Herald Friday May 22 2026
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
MULTINATIONAL: SOUTH SUDAN- ETHIOPIA- DJIBOUTI: TRANSPORT CORRIDOR PROJECT-PHASE II
Sector: Transport
Project SAP Code: P-Z1-DB0-142
1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received a grant from the African Development Fund to finance the Multinational: South Sudan- Ethiopia- Djibouti Transport Corridor Project- Phase II, Design & Build of Melkajilo- Awash Expressway.
2. The Project Development Objective of the project is to improve transport connectivity in the three countries in the Horn of Africa region. The specific objective of the project is to bridge the missing links on the transport corridor, provide an efficient and effective transport system, and promote trade and regional integration. The project will ultimately contribute to social and economic development, poverty reduction efforts and to mitigating fragility by stimulating economic opportunities in the project area, leveraging on the synergies and complementarities from activities supported by others.
3. The project includes the following components:
A. Component 1: Infrastructure Development:
(1) Construction of Expressway (48 km) and provision of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) facilities for the expressway.
B. Component 2: Technical Support Services:
(1) Construction Supervision Services.
(ii) Technical Audit.
(iii) Environmental and Social Audit
(iv) Monitoring and Evaluation of Socio-economic impacts.
(v) Financial Audit.
(vi) Road Safety Audit.
(vii) Sensitisation on HIV/AIDS, STIS, Gender.
C. Component 3: Logistics, Transport and Trade Facilitation:
(1) Master plan for the development of warehouses and corridor side facilities.
(ii) Diagnosis of transport strengthening and trade facilitation. Development of umbrella bilateral Agreements for OSBPS.
(iii) Technical assistance (TA) and capacity building of transport sector personnel for the development of harmonized policies and strategies for the effective management of regional corridors.
(iv) Study to update Ethiopia's Category C measures of trade facilitation in accordance with WTO guidelines
(v) Institutional support for Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration (MOTRI) to promote trade facilitation
D. Component 4: Institutional Support, Skills Development and Capacity
(i) Support for capacity building of five one-stop service centres for entrepreneurship development.
(ii) Construction and equipping of 1 automotive/engineering TVET centre inAfar region; Provision of prioritised training equipment for 2 automotive/ engineering TVET institutions in Amhara and Oromia regions.
(iii) Training of 300 women and youth in entrepreneurship (business planning, financial management, marketing, innovation, and leadership) and technical agro-industry-oriented practices
(iv) Developing a detailed climate risk and vulnerability assessment.
(v) Capacity building of Ethiopia Toll Roads Enterprise (ETRE) and ERA.
(vi) Enhancement of the Ethiopian Roads Administration axle load management.
E. Component 5: Complementary Initiatives:
(i) Provision of water boreholes at selected locations along the corridor and in Awash National Park (20 No.).
(ii) Construction of facilities for women traders at selected locations along the corridor (4 locations).
(iii) Planting of trees at roadside and in other designated locations to support climate change mitigation (200,000 trees).
(iv) Rehabilitation and improvement of access roads in the Woredas' in the project corridor (50 km).
F. Component 6: Resettlement and Compensation: This covers the resettlement and compensation envisaged under the project.
4. Procurement of goods (including non-consultancy services), works and the acquisition of consulting services, will be carried out in accordance with the Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations, dated October 2015. Bidding/Solicitation Documents are expected to be available starting July 2026.
5. Interested bidders/ applicants/ consultants may obtain further information, and should confirm their interest by contacting the following:
Mohammed Abdurhaman, Director General
1th floor, ERA HQ Block-B, Room No. 101
Ras Abebe Aregay Street,
Email: engprocdir@era.gov.et or engproc.team4@era.gov.et
Website: www.era.gov.et
Ethiopian Road Administration
Tel: 251 11 515 66 03/515 04 19
Fax: 251 11 551 48 66
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia