Procurement of Soil Laboratory Equipments, Glassware’s, Spare parts, Chemicals and Reagents

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

Name of Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Agricultural Growth Programme (AGP)

Credit number: IDA 47830-ET

   IFB Title: Procurement of Soil Laboratory Equipments, Glassware's, Spare parts,

                      Chemicals and Reagents

IFB Number: ICB/AGP/CU-03

1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in UN Development Business, issued on November8, 2010.

2. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has received      credit from the International Development Association (IDA) toward the cost of Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to paymentsunder the contract for Procurement of Soil Laboratory Equipments, Glassware's, Spare parts, Chemicals and Reagents

3. The Ministry of Agriculture now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the following goods and related services.

4. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) a procedure specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.

5.  Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Agriculture,

  Procurement, Finance and Property Administration and inspect the Bidding Documents at

  the address given below from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM of official working days.

6. Qualification requirements include:

(a) Audited financial statements to demonstrate that the bidder has an average annual turnover of at least 2 times the bid price over the last three years;

(b) The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that it has successfully delivered at least two contracts of similar size and nature in the last four years.      

   Additional details are provided in the bidding documents.

7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee of ETB 200.00 or an equivalent amount in freely convertible currency. The method of payment will be in cash/ cashier's check. Bidders' who wish to have the bid document delivered to their address by a courier service pay an additional amount of ETB 600.00 or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency for courier service charge or send a prepaid courier service coupon to the purchaser address below. However the purchaser shall not be responsible for a loss or delay in the delivery of the mail and shall not entertain requests for extension onaccount of such delays. 

8.  Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before March 28, 2013, Time: 10:00 AM. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected.  Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at March 28, 2013, Time: 10:30 AM. AllBids must be accompanied by a Bid Security specified in paragraph 3 above or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.