Ministry of Agriculture invites applications from competent firms for prequalification for supply of goods and services for 2025-2027 financial years

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION OF SUPPLIERS FOR SUPPLY, INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING, END-USER TRAINING, AND AFTER-SALES SERVICES OF IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES (FUEL AND SOLAR POWERED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS) 2025-2027

Country: Ethiopia

Name of Project: Food System Resilience Program, Ministry of Agriculture

Contract Title: Pre-Qualification of suppliers for supply, installation, commissioning, end-user training, and after-sales services for irrigation technologies (fuel and solar powered irrigation systems) for the year 2025-2027

Loan No./Credit.: P71560-ET

Prequalification Reference No.: MOA-FSRP-PQ-2025-001

1. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract of supply, installation, commissioning, end-user training, and after-sales services for irrigation pumps.
2. The Ministry of Agriculture intends to shortlist prequalify suppliers for irrigation pumps supply. installation, commissioning, end-user training, and after-sales services MOA. through its Smallholder Irrigation Lead Executive, in collaboration with the FSRP Program Management Unit (PMU), is seeking to shortlist eligible and qualified suppliers capable of delivering comprehensive solutions for Micro Scale Irrigation (MSI) systems. Hence. Ministry of Agriculture invites applications from competent firms for prequalification for supply of goods and services for 2025-2027 financial years.
3. Prequalification will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank's Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers – Procurement in Investment Projects Financing" Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016. revised November 2017, July 2018. November 2020, September 2023, February 2025). ("Procurement Regulations"), setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
4. Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from the address below during office hours 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM from Monday to Thursday and office hours on Fridays are 8:30 AM 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM.
5. A complete set of Prequalification Documents in English may be purchased by interested Applicants on the submission of a written Application to address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee of Birr 500.00 or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. The method of payment should be cash or bank transfer through account number 1000009144009 for the beneficiary of Ministry of Agriculture.
6. Applications for Prequalification should be submitted in clearly marked envelopes and delivered to the address below by 1st September, 2025 at 10:00AM. Electronic bidding will not be permitted.

Late bids will be rejected.

Ministry of Agriculture, Procurement Executive,

Attention: Woineye Girma, Procurement Specialist Tel. 09 11 76 22 10

Email: fsrp.procurement@gmail.com

Street address: CMC Road, behind Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration of Ethiopia

Floor/Room number: Block A, 2nd Floor Room Number 5

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia