The Ethiopian Herald Thursday March 28,
2024
Invitation
for Bids (IFB)
Employer: Adama
Science and Technology University
Project Name:
Establishment of Centers of Excellence in Adama Science and Technology
University
Contract Title:
Supply, installation, and commissioning of research equipment for 5 CoEs
including ERP, Construction and facility improvement, Capacity building and
maintenance.
Country: Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Loan agreement No.
and Title: EDCF-L/A-ETH-6
IFB No.:
ASTU-EDCF/ETH 6-002-2024
Issued on: 28th
March, 2024
1. The Government of
Ethiopia (Here in after referred to as the "Borrower") has received
(or in appropriate cases, "has applied for") a loan through the Ex- port
Import Bank of Korea (Here in after referred to as the "Bank") from
the resources of the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (Here in after referred
to as the "EDCF") of the Republic of Korea in an amount of Ko- rean
loan equivalent to USD 86 million towards the cost of Establishment of Centers
of Excellence in Adama Science and Technology University (Here in after
referred to as the "Project"), and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds
of this loan to payments under the contract for which this invitation to bid is
issued.
2. The Project
Executing Agency now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Tender No.
ASTU-EDCF/ETH-6-002-2024 on Procurement of Supply, installation, and
commissioning of research equipment for 5 CoEs including ERP, Construction and
facility improvement, Capacity building and mainte- nance as following work
scope of which will be taken 45 months to complete.
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Items
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Description
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Procurement R and D
Equipment and Facilities
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1) Supply Installation
and Commissioning of R and D equipment and Facilities for CAME, CTVE, CMSE,
CESE and IPS including furni- ture for Research lab.
2) ERP Development
and installation
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Procurement Construction
and Facilities Improvement
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1) Construction
and Structure Reinforcement
2) Improvement of
Mechanical facilities in CoEs
3) Improvement of
Power facilities
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Procurement Capacity
building and Maintenance
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1) Invitational
training
2) Dispatch of
Expert
3) Maintenance
Support
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More detailed
information of scope of works is described in 'Section VI. Work Requirements,
Appendix I to IV
3. Bidding will be
conducted through Competitive Bidding (CB) procedures specified in the
Guideline for Procurement under EDCF Loans, and are open to all eligible
bidders that meet the following minimum qualification crite- ria. The more
details about qualification criteria are described in Section III Evaluation
and Qualification Criteria.
(a) The Bidders and
the other partners constituting the Bidders shall have the nationality of the
Republic of Korea. The Bidder may form a Joint Venture or Association (JVA),
which shall include at least Education- al and/or research equipment suppliers,
construction firm(s), Capacity Building firm(s) and ERP System firm (s).
(b) Single entity or
each partner of JVA must meet the requirements that all pending litigations
shall be treated as resolved against the Bidder and so shall in total not
represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the net worth.
(c) Single entity or
each partner of JVA must meet the requirements that average net worth for the
last three years (2021, 2022,2023) shall be positive (+).
(d) The personnel in
the key positions as specified in Section III. Evaluation and Qualification of
the SBD;
(e) The key
Construction Equipment and submit the Manufacturer's Autho- rization for the
Research Equipment.
(f) For educational
and/or research equipment suppliers of single entity or partner(s) of JVA
i. Bidder's Minimum
average annual turnover for the last three [3] years from 2021 to 2023 shall be
more than USD 50,000,000 (Fifty Million US Dollars). In case of JVA, the amount
of average annual turnover shall be calculated by the shareholding ratio. (At least
shareholding ratio of one partner who will take role of representative firm for
educational and/or research equipment suppliers shall be over the 60% of the
sum of share- holding ratio for all the equipment suppliers.)
ii. Bidders shall
demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid
assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means,
other than any contractual advance payments to meet the cash-flow requirement
of USD 10,000,000 (Ten Million US Dollars). In case of JVA, the amount of
financial resource shall be calculated by the shareholding ratio. (At least
shareholding ratio of one partner who will take role of representative firm for
educational and/or research equipment suppliers shall be over the 60% of the sum
of shareholding ratio for allthe equipment suppliers.)
