The
Ethiopian herald Wednesday February 11, 2026
NOTICE OF
INVITATION FOR BID
1. The Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has allocated budget towards the cost of the
following Road Construction Project and intend to apply part of this budget to
payments under this project.
Road
Construction Project
|
It.
No.
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Project Name
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Estimated
Length (Km)
|
Pavement type
|
Project
Duration
(months)
|
Contract
Delivery
|
Procurement Type
|
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1
|
Addis Ababa
Radial Roads
Construction
(Congestion
Alleviation
Measures at
contact point
between the
City and Trunk
Roads) Entoto
Mariam - Gul-
lele Botanic
Garden Road
Projects (Con-
struction Works
of Sululta
Fitesha Inter-
change Design
and Build Road
Project)
|
Interchange
Bridge In-
cluding Ap
proch Roads
1.17Km
|
AC
|
12
|
DB
|
NCB
|
Note: DB = Design and Build; NCB
= National Competitive Bidding; AC = Asphalt Concrete
2. The Ethiopian Roads
Administration now invites bidders to submit sealed bids for providing the
necessary labor, material and equipment for construction works of the above
road project.
3. Interested bidders shall
submit the following evidence:
a. In the case of Ethiopian
bidders, Certificate of Registration from Ministry of Construction with the
relevant Categories as specified in item 4 of tables below renewed for 2018 EFY
and other appropriate documentary evidences demonstrating the bidder's
compliance, which shall include,
i) Trading License renewed for
2018 EFY,
ii) Tax Clearance Certificate,
which states that the bidder can participate in any public tender, valid at bid
submission date,
iii) VAT Registration
Certificate, and
iv) Registration as Supplier in
the list of the mandated public body, i.e. Federal Public Procurement and
Property Authority (FPPPA).
b. In case of bidders other than
Ethiopians,
i) Business organization
registration certificate or Trade License issued by the country of
establishment.
ii) Tax Clearance Certificate
issued from the Tax Authority (Inland Revenue Authority) which allows the
bidder to participate in public tenders at the date of the deadline for bid
submission if the foreign bidder already has on-going or completed projects in
the Country, Ethiopia.
4. Bidding will be conducted
through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures as specified on the
tables above and is open to all eligible bidders as specified and defined in
the Bidding Documents. The minimum Annual Construction Turnover, Cash Flow,
General and Specific Construction Experience requirement for the project is
shown below:
4.1. Qualification and Evaluation
Criteria of the Project
Addis Ababa Radial Roads Construction
(Congestion Alleviation Measures at contact point between the City and Trunk
Roads) Entoto Mariam Gullele Botanic Garden Road Projects
(Construction Works of Sululta
Fitesha Interchange Design and Build Road Project)
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Item/
No.
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Qualification Criteria
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Minimum Requirement
|
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Local Bidders
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Foreign Bidders
|
|
1
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Annual Construction
Turnover for the Last
Five Years
|
ETB 847 Million (Peak)
|
ETB 2.824 Billion
(Average)
|
|
The annual construction
Turnover (ACT) requirement for a Joint Venture (JV) of Local and Foreign
Firms is ETB 1.694 Billion
(Average)
|
|
2
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Liquid Asset/Cash
Flow Requirement
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ETB 353 Million
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ETB 470 Million
|
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3
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General Construction
Experience
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5 Years firm experience
under construction
contracts in the role
of prime Contractor,
Joint Venture partner,
Management Contractor
or sub-contractor.
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8 Years firm
experience under
construction contracts
in the role of prime
Contractor, Joint
Venture partner,
Management
Contractor or sub-
contractor.
|
|
4
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Specific Construction
Project Experience
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A Minimum of One
(1) any type of asphalt
(DBST, TST or AC)
Road Construction
or Upgrading or
Rehabilitation Project
with a value of at least
ETB 1.412 Billion;
OR
A Minimum of Two(2) any type of
asphalt
(DBST, TST or AC)
Road Construction
or Upgrading or
Rehabilitation Projects
each with a value of at
least ETB 706 Million;
OR
A Minimum of Three
(3) any type of asphalt
(DBST, TST or AC)
Road Construction
or Upgrading or
Rehabilitation Projects
each with a value of at
least ETB 470 Million;
In all cases, the experi-
ences shall be within the
last ten (10) years that
have been successfully
and substantially com-
pleted (70% Completed).
|
A Minimum of Two
(2) Asphalt Concrete
Road Constructions or
Upgrading or Reha-
bilitation Projects each
with a value of at least
ETB 1412 Billion
within the last ten (10)
years that have been
successfully and sub-
stantially completed
(80% Completed).
|
|
5
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Grade
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RC-1 or GC-2
|
|
5. If a bidder is awarded and/or
recommended for award of any two works contracts by ERA Six months prior to the
bid submission date of the subject project and until the award of the subject
project, the qualification criteria for the construction turnover will be the
aggregate of the criteria of the subject project; and that of the awarded contracts
and/or those recommended to be awarded. A detailed qualification criterion is
stated in the respective bidding document.
6. Interested eligible bidders
may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the
address given below from 8:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. and 1:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
local time from Monday to Thursday, and from 8:30 to 11:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M.
to 5:30 p.m. local time on Friday.
A complete set of bidding
document prepared in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on
the submission of a written application to the address below and a
nonrefundable fee of ETB 1,000 or USD 40 for the project, effective as of February
11, 2026. The method of payment shall be in cash or direct deposit to ERA's
account in the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia - Sengatera Branch through Account
No. 01715-33144600.
Address: Ethiopian Roads
Administration, Block B, Engineering Procurement Directorate, 1st Floor, Office
No. 101, Tel: +251-115 18-57-74 (Extension-2244)
7. Bidders shall submit their Bid
in two envelopes, the first envelop labeled as "Qualification Information
and Bid Security" and the second envelope "Financial Bid”, separate
sealed and the two envelopes sealed in on another outer envelope.
8. Evaluation is to be carried
out in two stages, Qualification Information first and Financial Bids of
qualified Bidders next.
9. Bid must be delivered to the
address, time and date specified below. The bid must be accompanied by a bid
security of ETB 1,000,000.00 for the project in a format acceptable to the
employer. Late bid will be rejected. One Original and three Copies of the bid
has to be submitted. The Qualification information and Bid Security will be
opened immediately after the submission deadline in the presence of bidders' representatives
who choose to attend, at the address below.
10. The value of total certified
payments received in each year shall be adjusted for inflation of Birr value
through multiplying by Cn/Co factor, where Cn is value of 1 US Dollar in Birr
on the 28 day prior to bid submission date and Co is the value of 1 US Dollar
in Birr computed using the selling exchange rate prevailing on the last date of
the respective fiscal year.
11. For the Specific construction
projects experience requirement, the Contract value of projects referenced by
the bidder shall be adjusted to reflect the current purchasing power of
Ethiopian Birr by multiplying with Cn/Co factor, where Cn is the current selling
exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to Ethiopian Birr which is taken at the 28 days prior
to bid submission date and Co is the selling exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to Ethiopian
Birr at the date of signing the contract.
12. Bid must be delivered to the
address below on or before March 09, 2026 at 2:30 P.M. for project.
Director
General
2nd Floor,
Conference Room
Ethiopian
Roads Administration
Ras Abebe
Aregay Street
P. O. Box
1770
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Tel:
+251-115 18-57-74 (Extension-5743)
Fax.
+251-11-5514866
13. The Ethiopian Roads
Administration reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
ETHIOPIAN
ROADS ADMINISTRATION