Borana University: Procurement of Fence Work

Annual construction turnover of ETB 50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million) calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed within the last three (3) years.

Submission of balance sheets audited by a Chartered Certified Auditor and other financial statements as required in the BDS Clause 17, for the last 3 years (2015-2017) to demonstrate the current soundness of the Applicant's financial position and its prospective long-term profitability.

The bidder’s financial statement must fulfil at least the following minimum financial soundness requirements.

Local bidders: -

         i.     Average current ratio of the last 3 years should be more than one (1) OR

       ii.     The current ratio of the recent year should be more than one (1) And

     iii.     Profit before tax or return on equity of the past three years should be positive.

 who have failed to satisfy the above financial soundness requirements, they can optionally provide and attach with the qualification document unconditional line of credit specific to the project equivalent to the amount specified under Item No. 2.9) and valid for the duration of the contract otherwise; they will be rejected from further evaluation.

The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, as liquid cash or Bank confirmation letter for giving Unconditional Bank credit facility (which must be UNCONDITIONAL) that shown on current bank statement and Should Be Supported by Confirmation Letter by Respective Bank for contractual advance payments to meet the cash-flow requirements Minimum of the figures indicated in the following requirements;

v Cash-flow requirements Birr 15,000,000.0 Fifteen Million Ethiopian Birr or equivalent.

The Submitted document must be original and the document shall be written direct to Borana University 

Having been submitted VAT registration certificate issued by the tax authority (in case of contract value specified in PDS) in accordance with ITB Sub-Clause 4.6

Having been submitted valid business organization registration certificate issued by the country of establishment (foreign Applicants only) in accordance with ITB Clause 4.6

Bidder is found to have a conflict of interest as described in ITB Clause 6;

Grade-5 and above competence certificate

Having been submitted valid tax clearance certificate issued by the tax authority (domestic Applicants only) in accordance with ITB Clause 4.6

Nationality in accordance with ITB Clause 4.2.

The power of attorney should be written and signed by the legal entity  

A)    For Local Bidders

The bidder has a minimum of two (2) experience certificate with minimum budget size of 100,000,000 (one hundred million) as a Grade-5 and above, Building contractor or General Contractor.

A)   For local bidders:

The bidder must provide at least 1 (One) Certificates of reliable and satisfactory execution of or above 70% in progress of contracts with in budget and time similar in nature and complexity at least ETB 90,000,000.00 ETB ( ninety Million Birr) within the last two (2) years that has been successfully and substantially completed and the bidder shall provide copies of the final approved payment certificate. The Bidder must submit successful or substantial completion testimonials and certificates from the project employers.

Or

The bidder must provide 2 (Two) Certificates of reliable and satisfactory execution of or above 70% in progress of contracts with in budget and time similar in nature and complexity of project with a value of at least ETB 50,000,000.00 ETB ( Fifty Million Birr) within the last Two (2) years that has been successfully and substantially completed and the bidder shall provide copies of the final approved payment certificate. The Bidder must submit successful or substantial completion testimonials and certificates from the project employers.

Methodology should be specific to the challenge of current project not generic.

1. General work methodology (2 Point)

 State your general work methodology from site handover to completion, phasing without affecting environment.

ü Site Visit, findings and appreciation, (0.5 point)

ü Problem Handling Mechanism, (0.5 point)

ü Sub contract agreement and methodology for geotechnical investigation and infrastructure works;(0.5 point)

Identification of Sources of local materials and labor, (0.5 point)

2. Specific Work Methodology (13 Point)

2.1. Structure Work (6 Points)

1) Concrete Casting methods: The concrete casting methods (using manual concrete or batching plant, truck mixer, tower crane, pumps, stationary/mobile cranes) in particular to the project (1 point)

2) Structural Concrete casting: The locations of the tower crane, location of the pumps with sketches on the site. (Location of concrete mixing plant) and how you are planning to cast the major structural elements like Footing, floor slabs & beams, columns & walls. (1 point)

3) Formwork: The formwork type to be used for each structural element like footing, floor slabs & beams, columns & walls. The scaffolding type to be used should be stated clearly, you must clearly show the formwork type/with sketches considering the lift wall (1 point)

4) Finishing Works: The bidder must clearly indicate his proposal to wall finish, quartz paint, floor finish, claddings, aluminum works and ceiling. (1 Point)

5) Plumbing work: The bidder must clearly indicate his approach to the following plumbing works

o Water supply pipe laying (0.5 Point)

o Waste water pipe laying (0.5 Point)

2) Electrical Work: The bidder must clearly indicate his approach of electrical equipment’s, power and cable works (1 Point)

2.2 Site Organization (1 Points)

(Site organization includes site visit reports, understanding of the overall site condition and challenges, determination of egress and ingress to site, locations of site offices, and space for material storage, site management organization, and Key personnel organization corresponding to head office emergency organization etc.)

2.3 Site safety policy and procedure (2 Point)

The bidder should present detail description of ways of controlling and managing site safety, safety policy and procedure, quality & healthy production system and risk mitigation procedure and organizational structure.

       a) General safety plan of the contractor (0.5 Point)

       b) Method of mitigation of hazard on site (0.5 Point)

       c) Type and usage of safety sign (0.5 Point)

       d) Risk mitigation organizational structure (0.5 Point)

2.4 Work Schedule (4 Points)

a) Master schedule: The professional & logical presentation of Master Schedule. Show all required mile stone like critical activity, duration, predecessor and successor. (1 Point)

b) Machinery Schedule: it shall mention the list of equipment and the delivery date N.B All the equipment and machineries mentioned in the list above shall be mobilized solely to execute the project. (1 point)

c) Manpower schedule: Manpower deployment in respective works should be present. (1 point)

d) Procurement schedule: Procurement schedule of all the resources in order to finish the proposed work within the contract time using MS-project or any latest planning software (1 point)