Saja - Fufa - Gilgel Gibe HEP 2 Road Periodic Maintenance Project
Ethiopian Road Administration
Tender Information
| Title | Saja - Fufa - Gilgel Gibe HEP 2 Road Periodic Maintenance Project |
| Description | Saja - Fufa - Gilgel Gibe HEP 2 Road Periodic Maintenance Project |
| Procuring Entity | Ethiopian Road Administration |
| Reference No | ERA-NCB-W-0071-2017-BID |
| Procurement Method | Open |
| Submission Deadline | 2025-04-29 10:00:00 |
| Invitation Date | 2025-03-19 15:00:00 |
| Procurement Type | Bidding |
| Award Type | two envelop |
Contact Information
| Physical Address: | Ras Abebe Aregay Street, (ERA) Ethiopian Roads Administration Head Office, Room 5th floor, Conference Room Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Contact Details: | Tel: +251 115185742 Email: engprocteam2@gmail.com |
| Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 1770, Postal Code: 1000 |
FinancialQualification
- •Financial Resources: The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet the following cash-flow requirement: (Ref: 37.5 (e))
- •Historical Financial Performance: Submission of audited balance sheets and other financial statements as required in the BDS Clause 17, for the last years to demonstrate the current soundness of the Bidder's financial position and its prospective long term profitability (Ref: 37.5 (b))
- •Average Annual Turnover: The average annual turnover calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed within the last years must exceed times the amount of the financial proposal of the Bid. (Ref: 37.5 (d))
- • Historical Financial Performance:
Submission of Audited Balance Sheet and Other Financial Statements as required in the Bid Data Sheet Clause 17, for the last five years or for the number of years of establishment of the firm if the firm establishment period is less than five years, to demonstrate the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position and its prospective long term profitability
The bidder’s financial statement must fulfill at least the following minimum financial soundness requirements.
Local bidder:
i. Average current ratio of the last five years should be more than one (1) OR
The current ratio of the recent year should be more than one (1)
And
ii. Profit before tax or return on equity of the past four years should be positive.
Foreign bidder:
i. Average current ratio of the last five years should be more than one (1)
And
ii. The current ratio of the recent three years should be more than one (1)
And
iii. Profit before tax of the past five years or return on equity from net worth of the past four years should be positive.
· For local bidders who have failed to satisfy the above financial soundness requirements, they can optionally provide and attach with the qualification document unconditional line of credit specific to the project equivalent to the amount specified under Item No. 3.1(b)(ii) and valid for the duration of the contract otherwise; they will be rejected from further evaluation.
· If the local bidder is qualified and becomes the recommended bidder for award of the contract with provision of unconditional line of credit, he shall sign tripartite agreement with ERA and the Bank before signing of the contract; otherwise, he will not be considered as successful bidder.
· In case of joint venture partnership, if any of the local partner of the JV has failed to fulfill the requirement of current ratio/Average and profit before tax/Return on equity as required above, the local partner is required to bring unconditional guarantee amounting proportionally equal to the shares of the local partner calculated from the total amount of cash flow requirement Specified under item No.3.1 (b) (ii).
· Annual financial statements shall be prepared by certified auditors but not by an accountant or accounting firms. Financial statements prepared by accounting firms will not be accepted.”
· The audited financial statement prepared by an independent auditor shall be notarized by Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce for Local Bidder and Notarized by appropriate Notary Public and Authenticated by Foreign Affairs Minister of Ethiopia for Foreign Bidders.
· While converting the annual turnover of other currencies to ETB, the applicable exchange rate of National Bank of Ethiopia for the date ending of each audit period shall be used.
Note:
· Current ratio is current asset divided by current liability
· Return on Equity is annual profit before taxes divided by the net worth of the previous year
Annual financial statements shall be prepared by certified auditors but not by an accountant or accounting firms. Financial statements prepared by accounting firms will not be accepted.
(Ref: 4.1) - •Annual Construction Turnover:
The required Construction Turnover for each respective projects is as shown below:
I. Saja-fofa-Gilgel Gibe HEP 2 Periodic Maintenance Road Project Under Jimma RNMBBD
For Local bidders (individual firms or Joint Venture):
Peak annual construction turnover of 246 ETB Million calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed within the last Five (5) years.
For Foreign bidders (individual firms or Joint Venture):
Average annual construction turnover of ETB 616 Million calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed within the last Five (5) years.
For a Joint Venture of Local and Foreign bidders:
Average annual construction turnover of ETB 462 Million calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed within the last Five (5) years.
(Ref: 4.2) - •Financial Resources:
The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet the following cash-flow requirement:
I. Saja-fofa-Gilgel Gibe HEP 2 Periodic Maintenance Road Project Under Jimma RNMBBD
Local Bidders – ETB 77 Million
Foreign Bidders - ETB 102 Million
(Ref: 4.3)
TechnicalQualification
- •General experience: The Bidder has successfully completed at least contracts with a budget of at least that of this contract in the past years (Ref: 37.4 (a) )
- •Specific experience: The Bidder has successfully participated as contractor or subcontractor, in at least contracts within the last years, each with a value of at least , that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed Works. (Ref: 37.4 (c))
- •Pending litigation: All pending litigation shall in total not represent more than percent of the Bidder’s net worth and shall be treated as resolved against the Bidder. (Ref: 37.4 (e))
- •History of non performing contracts: Non-performance of a contract did not occur within the last years prior to the deadline for Bid submission, based on all information on fully settled disputes or litigation. A fully settled dispute or litigation is one that has been resolved in accordance with the Dispute Resolution Mechanism under the respective contract, and where all appeal instances available to the bidder have been exhausted. (Ref: 37.4 (d))
- •General experience:
For Local Bidders:
2 years firm experience under construction contracts in the role of Contractor, Joint Venture partner or sub-contractor.
