Construction of Liquid Nitrogen Plant in Dubti Woreda

Source: World Bank — Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project, Phase Two (LLRP II)

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Small Works (One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Project: Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project – Phase Two (LLRP-II)

Contract Title: Construction of Liquid Nitrogen Plant in Dubti Woreda

RFB Reference No.: ET-AFR-RPCU-589815-CW-RFB

Credit No.: IDA-75190-ET

1. The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project – Phase Two (LLRP-II) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward eligible payments under the contract for the Construction of a Liquid Nitrogen Plant in Dubti Woreda.

2. The Afar National Regional State, Office of the President, Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project – Phase Two (LLRP-II), Regional Project Coordination Unit (RPCU), now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the construction of a Liquid Nitrogen Plant in Dubti Woreda. The construction period shall be six (6) months. Qualification requirements are specified in Section III, Evaluation and Qualification Criteria, of the Bidding Document.

3. Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB), following the World Bank's Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, Seventh Edition, September 2025 ("Procurement Regulations"), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project – Phase Two (LLRP-II), Afar Regional Project Coordination Unit (RPCU), through the following email addresses: afarllrp@gmail.com and llrpafar@gmail.com.

5. Interested Bidders may inspect the Bidding Document during office hours, from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (East Africa Time), on working days, at the address indicated below.

6. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be obtained free of charge by interested eligible Bidders upon submission of a written application to the address indicated below. The Bidding Document will be issued in hard copy at the address below or sent electronically by email upon request.

7. Bids must be delivered to the address indicated below on or before 07 December 2026 at 10:00 a.m. (East Africa Time). Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected.

8. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders' designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address indicated below on 07 December 2026 at 10:30 a.m. (East Africa Time).

9. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 400,000 (Four Hundred Thousand Ethiopian Birr) in the form of an unconditional bank guarantee or a Cashier's Payment Order (CPO) issued by a recognized bank, in accordance with the requirements specified in the Bidding Document. The Bid Security shall be made in the name of the Afar Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project – Phase Two (LLRP-II), Regional Project Coordination Unit (RPCU).

10. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Bidder's beneficial ownership as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form included in the Bidding Document.

11. ADDRESS:

Afar National Regional State, Office of the President

Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project – Phase Two (LLRP-II)

Afar Regional Project Coordination Unit (RPCU)

Attention: Procurement Officer, Tadesse Gebeyehu. Room No.: 7

Telephone: +251 33 666 0188 / +251 912 68 90 22 / +251 933 80 62 44

Email: afarllrp@gmail.com; llrpafar@gmail.com

Address: Semera, Afar, Ethiopia.