small, money-hungry countries going to fund, let alone develop these ambitious projects? Projects so ambitious they raise eyebrows…well, mine mostly.
For example. Zimbabwe wanting to build a Disney Land at Victoria Falls…a pipe dream at the moment, but what a dream!! Just to keep tourists there longer than a day or two.
Disneyland
African Development Bank is one way, but most of the investments are coming from China.
The Chinese footprint in Africa has been cemented. In the last decade, investment in Africa by the world’s second-largest economy has surged to $2.9 billion from $75 million, and with it, China’s influence can be seen everywhere.
The next question… who is going to build these huge developments?
China of course.! If a Chinese company has invested in a Project, you can be sure that they will be building it too. Build, Own, Operate. But there are benefits, the Chinese do subcontract some of the work to the locals.
Swaziland, however, in an effort to ensure that their local contractors still have work and can tender for contracts, have implemented the rule that any projects less than E120 million cannot be awarded to foreign companies.
So, what has this have to do with developing Africa? Just feeding Africa does not solve anything. Providing them with employment that doesn’t warrant anything more than maybe digging a hole in the ground, painting a room, something that doesn’t require much skill, but providing these people with employment, a sense of self, educating them. Providing them with purpose. A trade. Hope. To me, that is really developing Africa.
When I used to imagine Africa, I used to think of trees, rivers, wildlife, war, jungles and deep dark Africa … nothing much could be happening there right?
