| Overview : INTERESTED PROPOSERS ARE REQUESTED TO NOTE EXTENSION OF DEADLINE CLARIFICATIONS AND MINUTES FROM PROPOSERS INFORMATION MEETING POSTED ON 15th JUNE 2015. Medical Stores Limited (MSL) is a parastatal agency co-owned by the Ministries of Health and Finance and responsible for storage and distribution of public health commodities in Zambia. MSL’s central warehouse, located in Lusaka, will need increased space and an upgrading of the current premises as described in Figure 2, Page 37 and Section 9, Extract from concept note on MSL infrastructure of this RFP. One of the elements that need priority attention is the central temperature control system. The current system is not energy sufficient and uses up warehouse space due to the location of the conducts used to cool the air inside the warehouse. Such space can be better used for storage of health commodities. The system will soon become obsolete and is based on technologies of the 1970 ties. On top of that it will need to be (re)moved once the construction of the additional warehouse space will start. Energy consumption constitutes an important part of the operational recurrent costs incurred by MSL. In view of long term sustainability it is proposed to replace the current air-conditioning system with a new, energy efficient temperature control system and provide the warehouse with sustainable, solar[1] powered, energy supply to cater for a maximum of the total energy generation requirements. The project is part of UNDP and MSL efforts to use sustainable energy sources while providing quality storage and distribution services at costs that can be sustained without a negative impact on access to treatment and care for the Zambian population. [1] All references to solar in this RFP shall not be interpreted literally but rather as a reference to MSL’s intention to incorporate sustainable energy generation systems, preferably based on renewable energies. NOTE: A SITE VISIT AND PROPOSERS INFORMATION MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN LUSAKA ON 9th June | 
