Purchase of 115,000 MT wheat grains

Source: World Bank — Strengthen Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net

                                                       Request for Bids

                                                            Goods

                                       (One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Ethiopia

Name of Project: Strengthen Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net (SEASN) Project

Contract Title:  Procurement of 115,000 MT of Wheat Grain

RFB No: ET-MOA/FSCD-224312-GO-RFB

Credit/Grant No. IDA-67980/IDA D7450

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) and other donor partners toward the cost of the Strengthen Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net (SEASN) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the procurement of 115,000 MT of wheat grain in two lots as follows:

 The Food Security Coordination Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply of 115,000 MT wheat grain.

 Bidding will be conducted through International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 revised November 2017, July 2018 and Nov. 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”).

 Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM local time during official working days.

 Qualification requirements include:

(i) Financial capacity

The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence that it meets the following financial requirement(s):

• The bidder must demonstrate that its average annual turnover over the last 3 years is $24 Million for one Lot and $ 48 Million for both lots.

 The bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets and lines of credit (with a letter of commitment from a reputed Bank acceptable to the purchaser) as evidence, other than any contractual advance payments to meet the cash flow requirement of US$ 6,000,000 per lot, and 12,000,000 in case the bidder wishes to bid for both lots.

• The bidder will also have to 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 three years (2018-20) to demonstrate that Bidder's net worth calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities is positive in each of the three years.

(ii)     Experience and Technical Capacity

The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that it meets the following experience requirement(s):

The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that it meets specific experience for supply of wheat grain within the last 3 years:

• at least one contract with a quantity of at least 60,000 MT for award of contract for single lot; and.
• either at least two contracts each with a quantity of at least 60,000 MT or one contract of at least 115,000 MT for award of contract for both lots, that have been successfully and substantially completed.

(iii)    Documentary Evidence

The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that the Goods it offers meet the following requirement:

• The bidder shall furnish as part of its bid, the documentary evidence that the goods conform to the technical specifications and usage standards specified in Section VII-Schedule of Requirements.

Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.

 The Bidding Documents in English may be obtained by interested bidders upon the submission of a written Application to the address below free of charge. The document will be sent by email.

Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before on or before 3rd December 2021 at 10:00 AM local time.  Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected.  Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 3rd December 2021 immediately after bid closing. 

All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration.

 The addressed referred to above is:

Ministry of Agriculture (MoA),

Attention, Degayehu Desso, Director, Procurement Directorate

P.O. Box 62347, Email: degayehu@gmail.com; or wihibisenbet@yahoo.com

CMC Road, Behind Ministry of Mines and Energy, Building B, 1st Floor,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia