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(AMENDED NOTICE OF
INVITATION TO THE PERVIOUS NOTICE
POSTED ON
NOVEMBER 11 & 12, 2009)

1.       The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has allocated budget towards the cost of the under listed projects and intends to apply part of this budget to payments under these contracts.

2.      The projects are located in Afder Zone of Somali Regional State in South Eastern Ethiopia. The roads shall be desinge and constructed to DS5 road class (ERA’s Geometric Design Manual-2002) with a gravel carriageway of 7m including shoulder The road shall have a width o f7.0m outside town and 14.0 m (including 3.5 m parking lane) within town. The topographic nature of the project road includes varying from flat to gently sloping terrain.

3.      The Ethiopian Roads Authority now invites eligible bidders, which fulfill the following requirements, to submit sealed bids for the design and construction of the road project mentioned in item No. (1) above.

a)     The bidders shall have a certificate of registration from Ministry of Works and Urban Development with Category GC-I RC-I renewed for 2002 EFY. And other appropriate documentary evidences demonstrating the bidder’s compliance which shall include.:

(i)      Its trading license renewed for 2002 EFY; and

(ii)    Its tax clearance certificate valid at bidding and VAT registration certificate.

b)     In case of bidders other than Ethiopian; Business Organization Registration Certificate or Trade License issued by the Country of establishment

4.      Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the bidding documents and is open to all eligible bidders.

5.      Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the Ethiopian Roads Authority at the address given below (Address 1) from 8:30 to 12:30 AM and 1:30 to 5:30 P.M from Mondays to Thursdays and 8:30 to 11:30 A.M. and 1:30 to 5:30 P.M. on Fridays local time. A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders as of January 13, 2010 at the address below (Address 2) upon presentation of the documents mentioned under item (3) above and a written application to the same address (Address 2) and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Birr 750 per contract.

Address 1:  Ethiopian Roads Authority, Engineering Services Procurement Branch Office, 1st floor, Room No. 108, Fax. 251-11-5-51 48 66 Or 551 00 82, Tel. 251-11-515 30 15.

Address 2: Ethiopian Roads Authority, Engineering Services Procurement Design & Technical Support Division Administrative Support Office, 2nd floor, Room No.204, Fax. 251-11-551 48 66 Or 551-00 82, Tel.251-11-515 03 52

6.      Bidders shall submit 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.

7.      Evaluation is to be carried out in two stages, Qualification Information fist and Financial Bids of qualified Bidders next.

8.      Bids may be submitted for either or both contract of Hargele individual contract subject to fulfilling of the qualification criteria for individual and multiple contract criteria specified in the Bidding Document.

9.      Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before March 16, 2010 at 2:30 P.M. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of ETB 100,000.00 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
Ethiopian Roads Authority
Ras Abebe Aregay Street
Tel. +251-11-551 71 70 Or 551 71 79
Fax. +251-11-551 48 66
P.O. Box 1770
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Time of bid opening will be as follows.

10.  The Ethiopian Roads Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Ethiopian Roads Authority