FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
ETHIOPIAN ROADS AUTHORITY
SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN)
COUNTRY : Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
NAME OF PROJECT : Ethiopia Integrated Transport Program Phase I (Jimma – Chida Road Upgrading Project)
Contract Title : Construction Works of Jimma – Chida Road Upgrading Project
SECTOR : Transport
PROJECT ID No. : P-ET-D00-007
Invitation for Prequalification
- The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has applied for financing from the African Development Fund (ADF) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) towards the cost of Ethiopia Integrated Road Transport Program Phase-I and intended to apply part of the proceeds towards payments under the works contracts listed below, for which this Invitation for Prequalification is issued.
Table 1 : Contract Description/ Scope of Works
| Identification of | Location | Length | Type of | ||
| Contract Name | contract | Road | |||
| (Region) | (km) | ||||
| (ICB No.) | Surface | ||||
| Jimma – Chida Road | W/103/ICB/OC- | Oromia and | Asphalt | ||
| Upgrading Project | SNNP | 80 | |||
| PQ/AfDB/2012EFY | Concrete | ||||
| Regional States | |||||
- The Ethiopian Roads Authority, acting for the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia as the Executing Agency intends to prequalify eligible contractors for the above construction works contracts. It is expected that the Request for Bids (RFB) will be made in June 2020 ;
- The Works to be carried out under this contract comprises the upgrading of the Jimma-Chida Road project. The project is located in the Seka Chekorsa and Dedo Woredas of the Jimma Zone in the Oromia Regional State, and the Konta Special Woreda of the Southern Nations and Nationalities and Peoples Regional State in South-Western part of Ethiopia. The project road starts at the junction for Jimma – Mizan Roads at the out skirt of Jimma town which is about 346 km South West of Addis Ababa and it ends in Chida town. The total length of the existing road is about 80 km. The road will have a 7.0 m carriageway width and 1.5m and 1.0m shoulder width for flat and rolling, and mountainous and escarpment terrains respectively on both sides in rural sections. In town sections, the carriageway and parking lane is 14m in total for Woreda seats, and 12m in total for Kebele seats. The town sections will also have side ditches on both sides of the road. Moreover, pedestrian walkways are provided on both sides of the road for Woreda seats. The period of construction is 48 calendar months, including 4 months of mobilization period :
- Prequalification will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the African Development Bank’s Procurement Framework dated October 2015 (“Procurement Framework”), and is open to all eligible Applicants as defined in the Procurement Framework ;
- Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from the and inspect the Prequalification Document at the Ethiopian Roads Authority, New Building Block B, Engineering Procurement Directorate, 1st Floor, Office No. 108, Tel : +251-11-833 29 81/ 515-30-15 from 08:30 to 12:30 in the morning and 13:30 to 17:30 in the afternoon from Monday to Thursday and from 08:30 to 11:30 in the morning and 13:30 to 17:30 in the afternoon on Fridays (Local time), except public holy days ;
- A complete set of the Prequalification Document prepared in English language may be purchased by interested applicants on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 500 (Ethiopian Birr: Five Hundred) or US$ 30 (US dollars: Thirty). The method of payment will be in cash, bank certified check or telegraphic transfer to the ERA’s Bank Account in the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia – Sengatera Branch through Account No. 01715-33144600 Swift Code CBETETAAXXX. The document will be sent by registered airmail, but under no circumstances the Ethiopian Roads Authority will be held responsible for late delivery or loss of the documents so mailed ;
- Applications for Prequalification should be submitted in clearly marked sealed envelopes and delivered to the address below by 2:30 PM local time on March 26, 2020.
The Director General’s Office
Ethiopian Roads Authority
Ras Abebe Aregay Street,
5th floor, DG office
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel : 251 11 515 66 03
Fax : 251 11 551 48 66
The Ethiopian Roads Authority