Procurement of Supply, Installation, testing, commissioning, training and maintenance of Laboratory Equipment for Ethiopian Roads Administration Road Research Center

Source: World Bank — Road Sector Support Project

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Road Sector Support Project (RSSP) (P131118)

Credit Number: IDA-53710-ET

Procurement of Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Training and Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment for Ethiopian Roads Administration Road Research Centre

ET-ERA-338337-GO-RFB

1. The Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received a credit from the International Development Association toward the Road Sector Support Project (RSSP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the contract for Procurement of Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, training and Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment for Ethiopian Roads Administration Road Research Centre.

2. The Ethiopian Roads Administration serves as the implementing agency for the project and now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, training and Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment for Ethiopian Roads Administration Road Research Centre.

3. Bidding will be conducted using the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, edition of January 2011 (revised July, 2014) for ITB Clause 1.3, and is open to all Bidders eligible as defined in these Guidelines, that meet the following minimum qualification criteria:

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ethiopian Roads Administration and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. local time from Monday to Thursday, and from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. local time on Friday. 

5. A complete set of bidding documents in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and a nonrefundable fee of Ethiopian Birr Two Thousand Five Hundred (ETB 2,500.00) or in United States Dollars Fifty ($50.00). The method of payment shall be direct deposit to ERA’s account in the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia - Sengatera Branch, Account No. 01715-33144600–Swift Code - CBETETAA. The document will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail or courier for local delivery.

Address: Ethiopian Roads Administration, Engineering Procurement Directorate, 1st floor, Building Block B, Room No. 105, P.O. Box: 1770, Ras Abebe Aregay Street, Ethiopian Roads Administration Head Office. Addis Ababa. Ethiopia. Telephone: +251-115 18-57-74 (Extension-5775)

6. Bids must be delivered on August 22, 2023 at 2:30 P.M to the address below. Late bids will be rejected.

Bids need to be secured by a bid security. The amount of Bid Security required USD 175,000 (US Dollar: One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Only) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below on August 22, 2023.

7. The attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to (i) the fact that they will be required to certify in their bids that all software is either covered by a valid license or was produced by the Bidder itself and (ii) that violations are considered fraud, which can result in ineligibility to be awarded World Bank-financed contracts.

Ethiopian Roads Administration

Engineering Procurement Directorate

Block B, 1st floor, Room No. 105

Ras Abebe Aregay Street

P. O. Box 1770

Email: eraprodir@gmail.com

Tel. +251-115 18-57-74 (Extension-5775)

Fax. +251-11-5514866

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia