The Oromia Roads and Logistics Bureau (ORLB) now invites eligible bidders to submit sealed bids for providing the consultancy services of Design Review and Construction Supervision of above referred road projects

INVITATION FOR BID

Procurement Reference Number: ORLB/NCB/RFP/DS-27/2017(RE-BID)

1. Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has received financing from the IDA Grant E308-ET for Ethiopian Rural Connectivity for Food Security (RCFS) Program and Oromia Regional State Government also allocated required budget as a matching fund and intends to apply part of this budget to payments under these projects.

2. The Oromia Roads and Logistics Bureau (ORLB) now invites eligible bidders to submit sealed bids for providing the consultancy services of Design Review and Construction Supervision of above referred road projects.
3. Invited bidders shall submit the following evidence: The bidders shall have a certificate of competency from Oromia Construction Authority or Ministry of Federal Construction with Category III and below (Highway and Bridge) Certificates, renewed for the bidding period and other appropriate documentary evidence demonstrating the bidder's compliance, which shall include:
   1. Trading /Business License renewed for bid period and Commercial Registration Certificate from authorized bodies.
   2. VAT & Tax payer Identification Certificate issued by the tax authority,
   3. Tax Clearance certificate issued from the Tax Authority (Inland Revenue Authority) which allows the bidder to participate in public tenders at the date of the deadline for bid submission.
   4. Evidence of /Being / Registered at Ethiopian Public Procurement and Property Administration Agency (EGP) Supplier list.
4. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures and is open to all Invited bidders as specified and defined in the bidding document.
5. Selected bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, which is necessary for bidding purposes, at the address given below at office working hours. A complete set of bidding documents prepared in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and a non-refundable fee of ETB 1,000.00 (One thousand Birr only) for each Project, effective from the first date of announcement up to deadline. The method of payment shall be in cash to the ORLB's Head Office Cashier.
6. Bidders can apply for one or for all or for any number of projects from the above listed projects and shall submit their bid separately for each project, they are interested to apply for.
7. Bidders shall submit One Original and two photocopies for both technical proposal and financial offer. Technical and Financial proposals will be sealed in such a way that;
8. Bidders required to submit; ONE ORIGINAL plus TWO COPIES of Technical Proposal clearly marked as "Original" and "Copy". Each Copy (2 Copies) and One Original Technical Proposal along with bid security shall be sealed separately (3 seals) and envelopes containing the original and the copies shall be sealed in another outer envelope and labelled as "ONE ORIGINAL & TWO PHOTOCOPY" TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.
9. ONE ORIGINAL plus TWO COPIES Financial Proposal clearly marked as "Original" and "Copy". Each Copy (2 Copies) and One Original Financial Proposal shall be sealed separately (3 seals) and all envelopes containing the original and the copies shall be sealed in another outer envelope and labelled as "ONE ORIGINAL & TWO PHOTOCOPY" FINANCIAL PROPOSAL. Finally, the whole documents shall be placed in a single wax sealed envelope whose outer cover containing all necessary information about the bidder, & the employer including project information.

8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before: June 30, 2025 at 10:00 A.M. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security indicated in the above table. Late bids will be rejected. The Qualification Application, Financial offers, and Bid security of the bidders will be opened by the Oromia Roads and Logistics Bureau in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend at the address. Below on the final date and 30 minutes after bid submission as stated above.
9. Evaluation is to be carried out in two stages, Qualification Information First and Financial Bids of Qualified bidders next. Financial Proposal of qualified bidders will be opened at the same address given below on the date that is to be declared by the Authority's Bid Endorsing Committee after completion of the evaluation of Technical Proposals. Unqualified Bidders' Financial Proposal will be returned unopened to the Bidder.
10. The Bid validity period shall be: 90 Calendar days after the latest date for submission of bid.

11. Oromiya Roads and Logistics Bureau reserves the right to reject any bid and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids at any time, without thereby incurring any liability to Bidders.

Oromiya Regional Government Sectorial Office Building at Sarbet.

Office of Oromia Roads and Logistics Bureau,

2nd Floor, Procurement Directorate

Email: info@oromiaroadsauthority.org

Website: www.oromiaroadsandlogisticsbureau.org

P. O. B. 42937

Finfinne, Ethiopia

Oromia Roads and Logistics Bureau