Debre Birhan - Ankober Road Upgrading Project (Re-bid)

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia-Transport Sector Project in Support of RSDP4

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

INVITATION FOR BID (Re-bid)

FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

COUNTRY:                              Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

NAME OF PROJECT:       Transport Sector Project in Support of RSDP4

SECTOR:                                     Transport

CREDIT No.:                            5155-ET

PROJECT ID No:                     P117731

Contract/Bid No:                    IFB/03

1.             The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Ethiopia Road Sector Support Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds towards eligible payments for under the works contracts listed below.

Table 1:  Contract Description/ Scope of Works

Table 2: Estimated Construction Quantities Volume

Debre Birhan-Ankober Road Project is located in the Amhara Regional State within the North Shoa zone. The works under this contract consists of the construction of 42 km road of the Debre Birhan Ankober Road Project. The project road starts from the Debre Birhan town, which is located at a distance of 130 km north of Addis Ababa and stretches to the east and ends at Ankober town.

The existing road form Debre Birhan to Ankober is a gravel road with formation width varying from 6m to 7m, with minor and major drainage structures. The road alignment traverse terrain ranging from flat to escarpment composed ofmostly rocks.

The planned Debre Birhan to Ankober road shall be constructed to DS4 road standard (ERA'sGeometric Design Manual-2002) with an Asphalt Concrete carriageway ofthickness 50mm and it shall have a cross section of 10m (7m AC carriageway and 1.5m shoulder on each side) or as per the drawings for the different sections. The work also includes the construction of minor and major drainage structures.

The Debre Birhan Ankober Road is followed by Ankober-Awash Arba Junction Road UpgradingProject that consists of two Contracts; Contract 1: Ankober to Dulecha, and Contract 2: Dulecha to Awash Arba Junction. Currently, Contract2: Dulecha to Awash Arba Junction project is under construction whilethe first contract, Contract 1: Ankober to Dulecha in under preparation stage for tendering.

The envisaged Construction Period is 30 months.

2.             The Ethiopian Roads Authority now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction works of the abovecontract.

3.            Bidding will be conducted through the InternationalCompetitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits published January 2011 and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.

4.            Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents from the Ethiopian Roads Authority at the address-1 below during office hours from 8:30 A.M.-12:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. from Monday to Thursdays and from8:30 A.M. -11:30 A.M and 1:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M on Fridays.

5.            Qualifications requirements are detailed in Table 3below. A margin of preference shall be applied. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.

Table 3: Experience and Qualification Requirements

Note: 

        i.            The Turnover requirements set in the above Table 3 is minimum average construction turnover calculated as the total certified paymentsreceived for contracts in progress or completed, within the last five(5) years.

      ii.            The Specific Experience requirement is the experience in participation as Contractor, Management Contractor or Subcontractor on asphalt concrete contracts within the last Five (5) years with value and number of project indicated in the Table 3. 

    iii.            Key Activities requirements are the minimum construction experience in executing the quantities shown in the Table 3 above, calculated as the average of thequantities executed in the contracts mentioned in 3 above, or other contracts executed in the last  Five (5) years.

6.            A complete set of bidding documents in English Language may be purchased by interested bidders onthe submission of a written application to the address-1 below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of USD 500 or Ethiopian Birr 10,000.00. The method of payment will be cashier's check or direct deposit toERA's account CBE A/C No. 01715-33144600.The document will be sent byregistered airmail if so required by prospective bidders but under nocircumstances the authority will be held responsible for late delivery or loss of the documents so mailed.

7.            All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of US$500,000.00 or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency,and be delivered to the address-2 below on or before June 02, 2015 at 2:30 PM. They will be opened immediately thereafter, in the presence of bidders' representatives, who choose to attend, at the address-2 below. Late bids will be rejected.

Address-1:    Tirsit Tamiru, Engineering Procurement Directorate Director

Ethiopian Roads Authority

2^nd floor, Room No. 207

P. O.  Box 1770

Tel: 251-11-551 50 02

Fax: 251-11- 54 44 34/51 48 66

E-mail: tirsittamiru@gmail.com, epdteam3@gmail.com

Ras Abebe Aregay Street

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Address-2:      Sisay Bekele, Acting Director General

Ethiopian Roads Authority

Ras Abebe Aregay Street

Floor/ Room Number: 4^th Floor/ Room No.  407

City: Addis Ababa

Country: Ethiopia

Telephone: +251-11- 515-66-03

Facsimile number: +251-11- 551-48-66

Ethiopian Roads Authority