EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SERVICES TO THE NYANZAGA GOLD PROJECT

EOI/NGP/018 SECURITY SERVICES

Sotta Mining Corporation Limited (Sotta) is a Tanzanian incorporated joint venture company between the Nyanzaga Mining Company Limited (NMCL) and the Government of Tanzania. Sotta is developing the Nyanzaga Gold Project (Nyanzaga or the Project) located within the southern area of the Lake Victoria Gold Fields, north-western Tanzania. Nyanzaga is in the Sengerema District within the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. The Project area lies approximately 60 km southwest of Mwanza.

Sotta is in the process of developing the Project which includes the design and build of a gold processing plant, open pit mine, and associated infrastructure.

Sotta is seeking expressions of interest (EOls) for the supply of SECURITY SERVICES for the Nyanzaga Gold Project. The supply of SECURITY SERVICES will include, however not limited to:

• Provision of uniformed static and mobile security guards around the project site, company offices in Mwanza, Dar es Salaam, and other locations as deemed necessary.
• Provision of all logistical support required to sustain the afore mentioned services (Transport to/from sites, off­site accommodation, HR and contract management, equipment maintenance, training)
• Demonstrable experience in provision of security services to the extraction industry.
• Comprehensive training program for security personnel, including training records, refresher training.
• Demonstrate experience in gold process plant security services.
• Knowledge and demonstrable guard training in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR).
• Draft outline of a security management plan.

Sotta invites supply companies interested and qualified in delivering this scope to submit EOls accompanied by documents supporting the following requirements:

1. Detailed company information including ownership, organisational structure and details of any Tanzanian operating entity, including evidence of local content compliance with the Tanzania Mining Commission or verification of eligibility to apply.
2. Evidence of successful delivery of a scope of this nature and magnitude within the mining industry, over the last 10 years. Details of past and present projects should include a brief scope of work, the services provided and the value in USD.
3. Details of current work under contract including value, assigned equipment and labour resources.
4. Details and experience of key personnel proposed for involvement in the scope.
5. A copy of the company’s Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) policy, and HSE statistics for the last 3 years. Including the company’s lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) and medically treated injury frequency rate (MTIFR).
6. Verification by means of formal documentation (such as audited financial report) of the company’s financial capacity to deliver the scope of work.
7. Contractors ability to engage workers from the local community to be part of their site works.

Any interested parties are requested to submit electronically their EOls quoting EOI/NGP/018 in the email subject header to the following e-mail address: procurement@sottamining.co.tz.

Applications are to include a summary of responses for the 7 items a to h which is a maximum of two A4 pages in size. The summary is to address all 7 points and reference attached information as required. The summary may be an email or word/pdf document.

Last date for acceptance of EOls will be Monday 2^nd September 2024. Evaluation of the EOls will be based on qualification, experience, and commercial aspects.