The SWEPRS Pastoral and Lowland area Affairs Bureau invites sealed bids for the construction of a water supply rehabilitation project in Kenti Kebele, West Omo Zone, and a bridge/road rehabilitation project in Gachit Kebele, West Omo Zone.

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

IFB Title-Construction of Water Supply Rehabilitation Project and Construction of Bridge and Road Rehabilitation project

NATIONAL COMPUTETIVE BIDDING (NCB)

IFB No: NCB/SWPRS/PLLACB/BREFONS/Works/01/02/2026.

1.       The SWEPRS Pastoral and Lowland Area Affairs Bureau through the Government of Ethiopia has received Loan from African Development Bank (AfDB) toward the cost of Infrastructure Development and it intends to apply part of funds to cover eligible payments under the contract for Construction of

Lot 1-Construction of Water Supply Rehabilitation at West Omo Zone Meanit shasha Woreda Kenti Kebele and

Lot 2- Construction of Bridge and Road Rehabilitation at West Omo Zone Meinit Goldiva wereda Gachit kebele in the SWEPR.

2.       SWEPRS Pastoral and Lowland Area Affairs Bureau now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Lot 1 WWC-5 and above and for Lot-2 GC/RC-5 contractor with license renewed for the year 2018 E.C, Valid tax clearance certificate, Certificate of Competence, VAT registration certificate and TIN Certificate.

3.       Bidders are strongly advised to visit the project construction site before submitting their proposals.

4.       Bidders instructed to submit wax sealed envelope of "ONE ORIGINAL" AND "TWO COPIES of the technical and financial document. For both documents put in different folder with one mother folder.

5.       Firms who have ongoing contracts with the bureau or other regional bureaus have to demonstrate that they have 70% or more contraction progress generally with no delay or termination notifications and practical terminations, otherwise will be rejected.

6.       Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) as specified in the African Development Bank's Guidelines and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the Guidelines.

7.       The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the African Development Bank Standard Bidding Document: Procurement of Goods or Procurement of Works.

8.       Bid must be accompanied by bid security of ETB 200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Birr) for Lot-1 and ETB 400,000 (Four Hundred Thousand Birr) for Lot -2 in the form of Unconditional Bank Guarantee, CPO (Certified Payment Order) and shall remain Valid for 120 (One Hundred twenty) days.

9.       A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested bidders upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 1000.00 (One Thousand Birr) for each project or in other equivalent and freely convertible currency starting from the first appearance of this advertisement on Ethiopian Herald Newspaper for 28 calendar days from the project office at Bonga. The final submission date and opening of the proposal will be on 28th date of this announcement at 8:00 & 9:00 local time respectively. If the 28th day is not working date it will be held on next working day.

10.   Late bids will be rejected.

11.   Bids will be opened in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend at SWEPRS Pastoral and Lowland Area Affairs BREFONS and DRIVE project Unit office, (Bonga).

12.   The SWEPRS Pastoral and Lowland Area Affairs Bureau reserves the right to reject all or part of the bid.

Full Address:

SWEPRS Pastoral and Lowland Area Affairs Bureau, BREFONS and DRIVE project Unit office

Telephone number: +251911063953 Bonga, Ethiopia

SWEPRS Pastoral and Lowland Area Dev’t Bureau