Supply and Installation of Public Weather Communication Facilities for Weather forecast situation room.

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Flood Management Project

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

  Name of Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

  Name of Project: Ethiopia Flood Management Project

 Contract Title: Supply and Installation of Public Weather Communication Facilities for Weather forecast studio and situation                                     room

 Grant No.: E124-ET

  RFB Reference No.: ET-EMI-423288-GO-RFB

1.  The Federal Government of Ethiopia- has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ethiopia Flood Management Project (EFMP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Supply and Installation of Public Weather Communication Facilities for Weather forecast studio and situation room. 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 Ethiopian Meteorology Institute now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and Installation of Public Weather Communication Facilities for Weather forecast studio and situation room as per the  followings description of Goods.

The Bidding Document require bidders to have specific experience which includes the following:

Financial Capability: The Bidder shall submit audited financial statements or, if not required by the law of the Bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Purchaser, for the last recent three ( 3 ) years prior to bid submission deadline, demonstrating the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position. For a joint venture, this requirement shall be met by each member.

Specific Experience: The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has successfully completed at least one (1) contract within the last recent five (5) years prior to bid submission deadline, with a value of USD 2,000,000 (Two million USD) that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar in nature and complexity to the Goods and Related Services under the Contract. For a joint venture, this requirement may be met by all members combined.

3. Bidding will be conducted using the International Competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers : Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, edition  as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers”  World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 updated in November 2020. Procurement will also comply with “Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants” revised as of July 1, 2016, (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Ethiopian Meteorology Institute- Ethiopia Flood Management Project Asaminew Teshome (Ph.D, Email: asmin2met@gmail.com, cc to: getachewhtsegaw@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours 9;00am to 5pm local time at the address given below. 

5.The bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested Bidders on submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of ETB 300 amount in local currency or equivalent amount in freely convertible foreign currency. The method of payment will be through commercial Bank of Ethiopia, direct deposit to EMI, Account No.1000007241295/cashiers cheque. The document will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail or courier for local delivery. 

6.Bids must be delivered to the address below: The Ethiopian Meteorology Institute, Building -1 floor, Room No.003, on or before December 23, 2024, at 2:00 pm local time. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on December 23, 2024 at 2:30pm local time or immediately after the deadline for submission of bids. All envelopes marked “SECOND ENVELOPE: FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.

7.All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of USD 20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand USD) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency in the form of Unconditional Bank Guarantee or CPO to the Ethiopian Meteorology Institute.

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):

                                             The Ethiopian Meteorology Institute (EMI), 

                                              Getachew Tsegaw Procurement Specialist

                                               P.O.Box 1090 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

                                                Near Tikure Anbesa Hospital

                                                Procurement office, Building -1 floor,

                                                 Room No.003, Addis Ababa-Ethiopia

                                                 Email:asmin2met@gmail.com  cc: getachewhtsegaw@gmail.com