The Ethiopian Railways Corporation invites sealed bids for the rehabilitation, modernization, testing, commissioning, training, and full operationalization of the prestressed concrete railway sleeper manufacturing factory located in Dire Dawa.

BID ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF rehabilitation and maintenance works

for sleeper manufacturing plant in

National Competitive bidding

The Ethiopian Railways Corporation invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified suppliers for the Procurement of rehabilitation and maintenance works for sleeper manufacturing plant as per the specifications provided in the bidding documents.

Eligible Requirements

1. Vat Registration Certificate

2. Tin Number

3. Tax Clearance Certificate

4. Renewed Trade License for 2018 E.C

5. A copy of the purchase receipt for tender papers must be attached. Bidders that do not purchase the tender document and do not include a copy of their receipt will be disqualified from the tender.

6. All Bidders must submit a bid security bond through a bank certified payment order (CPO) or unconditional bank guarantee. Only from banks certified by National Bank of Ethiopia.

Bid Submission Deadline

1. The bid along with the bid security, must be submitted to Ethiopian Railways Corporation, a hall at the block 10(engineering procurement team), starting from the date of the tender announcement on REPORTER NEWSPAPER until the tender closing date, which will be on the 15st day of airing, at 4:00 Am (morning), which is July 22 -2026 GC and will be opened at 4:30 Am of the same day. If it is not a working day, it will be opened the next working day at the same hours.

2. The bid is valid for 30 calendar days from the date of bid opening.

3. Bid security must be addressed to the employer and valid for 28 days after bid validity date.

4. Bidders must submit their Eligibility, Technical proposal and financial proposal in a separate envelops.

5. Late Bids shall be rejected.

Submission process

6. A complete set of bidding document may be purchased by any interested eligible bidder in person from Ethiopian Railways Corporation Head Office, Office No. 32 (Casher's office).

7. Bidders are instructed to fill, sign and seal all the forms of the bid documents. Failure to fulfill this instruction may result in automatic rejection.

8. All bids must include 15% VAT (Value Added Tax) on the summary of Price Quotation.

9. Ethiopian Railways Corporation reserves the right to reject any all bids, to wave informalities, to advertise for new bids or to proceed and do the service, otherwise as may be for its best interest.

10. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information at the address mentioned:

Address

Ethiopian Railways Corporation;

Business Development Division;

Engineering Procurement office

Kirkos sub-city, woreda 10,

Meshualekia, Sierra Leone Street

Phone No.: +251 11 762 0049 / Mobile- 09 66 80 04 00

Email: erailways@erc.gov.et

Tender details

• Deadline: 2026-07-22
• Bid closing time: 10:00
• Bid opening: 2026-07-22 10:30
• Region: Addis Ababa
• Publishing entity: Ethiopian Railways Corporation
• Buyer TIN: 0004722443
• Bid bond: 500,000.00 Birr
• Bid document price: 500.00 Birr
• Published: Jul 08, 2026
• Posted at: 2026-07-08T09:16:19.000Z