Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise wants to hire a qualified contractor to drill and build two deep water wells.

Invitation for Bids

IFB Title - Two Deep Water Wells Drilling, Construction & Pumping Tests Water project

National Competitive Bidding (NCB)

BID No. HCWSSE/BH/01/2026

1. Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise allocated finance for toward the cost of the water supply and Sanitation project and it intends to apply part of funds to cover eligible payments under the Drilling Deep wells project.

2. Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise now invites sealed bids from local or international eligible bidders for the supply steel casing, Gravel, Well Head Construction and pump test works for water supply project in Sidama Region, Hawassa city Administration, Tula sub city the project works deep well Drilling,

3. Bidding will be conducted through a National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedure specified in the Guideline: Bids shall be valid for a period of ninety (90) days after Bid opening.

4. Bid must be accompanied by bid security of for Lot-1, 300,000.00/ Three Hundred Thousand/and For Birr for in the form of unconditional bank guarantee or CPO and shall remain valid for 120(One hundred twenty) days. Insurance bond is not acceptable.

5. Bidders must obtain registration for Deep well drilling category two and above with valid license for the current year.

6. Qualification requirement include: 1/ owner ship and / or existing lease of relevant equipment and machinery (Drilling machine/ Rig, one Service Car, Cargo Truck/Seno-truck, Submersible pump and Generator etc 2/Specific experiences of at least one project in water works construction of similar nature.3/ availability of relevant experience personnel as provided in the bidding document with other additional details.

7. The Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application and copies of necessary renewed licenses with originals the Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise P/F/P/Ad/D, Hawassa and the bidding document at the address given bellow during working hours (Morning from 8:30 up to 12:30 A.M Afternoon from 1:30 up to 5:30 PM) Monday to Thursday and 8:30 A.M to 11:30 A.M and from 1:30 PM to 5:30 P.M on Friday upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Birr 1,500.00 (One thousand five hundred birr).

8. Bids must be delivered to the Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise, Room number 19, Telephone number +251-46-212-9112/ 046-212-1580 on 21st calendar day from the date of this announcement on national newspaper at or up 12:30 P.M. and Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder/ their representatives who choose to attend in person at 2:30 P.M. at the same date/21th day of announcement on the national newspaper/. If the day on weekend or Ethiopian holiday the bid will open next working day. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected.

9. The Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise reserves the right to reject all or part of the bid.

Full Address: Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise, procurement finance and property administration directorate

Telephone number +251-46-212-9112 / 046-212-1580

Hawassa, Ethiopia

Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise

Tender details

• Deadline: 2026-08-05
• Publishing entity: Hawassa City Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprise
• Bid bond: 300,000.00 Birr
• Bid document price: 1,500.00 Birr
• Published: Jul 16, 2026