procurement of specialized contractor or operator for operation and maintenance of kality 100,000m3 /day waste water treatment plant (lot I)

Source: World Bank — Second Ethiopia Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

REQUEST FOR BIDS

NON-CONSULTING SERVICE

Employer: Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA) Water and Sanitation Development & Rehabilitation Project Office

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Second Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (SUWSSP)

Credit No.: -IDA-60070

Contract Title: - Operation and Maintenance Service for Kality Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) in Addis Ababa City.

Reference No: - ET-AAWSA-76993-NC-RFB

1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Second Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Operation and Maintenance of kality Waste Water Treatment Plant(WWTP) in Addis Ababa City.
2. The Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA) Water and Sanitation Development & Rehabilitation Project Office now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for operation and maintenance service of Kality WWTPs with a total capacity of 100,000m3/day. Kality WWTP is a centralized conventional Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) based plant. It has a design capacity of 100,000 m3/d. The plant consists of inlet chamber, screen chambers with mechanical coarse and fine screens, aerated grit chambers, UASB units, trickling Filters, secondary clarifiers, chlorination and dechlorination units, bypass system, control building and sludge drying beds.

The main objective of the assignment is to contribute to the improvement in the sanitation condition of Addis Ababa city by operating and maintaining the wastewater treatment plant optimally and reliably, and by upgrading the skill and capacity of AAWSA to carry out the same. The WWTP is located at kality and has a total capacity of 100,000 m3/day. The Operation and Maintenance Service provider shall,

• Provide a complete operation and maintenance service for the Wastewater Treatment Plant as per the service requirement as stipulated in the contract document for a period of 42months.
• implement computerized maintenance &management system to perform functions in support of management of operation and maintenance; and
• Build the capacity of AAWSA’s sewerage operation team by providing training for adequate number of the Authority’s operation and maintenance personnel in the Operation and Maintenance of the wastewater treatment plant.

The duration of operation and maintenance service is for 42 (Forty-Two) months. 

Margin of preference is not applicable to this bid. Among others, the main evaluation criteria’s to be used for the selection of substantially responsive bidder  are: - (i) Eligibility, General and specific experience (at least one conventional waste water treatment plant with a capacity of 30,000m3 /d or more with a contract value not less than, USD 12,000,000.00 (twelve million USD)  for the specific experience)   , (ii) the financial performance (average annual construction turn over minimum USD 4,800,000.00 (US dollar four million eight hundred only) calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress and/or completed within the last 5 [five] years, divided by 5[five] years and (iii) the applicant shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means (independent of any contractual advance payment) sufficient to meet the cash flow requirements estimated as USD $600,000 (six hundred thousand US$) for the subject contract(s) net of the Applicants other commitments, and (iv) historical contract performance of the bidder, general qualification and number of key staff and equipment for the execution of the service. 

3.  Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding procedures using a request for Bid (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers dated January 2011 and revised July 2014(“Procurement Guidelines”), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines.  In addition, please refer to paragraphs 1.6 and 1.7 setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from AAWSA-Water and Sanitation Development & Rehabilitation Project Office and inspect the bidding documents during office hours from 9:00 am -12:30 pm in the morning and 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the afternoon at the address given below.

5. A complete set of bidding documents in English language may be purchased by interested eligible bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Ethiopian Birr (ETB) 1,500.00 (ETB One Thousand Five Hundred only). The method of payment will be in cash or deposit to the bank account of the project office which is 1000024625153 at commercial bank of Ethiopia Megenagna Branch. The document will be sent by in person or by air mail for overseas delivery.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before March 05, 2019 at 2:00pm. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below on March 05, 2019 at 2:30pm.

7. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 500,000 (ETB five hundred thousand only) or equivalent in freely convertible currency.

8. The address(es) referred to above is:

Addis Ababa Water Supply Authority (AAWSA), Water and Sanitation Development and Rehabilitation Project Office,

Attn:Ephrem Wubeshet, Procurement Support Process, Head

P.O. Box:1436/1110, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sub city: Lidetasub city around Lideta condominium site on the left side of the LidetaMenafesha

Kebele : 04

Tel: +251-118720825 or +251-11829113

City: Addis Ababa

E-mail address: eph77@yahoo.com

Country: - Ethiopia