The Ministry of Water and Energy now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the procurement of works, as stated in the outlined below.

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) ET-MOWE-465456-CW-RFB

MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENERGY

Country: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Name of Project: Climate Resilient -Water Supply and Sanitation Project

Contract Title: Procurement of Drilling, Construction and pumping test of three Deep Production wells for kumbi wereda Multi Village Water supply project in East Hararge Zone, (at Jiddo Well field)

Loan No/Credit No: IDA 64450

1. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the implantation or Water supply, sanitation and Hygiene projects and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Procurement of Drilling, Construction and pumping test of Three Deep Production wells for kumbi wereda Multi Village Water supply project in East Hararge Zone, (at Jiddo Well field). "For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank's Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.
2. The Ministry of Water and Energy now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the procurement of works, as stated in the outlined below.

3. Qualification Requirements:

In addition to the requirements listed below, the bidders are encouraged to read and respond to the exhaustive list of post qualification requirements specified in the RFB section III.

 Financial Situation and Performance

1. Financial Capability:

1. The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means (independent of any contractual advance payment) sufficient to meet the construction cash flow requirements estimated as ETB 23 Million for the subject contract(s) net of the Bidder is other commitments.
2. The Bidders shall also demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Employer, that it has adequate sources of finance to meet the cash flow requirements on works currently in progress and for future contract commitments.
3. The audited balance sheets or, if not required by the laws of the Bidder's country, other financial statements acceptable to the Employer, for the last Five years (2020 to 2024) shall be submitted and must demonstrate the current soundness of the Bidder's financial position and indicate its prospective long-term profitability.

2. Peak Annual Construction Turnover

Peak annual construction turnover of 75 million or above calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress and/or completed within the last Five years (2020 to 2024).

3. Experience

1. General Construction Experience

Experience under construction contracts in the role of prime contractor, JV member, subcontractor, or management contractor for at least the last 5 years, starting January 2020 G.C.

2. Specific Construction Experience

The Bidder has successfully participated as contractor or subcontractor in at least 1(one) contract within the last 5(five) years, with a value of 95 Million ETB and above with a similar size, nature, complexity, and scope of drilling works that have been successfully and substantially completed. The contract performed should be supported by the name and addresses of the clients.For contractors who executed the drilling works in separate two contracts, 47,500,000.00 ETB or more for each drilling work contracts are required. For ongoing project, at least 80% of the work is completed successful. The similarity is related to drilling contract of water supply project.

4. Bidding will be conducted through National competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank's "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers" (July 2016, revised November, 2017, July 2018 and November 2020, and September 2023), ("Procurement Regulations"), which can be found at the following website: worldbank.org. This process incorporates the national procurement directives as required in making consistent with World Bank requirements.

The bid is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

5. Interested eligible bidders can obtain further information from the Ministry of Water and Energy by contacting Mr. Tesfaye Lulie, the PMU Coordinator, at tesfayelulie.ownp@gmail.com . A scanned copy of the bidding document, prepared in English, is available for free download at https://www.mowe.gov.et/en/tenders . Local bidders must register in person during office hours (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.), while foreign bidders should email their address to the PMU Coordinator to complete their registration.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before May 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked "Original Bid", and the inner envelopes marked "Technical proposal and financial proposal" will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders' designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on May 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM.
7. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of ETB 500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Birr) in the form of an unconditional bank guarantee or CPO in the name of the Ministry of Water and Eneray. The bid security shall be valid for twenty-eight days (28) beyond the end of the validity period of the bid. The client reserves the right to accept or reject the bid partially or totally.
8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder's beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
9. The address(es) referred to above is (are):

Attn: Mr. Tesfaye Lulie, OWNP-CWA-II PMU

Coordinator

Postal address: 5744

Street address: Haile Gebresilasie Avenue, around Hayahulet.

Ministry of Water & Energy, First Floor, and Room number 112.

Telephone: +251912506122

Email: tesfayelulie.ownp@gmail.com

Web site: www.mowe.gov.et

Country: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.

Ministry of Water and Energy