Invitation for Bid for the Procurement of 70,000 MT of Wheat Grain (Modified ICB/ FSCD/PSNP/GR-02/12)

Source: World Bank — Productive Safety Net APL III

Invitation for Bid

Name of Country: Ethiopia

Name of Project: Productive Safety Net APL III Project

Procurement of 70,000 MT of Wheat Grain (Modified ICB/ FSCD/PSNP/GR-02/12)

Credit #: 4666 ET

The Government of 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 Productive Safety Net APL III Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments under the contractfor the procurement of 70,000 MT of wheat grain.

The Food Security Coordination Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) now invites eligible bidders for the supply of 70,000 MT wheat grain in two lots.

Bidding will be conducted through theModified International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specifiedin the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to allbidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines. 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:

a.      Financial capacity

•         Bidders shall furnish audited balance sheets and income statements or, if not required by the law of the bidder's country, other financial statements acceptable to the employer, for the last three years 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. The biddermust demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, lines of credit, other than any contractual advance payments to meet the cash flow requirement of US$ 15,000,000 per lot.

b.      Average Annual Supply

•         Minimum average annual supply over the last 3 years of 35,000 MT of cereals per lot (wheat, maize and rice).

c.      Similar Experience

•         At least 2 contracts within the last 3 years, each with a value of at least supplying 35,000MT of wheat or maize that have been successfully and substantially completed.

Additional details areprovided in the Bidding Documents.

A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be obtained by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application tothe address below.

Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 6 February 2014 at 10:00 AM Ethiopian time.  Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected.  Bids willbe opened in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below on 6 February 2014 at 10:30 AM Ethiopian time.   All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 1% ofthe total bid amount in a freely convertible currency.

The addressed referred to above is:

Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)- Disaster Risk Management & Food Security Sector (DRMFSS)

Near Nefas Silk Technical & Vocational Education & Training College

Procurement Unit, Room No. 38

Contactperson: Woldehawariat Kalbore, Tender Committee chair person

P.O.Box: 5686 E-mail: whk2011@yahoo.com or berhanuw@yahoo.com  

Fax No: +25111552 92 54      Tel. No: 0114 4212 24 or 0114 42 1966 Ext.215

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.