Road Sector Support Project
Source: World Bank — Road Sector Support Project
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
COUNTRY: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
NAME OF PROJECT: Ethiopia Road Sector Project
SECTOR: Transport
CREDIT No.: 5371-ET
PROJECT ID No.: P131118
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of Ethiopia Road Sector Support Project and it intendsto apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consultancy services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the Government of Ethiopia.
The project will include the following components:
Project Component 1: Upgrading of Critical Link Road and Related Supervision Services
1. Output and Performance Based Road Contract (OPRC) [Design-Build-Operate-Maintain] Works of Nekempte-Bure Road UpgradingProject
i. Lot 1: Nekempte-Anger Gutin-Andhode Section (86.10 km)
ii. Lot 2: Andhode-Agamsa Section (87.65 km)
iii. Lot 3: Agamsa-Bure Section (84.56 km)
2. Provision of consulting services for monitoring and supervision of OPRC works contracts
Project Component 2: Support to Enhancing Road Asset Management Practice
1. Maintenance of selected roads and strengthening road asset management capacity, including:
(a) Overlay, resealing, regraveling and routine maintenance of about 200 kilometers of paved and gravel roads and provision of consulting services for works monitoring and supervision.
(b) Strengthening ERA's road asset management capacity and support for the adoption of low cost road pavements.
Project Component 3: Support to Road Safety and Institutional Development
(a) Support for the development of a safe and green road strategy and preparation of a national road safety audit manual.
(b) Establishing ERA's institutional capacity for OPRC design and management, including: (i) preparation of OPRC contracts and procurement of OPRC contracts; (ii) preparation of road asset management contracts, including assessment of roads maintenance priority and preparation of OPRC bidding documents; (iii) preparation of OPRC design and administration manual; (iv) provision of Training to, and enhancing the awareness of, domestic contractors and the banking and insurance industry on OPRC related issues and OPRC risk management; and (v) conducting an assessment of domestic road contractors' and consultants' performance.
(c) Strengthening ERA's technical capacity on contract management, financial management, construction site environmental andsafety monitoring and management, transparency practices, including a social monitoring and beneficiary study of the road sector with emphasis on gender aspects.
(d) Support for the preparation of follow-on operations, including preparation of feasibility studies, detailed designs and bidding documents for future roads upgrading and rehabilitation projects, as well as road asset management contracts.
Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, (January, 2011), and is open to all eligiblebidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services willbe selected in accordance with the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits &Grants by World bank Borrowers, January 2011. These guidelines are available on www.worldbank.org/procure.
Specific Procurement Notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank's International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business, World Bank's external website and The Ethiopian Herald news paper.
Procurement of Contractors for all the three lots of the Nekempte-Bure Road indicated under Component 1 above will be through ICB Post Qualification procedures.
Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive invitations to bid under ICB procedures, and interested consultants who wish to receive a copy of advertisement requesting Expressions of Interest for consultancy contracts, or those requiring additional information, should contact the address below.
Amare Assefa, Engineering Procurement Directorate Director
Ethiopian Roads Authority
2nd floor, Room No. 207
P. O. Box 1770
Tel: 251-1-551 5002
Fax: 251-1- 554-44-34
E-mail: amareyeti@gmail.com, epdteam3@gmail.com
Ras Abebe Aregay Street
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopian Roads Authority
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