Bid No.

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Opening Date

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Description

Water Supply and Sanitation Project
Credit 3901-ET and Grant H850-ET
IFB Title –Borehole Drilling & Construction

1.      The Amhara Regional State though the Government of Ethiopia has received credit from the World Bank/International Development Association toward the cost of the Water Supply and Sanitation Project and it intends to apply part of fund to cover eligible payments under the Contract AWRDB/BH/001/2008 for shallow & Borehole Drilling and Construction.

2.      The Amhara Regional Water Resources Development Bureau now invites sealed bids from qualified eligible bidders with renewed water works/drilling licenses form the Ministry of Water Resources, renewed trade/contract license, in land revenue for the year 2008/2009 and VAT Registration Certificate for the construction of the following numbers of boreholes:

3.      Bidding will be conducted though the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) a procedure specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IDA Credits, and is open to al bidders form eligible source countries as defined in the guidelines.

4.      The award will be decided on a lot by lot basis. Bidders may bid for one or more lot.

5.      Minimum qualifications required for the award of single and multiple contracts include the following (i) ownership (or existing lease) of one suitable drilling rig for one lot, (ii) drilling of at least 25 and 50 boreholes within each of last five years for one and two lots consecutively and should have successful carried out at least 2 similar contracts within past five years, and (iii) an experienced drilling team for each lots. A margin of preference eligible national bidders shall be applied, as appropriate Additional details are provided in the bidding documents.

6.      Bids shall be valid for a period of One Hundred and Twenty (120) days after bid opening. Bids must be accompanied by bid security of not less than 2% of the total bid price. They shall delivered to Amhara National Regional State Water Resources Development Bureau, Regional WaSH Program Coordination Unit, Room No. 02 and Bahir Dar. Electronic bidding will not be permitted and late bids will be rejected.

7.      A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased directly form Amhara National Regional State Water Resources Development Bureau, Regional WaSH Program coordination Unit, Room No.02, Bahir Dar upon payment of a non-refundable fee ETB 250 (Two Hundred Fifty) Ethiopian Birr) from the date of first announcement of this notice on The Ethiopian Herald in office hours for 20 consecutive calendar days and closed on the next Government working day at 10:00 A.M.

8.      Bids shall be opened in the presence of official representatives of the bidders, who wish to attend on the same date of bid closing at 10:30 A.M. local time at the Office of Amhara National Regional State Water Resources Development Bureau, Regional WaSH Program Coordination Unit.

9.      The Bureau reserves the right to accept or reject all or parts of the bid and to annual the bidding process.

Address
Amhara National Regional State Water
Resources Development Bureau
Regional WaSH Program Coordination Unit
Tel. 058-222-05 30 Or 222-05 79
Fax. 058-222-05 79
P.O. Box 88