iii. Bidders shall
have at least one [1] educational and/or research equipment supplying contract
as a main contractor in or outside the bidder's country within the last fifteen
[15] years from the issuing date of IFB, with a value of US$ 10,000,000 or more
that was successfully completed. (At least one partner who will take role of
representative firm for educational and/ or research equipment suppliers must
meet the requirement.)
e) For Construction
firms
i. Minimum average
annual turnover for the last three [3] years from 2021 to 2023 shall be more
than USD 30,000,000 (Thirty Million US Dol- lars). In case of JVA, the amount
of average annual turnover shall be calculated by the shareholding ratio. (At least
shareholding ratio of one partner who will take role of representative firm for
construction firms shall be over the 60% of the sum of shareholding ratio for
all the con- struction firms.)
i. Bidders shall
demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid
assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means,
other than any contractual advance payments to meet the cash-flow requirement
of USD 4,000,000 (Four Million US Dollars). In case of JVA, the amount of financial
resource shall be cal- culated by the shareholding ratio. (At least
shareholding ratio of one partner who will take role of representative firm for
construction firms shall be over the 60% of the sum of shareholding ratio for
all the con- struction firms.)
iii. Bidders shall
have at least one [1] general building construction contract as a main contractor
in or outside the bidder's country within the last ten [10] years from the
issuing date of IFB, with a value of US$ 15,000,000 or more that was
successfully completed. (At least one partner who will take role of
representative firm for construction must meet the requirement.)
iv. Bidders shall
have at least one [1] educational and/or research building construction
contract as a main contractor in or outside the bidder's country within the
last ten [10] years from the issuing date of IFB, with a value of US$
15,000,000 or more that was successfully completed. (At least one partner who
will take role of representative firm for construction must meet the
requirement.)
F) For Capacity
Building firm (s)
i. Bidders shall
have at least one [1] research and educational capacity building contract as a
main contractor in or outside the bidder's country within the last ten [10]
years from the issuing date of IFB, with a value of US$ 2,000,000 or more that
was successfully completed. (At least one partner who will take role of
representative firm for capacity building must meet the requirement.)
G) For ERP System
firm (s)
i. Bidders shall
have at least one [1] ERP contract as a main contractor in or outside the
bidder's country within the last ten [10] years from the issuing date of IFB,
with a value of US$ 500,000 or more that was successfully completed. (At least
one partner who will take role of representative firm for ERP must meet the
requirement.)
4. Interested
eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Adama Science and
Technology University and inspect the bidding documents at the address below
from 09:00 to 17:00 Local Time between Monday and Friday except public holidays
(Addis Ababa).
5. A complete set of
bidding documents may be purchased by any interested Bidders on the submission of
a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable
fee of USD 400 (Four hundred US dollars) or an equivalent amount in the Ethiopian.
The method of payment will be either made in cash or remitted to a bank account
below.
- Account Name:
Adama Science and Technology University
- Bank Name:
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)
- Bank Account
number: 1000013948268
- Swift Code: CBETETAA
- Currency: ETB and
US Dollars (USD) respectively,
6. The set of
bidding documents will be collected at the address below or sent by registered
airmail. Under any circumstance ASTU will not be responsible for late delivery
or loss the documents so mailed. Interested parties who purchase bidding
document and register contact point including name, fax, email to the employer
shall be considered as a prospective bidders. Only prospective bidders can
participate in the bid and be informed of any amendment of the bidding
documents if any.
7. Bids must be
delivered to the address below at or before 10:30 AM until 13th May, 2024. All
bids must be accompanied by a bid security of USD 1,700,000 (One Million Seven
Hundred Thousand US Dollars) or equivalent value of Ethiopian Birr and Bid
security must be counter guaranteed by Ethiopian reputable banks. Late bids
shall be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidder's
representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 11:00 AM local
time (Addis Ababa) on 13th May, 2024 at Adama Science and Technology
University, Building No: Block 108, 1st Floor, Room name: STI Meeting Hall.
8. The Adama Science
and Technology University will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred
by bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of bids. The Address
referred above is stated below:
Mr.
Kuma Waktola
Procurement
and Property Administration Directorate
Adama
Science and Technology University
Building
number: Block 106, Room number: Room 04
Adama
City, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Telephone:
(+251) 222110090
Email:
naha@astu.edu.et
PO
Box 1888, Adama, Ethiopia
Adama
Science and Technology University