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Project N. P-Z1-AZ0-004
Loan No. P-Z1-AZ0-004

1.      The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received a loan and grant from the African Development Bank Group in various currencies to finance the cost of the Project “The Creation of Sustainable Tsetse and Tryponosomiasis-Free Areas in East and West Africa” to be implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology’s (MOST) Southern Rift Valley Tsetse Eradication Project (STEP). It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for Tsetse Production Unit (TPU) Equipment.

2.      The Southern Tsetse Eradication Project (STEP), now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply and installation of TPU equipment for the STEP Kaliti Tsetse Rearing and Irradiation Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The equipment is to be used in the mass rearing of tsetse flies.

3.      Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the STEP Coordination Office, Administrative Section located at the following address:

Project Coordination Office
Southern Tsetse Eradication Project
5^th Floor, Room No. 503
Jerusalem Memorial Building Piazza,
Close to Charles De Gaulle Square,
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Contact Information: Tel. 011-651-85 56
E-mail: steptse@ethionet.et

4.       A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by interested bidders by submitting a written request to the above address and a non-refundable payment 100 Ethiopian Birr or other convertible currency

5.      The provision in the Instructions to Bidders and the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the African Development Bank’s Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) Procurement of Goods.

6.      Bids must be delivered to the above office on or before 10:00 A.M on Wednesday 15 July 2009, and must be accompanied by abid security of Fifty Thousands U.S. Dollars ($50,000US).

7.      Bids will be opened in the presence of bidders/ representatives who choose to attend at 10:30 A.M on Wednesday, 15 July 2009,  at the same location.