Drilling, Testing and Construction of Ten Deep Wells in the Suburbs of Addis Ababa

Country:

Ethiopia

City/Locality:

Addis Ababa

Notice/Contract Number:

ICB Construction/WB/001/2007

Publication Date:

May 13, 2008

Deadline:

Jun 16, 2008

Funding Agency:

World Bank

Buyer:

ET-Urban WSS SIL FY07)
Ministry of Water Resources

Original Language:

English

Address:

Alemayehu Alitto
Addis Ababa Water Supply and Sanitation Dev. and Rehabilitation Office
Bole road, Infront of Bole Printing Enterprise, 150 meters down from commercial Bank of Ethiopia-Bole Branch.
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Telephone:

251-11-5510256, 251-11-5510267, 251-11-5510313

Fax:

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SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

COUNTRY: ETHIOPIA
NAME OF PROJECT: Urban Water Suppy and Sanitation Project
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF GOODS/WORKS: Drilling, Testing and Construction of Ten Deep Wells in the Suburbs of Addis Ababa
Credit No. 4292-ET/Grant No. H287-ET
Project ID No. P101473
IFB No. ICB Construction/WB/001/2007

1. This invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for the Project published on the dgMarket website on August 17, 2007.

2. The Government of Ethiopia has received a Credit/Grant from International Development Association toward the cost of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Credit/Grant to payments under the contract for drilling, testing and construction of 10 boreholes in the suburbs of Addis Ababa.

3. The Addis Ababa Water and Sanitation Development and Rehabilitation Project Office now invites sealed bids from qualified eligible bidders for the drilling and testing of ten deep boreholes as per the following lots:

Lot No.: Lot-1
Location: North West of Addis Ababa and around Gefersa Area
No. of Wells: 5

Lot No. Lot-2
Location: North East and South Addis Ababa and around Legedadi Area
No. of Wells 5

Total: 10

4. Bidders may bid for one or more lots. Evaluation of bids and award of contracts will be made on a lot by lot basis taking into account cross discounts, if any, for combined lots.

5. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) a procedure specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IDA Credits, and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the Bidding documents.

6. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the A.A.W.S.A.-Water Supply and Sanitation Development and Rehabilitation Project Office; Ato Alemayehu Alitto; e-mail wssdpo@ethionet.et, aawsa.piu1@ethionet.et.

7. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 10:30 a.m. June 16, 2008. Electronic bidding shall not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened physically in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at before 10:30 a.m. June 16, 2008. All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of Lot-1 ETB 50,000.00 and lot-2 ETB 50,000.00 or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.

8. Qualification requirements include: (i) ownership (or existing lease) of suitable drilling rig, capable of drilling not less than 500 m, with direct air drilling and Rotary (DTH) method, mud rotary drilling method with mud pump capacity not less than 2500 lts/min at 7 bars; drilling diameter 17 inch and casing diameter 12 or 10 inch (ii) completion of at least two borehole construction contracts of similar size in the last five years, (iii) average annual turnover of 1.5 times the bid price during the last two years, (iv) liquid assets of at least 10 percent of the bid price per each lot and (v) an experienced drilling team, one hydrogeologist and one chief driller should be assigned per lot. A margin of preference for eligible national bidders shall be applied as appropriate. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.

9. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased starting from the date of advertisement by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee of ETB 400.00 or USD 45. The method of payment will be in cash or CPO.

Addis Ababa Water Supply and Sanitation Development and Rehabilitation Office
Bole Road, in front of Bole Printing Enterprise, 150 meters down from Commercial
Bank of Ethiopia – Bole Branch
Tel 251 11 55102 56, 251 11 55 10267, 251 11 5510313
E-mail: wssdpo@ethionet.et, aawsa.piu1@ethionet.et

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