INVITATION TO TENDERS Cooperative Bank of Oromia S.C, 5B+G+40FL+UFLS Financial District Tower - Enabling Works Package (PK-1)

• Employer:........... Cooperative Bank of Oromia S.C.
• Project.................. 5B+G+40FL+UFLS Financial District Tower - Enabling Works
• Contract Title:..... 5B+G+40FL+UFLS Financial District Tower - Enabling Works Package (PK-1)
• Country:............... Ethiopia

To: The Tenderers

1. The Cooperative Bank of Oromia S.C. now invites sealed Tenders from eligible Tenderers for the Project Cooperative Bank of Oromia S.C, 5B+G+40FL+UFLS Financial District Tower - Enabling Works Package (PK-1) located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Project Location: Addis Ababa City Administration, Kirkos Sub City, Woreda 07

Project Completion Period: 217 days (The Tenderers, at their sole discretion, may provide program of works with optimized time for completion, however, this shall be without any adverse impact on the Tenderer's Commercial Offer).
The Enabling Works Package (PK-1) includes, but is not limited to, the following:

a. Complete demolition of existing structure, discontinuation/ rerouting of utilities/services within the project site as per specification and as per Authority/Engineers approval, disposal of debris off-site adhering to local codes, regulations, project specifications, and safety standards.

b. Diversions protection and/or temporary or permanent relocation or removal of existing utilities, within the structure limit, prior to the excavation.

c. Design of the temporary shoring system is included in the Tender Documents, however; the Contractor shall be responsible for verifying the design against the local ground conditions and amend it as may be necessary and submit to the Engineer for review and approval. Furthermore, the Contractor shall be responsible for providing, monitoring and executing temporary shoring system (including shoring wall, internal shoring framing/struts, waler beams and piling to support the shoring system) wall capable of resisting soil and hydrostatic pressure and supporting the excavation side walls as per Engineer's approval.

d. Pre-dilapidation survey on the condition of the nearby buildings and verify the adequacy of the side support system to ensure no adverse effect on the nearby buildings.

 e. Excavating to bulk excavation level as per drawings.

 f. Designing, monitoring and maintaining the Dewatering system.

g. Shotcreting and/or treatment of exposed face of excavation as applicable.

h. Obtaining necessary approvals from the authorities/ owners of the adjacent buildings, utilities and roads prior to the commencement of the demolition, site clearing, and excavation works.

i. Piling to support the internal shoring system framing.

j. Geotechnical Investigations: The Subsurface Investigation report shall be provided solely for the guidance of the Contractor who is entirely responsible for his own assessment, interpretation, and use. The Contractor shall be responsible for developing and carrying out any additional subsurface investigations, along the planned structure, prior to construction works, if he found it necessary to satisfy himself for the purpose of the planned works. The cost of conducting such additional investigation works shall be borne fully by the Contractor.
k. The Enabling contractor shall assess the adequacy of the working space between the planned shoring system framing (struts) to ensure feasibility of constructing the building piles from the bottom of excavation at a later stage by the building contractor considering the available piling equipment and accounting for both horizontal and vertical clearances between the shoring system framings and struts. The Enabling contractor shall identify any piles that are not feasible to construct from bottom of excavation and therefore need to be constructed from the top level before commencing with the excavation works by the enabling contractor.

2. Tendering will be conducted through open competitive tendering and is open to all eligible Tenderers. A single-stage- two-envelope tendering process will be used, and the Tender will consist of (i) the Technical Part, without any reference to prices; and (ii) the Financial Part, as detailed in the Tender Document. The Technical and Financial Parts of the Tender shall be submitted simultaneously in two separate sealed envelopes.

3. Interested eligible Tenderers may obtain further information from Cooperative Bank of Oromia S.C., using the address Teferi.Mengesha@coopbankoromiasc.com  and Negasa.Dibaba@coopbankoromiasc.com  and also inspect the tender document during office hours 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the address given below.

4. The Tendering Document in English may be purchased on July 8, 2024, by interested eligible Tenderers upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of anon-refundable fee of ETB 1,000.00 (Say Birr One Thousand Only) deposited at any of Cooperative Bank of Oromia's Branch Banks using the Account No.: ETB1446500010001. The document shall be collected in person having the aforesaid preconditions fulfilled.

5. Tenders shall be delivered to the address below on or before August 5, 2024, and no later than 2:00 PM. Late Tenders may be rejected subject to the Employer's sole discretion. The Tenders will be opened in the presence of the Tenderers' designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on August 5, 2024, at 2:30 PM.

6. All Tenders must be accompanied by a Tender Security of ETB 5,000,000.00 in the form of Unconditional Bank Guarantee or CPO.

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

Cooperative Bank of Oromia S.C. The Bank's Supply Chain Management,
Rang Real Estate Building - 7th Floor Africa Avenue - Around Rwanda Embassy P.O. BOX 16936
Tel: (+251) 11 554 2352 / (+251) 11 557 7771 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia