INVITATION FOR BIDS BID NO. EEP/TSO/ICB/03/2024

Procurement of Design, Supply, Installation, Test and Commissioning of Northern OPGW Live Line Network Restoration and Rehabilitation Project.

1. Ethiopian Electric Power has a budget to be used for the procurement of Design, Supply, Installation, Test and Commissioning of Northern OPGW Live Line Network Restoration and Rehabilitation Project through International competitive bidding (ICB).

2. The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) now invites eligible bidders for the procurement of Design, Supply, Installation, Test and Commissioning of Northern OPGW Live Line Network Restoration and Rehabilitation Project

3. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding Documents at the office Ethiopian Electric Power Head Office and inspect the bidding document during office hours 8:00 AM up to 5:00 PM from Monday to Friday at the address given below Attention: Kefyalew Mergiya-Procurement Director Telephone: +251-111-558- 05-97/19-16 Electronic mail address: kmergiya@yahoo.com Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application letter to the below address and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Birr 5,500.00 (Five Thousand Five Hundred Birr) or its equivalent in a freely convertible currency. The method of payment shall be in cash or cashier's check or through telegraphic transfer to EEP Transmission Construction A/C No. 1000252665203, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), Arada Giorgis Branch and EEP BUMBUNA HPP A/C No. 0101181300051, NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA (NBE), Swift Code: NBETETAA, for ETB and USD respectively.

5. Bids must be delivered to the above mentioned address on or before 2:00PM Local Time on (Addis Ababa) August 13, 2024 and must be accompanied by a bid security amount for USD 220,000.00 (Two Hundred Twenty Thousand USD).

6. Bids will be opened in public and in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend at 2:00PM Local Time on (Addis Ababa) August 13,2024 at the offices of Ethiopian Electric Power Head Office- in front of Kotebe metal tools factory, Yeka sub city Woreda 9 (former kotebe 02) Ethiopian electric Power Head office compound'

7. The address (es) referred to above is (are):

Ethiopian Electric Power Procurement Office

Kefyalew Mergiya, Procurement Director

Yeka Sub-city, Wereda 9, In front of Kotebe Bereta Beret, Room No.01

Tel: +251-115-58-05-97/19-16

E-mail: kmergiya@yahoo.com

Tilahun Wogaso, Transmission Substation Operation Procurement Manager

Yeka Sub-city, Wereda 9, In front of Kotebe Bereta Beret Block 09 Ground Floor, Room

No.101

Tel: +251-115-58-19-16/+251-912-02-57-10 E-mail: tilahunwogaso@gmail.com

(These e-mail addresses are for the purpose indicated at Para and 4 above)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

8. The Ethiopian Electric Power reserves the right to reject any or all bid.

Ethiopian Electric Power