For Foreign Bidders:
5 years firm experience under construction contracts in the role of Contractor, Joint Venture partner or sub-contractor.
(Ref: 3.1) - •Specific experience:
The required Specific Experience for each respective projects is as shown below:
For Local bidders:
Participation as contractor, management contractor, partner in a joint venture, or subcontractor in
A Minimum of one any Road maintenance/Construction/ Upgrading/Rehabilitation Project with a value of at least 431 Million
OR
A Minimum of two any Road maintenance/Construction/ /Upgrading/Rehabilitation Projects each with a value of at least ETB 215 Million
In all cases, the experiences shall be within the last ten (10) years that has been successfully and substantially completed (70% completed
For Foreign bidders:
Participation as contractor, management contractor, partner in a joint venture, or subcontractor in:
A Minimum of two any Road Maintenance Construction/Upgrading/Rehabilitation/ projects each with a value of at least ETB 616 Million within the last ten (10) years that has been successfully and substantially completed (80% Completed).
(Ref: 3.2) - • Grade of Contractors for Local Bidders:
Project GC-2 or RC-3 and above
(Ref: 3.3) - •Equipment for the implementation of the contract:
The Bidder must demonstrate that it will have available for the implementation of the contract the following equipment listed hereafter: Equipment Type and Characteristics and Minimum Number Required
1 Motor Grader with Ripper (140-160HP)
2 Wheel Loader (2-2.5CuM
3Chain Excavator (2.5CuM)
4.Bulldozer with Ripper (280-300HP)
5.Bitumen Distributor(6000 Lit)
6Spreader, Aggregate (5-7Cum)
7 Compressor, Track Mounted 350CFM
8 Roller, Pneumatic Tyred24Ton
9.Single Drum Steel Roller (Vibratory)16Ton
10 Double Drum Steel Roller (Vibratory)10Ton
11 Dump Truck (16CuM)
12. Water Truck (12000-14000Lit
13 Bitumen Decanter (4-10TPH
14 Crusher plant (150 - 200 TPH)
(Ref: 37.4 (f))
LegalQualification
- •Valid tax clearance certificate: Having been submitted valid tax clearance certificate issued by the tax authority (Domestic Bidders Only) in accordance with ITB Clause 4.6 (Ref: 37.2(h))
- •VAT registration certificate:
Having been submitted VAT registration certificate issued by the tax authority (in case of contract value of Birr 200,000.00 and above) in accordance with ITB Clause 4.6.
(Ref: 27.2(g)) - •Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest as described in ITB Clause 6. (Ref: 37.2(b))
- •Debarred by decision of the FPPA: Not having been debarred by decision of the Public Procurement Agency from participating in public procurements for breach of its obligation under previous contracts in accordance with ITB Clause 4.3. (Ref: 37.2(e))
- •Government Owned Entity: Compliance with conditions of ITB Clause 4.4. (Ref: 4.4)
- •Form Data on Joint Ventures:
In the case of a bid submitted by a joint venture (JV), the Bidder has to submit the Form Data on Joint Ventures, the Agreement governing the formation of the joint venture, or letter of intent to form JV, including a draft agreement, in accordance with ITB Clause 4.1
(Ref: 4.1) - •Nationality : Nationality in accordance with ITB Clause 4.2. (Ref: 37.2(a))
- •Valid trade license or business organization registration certificate: Having been submitted valid trade license or business organization registration certificate issued by the country of establishment in accordance with ITB Clause 4.6. (Ref: 37.2(c))
ProfessionalQualification
- •Number of staff: At least staff currently work for the Bidder. (Ref: 37.3 (b))
- •Personnel for the key positions:
Among the staff mentioned in Sub-Clause 2.1 Bidder must demonstrate that it will have the personnel for the key positions that meet the following requirement
(Ref: 37.3(c))
PerformanceQualification
- •Multiple Contracts:
Cash flow of the projects is required for multiple projects are the sum of the cash flow of the applied projects.
(Ref: 4.4) - •Multiple Contracts:
Personnel: the sum of the personnel of the applied projects.
(Ref: 4.4) - • Multiple Contracts:
Periodic Maintenance Road projects floated together with this tender with in the package are:-
A bidder can be awarded any projects that the bidder has applied for by applying multiple contract assessments criteria set below and based on the Employer’s best economical advantage.
Peak Annual Construction Turnover of the projects required for multiple projects are the sum of the turnover of the applied projects.
(Ref: 4.4)
Bid Security
Amount: 500000 ETB
SME Bid Security Form: Bank_Guarantee, Insurance_Letter, Letter_from_Small_and_Micro_Enterprise
Foreign Bidders Form: Bank_Guarantee
Local Bidders Form: Bank_Guarantee, Insurance_Letter
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