NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS

  1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has allocated budget towards the cost of Tercha-Weldehana-Omonada Road Project in two contracts and intends to apply part of this budget to payments under these contracts.

Item No. / Contract Name / Location / Length
(Km) / Project Delivery Method / Pavement type / Project Duration
1 / Contract I: Tercha–Weldehana-Werebo / Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional States / 90.6 / Design Build (DB) / Double Bituminous
Surface Treatment (DBST) / 48months
2 / Contract II: Werebo-Gona-Omonada Junction / 66.7 / 42 months
  1. The projectsare located in the Southern part of the Country in the Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) Regional States.Both contracts shall be designed and constructed to DC5 road class (ERA’s Geometric Design Manual-2013) with a carriageway of 7m width and 1.5 m shoulder width for flat and rolling and 0.5 m shoulder width in mountainous and escarpment terrains on both sides in rural sections. In town sections, the carriageway and parking lane is 14 m in total for Zonal and Woreda seats, and it is 12 m in total for Kebele seats. The town sections will have side ditches on both sides of the road. Moreover, pedestrian walkways are provided on both sides of the road, and a median is provided at the centre of the road for Zonal and Woreda seats. The work also includes the design and construction of minor and major drainage structures.
  2. The Ethiopian Roads Authority now invites bidders to submit sealed bids for providing the necessary labor, material and equipment for the design and construction works of the above road project.
  3. Interested bidders shall submit the following evidence:
  4. In the case of Ethiopian bidders, Certificate of Registration from Ministry of Urban Development, Housingand Construction with Category GC-1 or RC-1 renewed for 2006 EFY and other appropriate documentary evidences demonstrating the bidder’s compliance, which shall include:

i)Trading License renewed for 2006 EFY; and

ii)Tax Clearance Certificate, which states that the bidder can participate in any public tender, valid at bidding date and VAT Registration Certificate; and

iii)Registration as Supplier in the list of the mandated public body, i.e. public Procurement and Property Administration Agency (PPPAA).

  1. In case of bidders other than Ethiopians; business organization registration certificate or Trade License issued by the country of establishment.
  1. Bidding will be conducted through an International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures and is open to all eligible bidders as specified and defined in the Bidding Documents.The minimum General and Specific Construction Experience for each of the Contracts is as shown below:

Tercha–Weldehana–Omonada Junction Road Project, Contract I: Tercha–Weldehana-Werebo

Item/No / Qualification Criteria / Minimum Requirement
For Local Bidders / For Foreign Bidders
1 / Annual Construction Turnover / ETB440 Million (Peak) / ETB1.3 Billion (Average)
2 / Liquid asset /Cash Flow requirement / ETB 160 Million / ETB210 Million
3 / General Construction Experience / 3years firm experience in construction / 5 years firm experience in construction
4 / Specific Construction
Project Experience / One new Gravel road construction/Upgrading project with a value of at least ETB 1.3Billionor One newGravel road construction/Upgrading project of length at least68 km within the last ten (10) years that has been successfully and substantially completed (70% Completed) / Minimum two DBST road construction/Upgrading projects each with a value of at leastETB 2.0Billion or two DBST road construction/Upgrading road projects of length at least90km each within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully and substantially completed (70%completed)
5 / Specific Construction Experience in Key Activities / Item Description / Unit / Quantity
Local Bidders / Foreign Bidders
1 / Earthworks ;cut &borrow to fill,cut to spoil (common and Intermediate Excavation ) / M3/yr / 1,600,000 / 2,200,000
2 / Rock Excavation / M3/yr / 285,000 / 380,000
3 / Gravel Sub base / M3/yr / 45,000 / 59,000
4 / Crushed Stone base / M3/yr / N/A / 44,000
5 / Bituminous pavement works (Surface Dressing or Asphalt Concrete) / M2/yr / N/A / 203,000

Tercha–Weldehana–Omonada Junction Road Project, Contract II; Werebo-Gona-Omonada Junction

Item/No / Qualification Criteria / Minimum Requirement
For Local Bidders / For Foreign Bidders
1 / Annual Construction Turnover / ETB 350 Million (Peak) / ETB1.0 Billion (Average)
2 / Liquid asset /Cash Flow requirement / ETB 125Million / ETB 170 Million
3 / General Construction Experience / 3years firm experience in construction / 5 years firm experience in construction
4 / Specific Construction
Project Experience / One new Gravel road construction/Upgrading project with a value of at leastETB 876 Millionor One newGravel road construction/Upgrading project of length at least50 km within the last ten (10) years that has been successfully and substantially completed (70% Completed) / Minimum two DBST road construction/Upgrading projects each with a value of at leastETB 1.4 Billion or two DBST road construction/Upgrading road projects of length at least67 km each within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully and substantially completed (70%completed)
5 / Specific Construction Experience in Key Activities / Item Description / Unit / Quantity
Local Bidders / Foreign Bidders
1 / Earthworks ;cut &borrow to fill,cut to spoil (common and Intermediate excavation ) / M3/yr / 1,300,000 / 1,700,000
2 / Rock Excavation / M3/yr / 220,000 / 290,000
3 / Gravel Sub base / M3/yr / 40,000 / 55,000
4 / Crushed Stone base / M3/yr / N/A / 39,000
5 / Bituminous pavement works (Surface Dressing or Asphalt Concrete) / M2/yr / N/A / 182,000

If a bidder is awarded and /or recommended for award of any works contract/s by ERA since December 01, 2013 inclusive, the qualification criteria for the construction turnover and key activity will be the aggregate of the criteria of the subject project; and that of the awarded contract/s and/or those recommended to be awarded. A detailed qualification criteria is stated in the respective bidding documents.

  1. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. local time from Monday to Thursday, and 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. local time on Friday.

A complete set of bidding documents prepared in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and a nonrefundable fee of ETB 750 or USD 40 for each contract, effective as of June 09, 2014. The method of payment shall be in cash or direct deposit to ERA’s account in the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia - Sengatera Branch through Account No. 01715-33144600.

Address: Ethiopian Roads Authority, Engineering Procurement Directorate, 2nd floor, Room No. 208, Tel: 251-11-551 50 02.

  1. Bidders shall submit their Bids on two envelopes, the first envelope labeled “Qualification Information and Bid Security”, and the second envelope “Financial Bid”, separately sealed and the two envelopes sealed in another outer envelope.
  1. Evaluation is to be carried out in two stages, Qualification Information first and Financial Bids of qualified Bidders next.
  1. Bids may be submitted for each contract separately and may be awarded both contracts or individual contract subject to fulfilling of the qualification criteria for individual and multiple contract criteria specified in the respective Bidding Documents.
  1. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or beforeSeptember09, 2014 at 2:30 PM.All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of ETB 500,000.00 for each contract. Late bids will be rejected. One Original and four Copies of the bids have to be submitted. The Qualification information and Bid Security will be opened in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend, at the address below.

Director General

4th Floor, Conference Room

Ethiopian Roads Authority

Ras Abebe Aregay Street

P. O. Box 1770

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

Tel. +251-11-551 71 70/79

Fax. +251-11-5514866

Time of bid opening will be as follows:

Item No. / Contract Name / Bid Opening time
1 / Tercha–Weldehana–Omonada Junction Road Project, Contract I: Tercha–Weldehana-Werebo / September 09, 2014
at 2:30 PM
2 / Tercha–Weldehana–Omonada Junction Road Project, Contract II: Werebo-Gona-Omonada Junction
  1. The Ethiopian Roads Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

ETHIOPIAN ROADS AUTHORITY