Raxel Storage Systems wins major racking contract

After careful evaluation on price, technical ability, past performance and future projects, Raxel was awarded the contract ahead of two international storage equipment manufacturers.

Apart from supplying 27,000 pallet positions including additional beams and guards to the ten individual distribution sites, Raxel had to include for tooling and equipment, plus comprehensive onsite training in Addis Ababa for 25 staff from a local contractor and the customer.

Procurement
The racking procurement contributed to the logistics and storage activities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Supply Chain Management (SCMS) program. USAID is the United States foreign policy assistance agency that works to improve lives in developing countries. SCMS is a USAID-funded program that works closely with the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Fund and Supply Agency to ensure that the Ethiopian health system is well stocked and supplied with important life-saving drugs for HIV patients.

Raxel Storage Systems was delighted to be invited to submit detailed costs for the specification supplied by the customer and this had to be split, so that each site could be priced separately and the contract had to include cost for freight forwarding. 

Raxel managing director Matt Daniele says: "To be benchmarked against leading international manufacturers, acknowledges the company’s ability, performance, service and of course our ability to compete at this level.

"The coordination of the project involved several meetings with the customer in Addis Ababa and surveying two sites to ensure buildings were fully suitable for the racking installation. Raxel engineers also advised the customer on unloading and storage of all materials and equipment that was forwarded to Djibouti, before being transferred to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.”

Matt Daniele and an installer manager stayed in Addis to oversee the installation and onsite training. Following the completion of the installation, Raxel Storage Systems has built an ongoing relationship with UKTI at the British Embassy in Ethiopia and is currently setting up an agent within the country as well as a local installation contractor to undertake future projects.

The deputy country director reported on the success of the project saying: "We are very happy with the quality of the racking, the competitive price and good delivery service provided by Raxel for our large installation programme in (Ethiopia).

"We were also extremely satisfied with the professionalism and on-site training provided by Raxel to our local racking erecting contractor."