The Ethiopian Roads Administration is inviting qualified local and international construction companies to submit bids for the construction of two asphalt road projects and the design and construction of a bridge project.

NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS

1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has allocated budget towards the cost of the following Road and Bridge Construction Projects and intends to apply part of this budget to payments under these Package III Road and Bridge projects.

A) Road projects

B) Bridge Project

Note:- DB = Design and Build; DBB Design, Bid and Build; ICB International 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 projects.

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 and Property Authority (FPPA).

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 International Competitive Bidding (ICB) 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 each of the project is shown below:

4.1 Qualification and Evaluation Criteria of Construction Works of Gode-Kelafo - Ferfer Lot 2: Contract 1 Road Poject

4.2 Qualification and Evaluation Criteria of Construction Works of Gode-Kelafo-Ferfer Lot 2: Contract 2 Road Project

 4.3 Qualification and Evaluation Criteria of Design and Build of Omo River Bridge along Weldehane-Durgi Road Project

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 projects and until the award of the subject projects, the qualification criteria for the construction turnover will be the aggregate of the criteria of the subject projects; and that of the awarded contracts and/or those recommended to be awarded. A detailed qualification criterion is stated in the respective bidding documents.

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 documents 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 10 for each project, effective as of June 15, 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-2207)

7. Bidders can apply for one or for all or for any number of projects from the above listed projects and shall submit their bid separately for each project they are interested to apply for. However, bidders may be awarded on the projects under a package subjected to fulfilling of the Qualification Criteria for individual and multiple projects specified in the respective bidding documents based on the Employer's best economical advantage.

8. Bidders shall submit their Bids 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.

9. Evaluation is to be carried out in two stages, Qualification Information first and Financial Bids of qualified Bidders next.

10. Bids must be delivered to the address, time and date specified below. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid security of ETB 2,000,000.00 for each project in a format acceptable to the employer. Late bids will be rejected. One Original and three Copies of the bids have 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.

11. 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.

12. 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 28th 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.

13. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before July 28, 2026 at 2:30 P.M. 1st Floor, Engineering procurement Directorate

Ethiopian Roads Administration

Ras Abebe Aregay Street

P. O. Box 1770

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel. +251-11-551 71 70/79

Fax. +251-11-5514866

14. The Ethiopian Roads Administration reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

ETHIOPIAN ROADS ADMINISTRATION

Tender details

• Deadline: 2026-07-28
• Bid closing time: 14:30
• Bid opening: 2026-07-28 14:30
• Bid opening (note): No Specific Opening Date and Time
• Region: Addis Ababa
• Publishing entity: Ethiopian Roads Administration (ERA)
• Buyer address: ወላይታ ሶዶ ከነዳጅ ዲፖ አለፍ ብሎ ጎፋ ማዞሪያ
• Bid bond: ETB 2,000,000.00 for each project
• Bid document price: ETB 1,000 or USD 10 for each project
• Published: Jun 11, 2026
• Posted at: 2026-06-11T08:31:26.000Z