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Ethiopian Roads Administration: Gedo-Bako-Nekempt Heavy maintenance Road Project

Road and Bridge ConstructionConstruction and Water WorksOthers Addis Ababa
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Maintenance and RepairEnglish2merkatoEthiopian Roads Administration (ERA)

Description

Please click on this Link in order to Bid on the Electronic Government Procurement website

https://production.egp.gov.et/egp/bids/report/tendering/09c07867-b2dd-40bf-9728-85322f32e755/open

Reference Number: ERA-NCB-W-0080-2018-BID-Open-Re-bid Lot Reference: ERA-6

Procurement Information

  • Procurement Type: Bidding
  • Procurement Method: Open
  • Market Type: National
  • Envelope Type: two envelop
  • Category: Works

Procuring Entity

Organization: Ethiopian Roads Administration

Contact Information

Address: Ras Abebe Aregay Street

Town: Addis Ababa

Country: Ethiopia

P.O. Box: 1770

Post Code: 1000

Telephone: +251 5156603

Email: [email protected]

Office: 5th Floor

Important Dates

  • Invitation Date: Oct 13, 2026, 9:00 PM
  • Submission Deadline: Nov 9, 2026, 2:00 PM
  • Opening Schedule: Nov 9, 2026, 3:00 PM
  • Clarification Deadline: Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 PM

Eligibility Requirements

Bid Security: 2000000 ETB

Joint Venture: Required

Bid Security Forms (Local): Bank_Guarantee

Bid Security Forms (SME): Bank_Guarantee

Bid Security Forms (Foreign): Bank_Guarantee

Qualification Requirements

  • Equipment for the implementation of the contract The Bidder has to demonstrate that it will have available for the implementation of the contract the following equipment listed hereafter: Reference: ITB 37.4
    1. (1) Motor Grader with Ripper (100-160HP)
    2. (1) Wheeled Loader (0.5-1.5 M3)
    3. (1) Wheel Excavator (0.5-1.5M3)
    4. (1) Dozer (125-300HP)
    5. (1) Bitumen Distributor (6000 Lt)
    6. (1) Asphalt Batching Plant (130-150 TPH)
    7. (1) Asphalt Paver (5-7 M)
    8. (1) Roller, Pneumatic Tyre (24 Ton) 
    9. (1) Roller, Vibrator, 2 drum (10-16 Ton)
    10. (14) Dump Truck (12 M3)
    11. (2) Water Truck (3000-14000 Lt)
    12. (1) Water Truck (3000-14000 Lt)
  • General experience For Local Bidders:2 Years firm experience under construction contracts in the role of prime Contractor, Joint Venture partner, Management Contractor or sub-contractor.     Reference: ITB 37.4
  • Proposal of Work Methods and Program. Proposal of Work Methods and Program, in Sufficient detail to demonstrate the adequacy of the bidder’s proposal to meet the technical specifications within the completion period.  Reference: 37.4
  • History of non-performing contracts 1) Non-performance of a contract did not occur within the last Two (2) years prior to the deadline for Qualification submission based on all information on fully settled dispute or litigation is one that has been resolved in accordance with the Dispute Resolution Mechanism under the respective contract, and where all appeal instances available to the Bidder have exhausted. In addition to the submitted information, the respective contract, and where all appeal instances available to the Bidder have been exhausted. In addition to the submitted information, the Employer reserves the right to obtain any records of non-Performance of the Bidders in the past 2 years from official records within or outside of Ethiopia as a basis for qualification. 2) If the Employer, based on full documentary evidence, establishes poor performance by any Bidder engaged in similar works in Africa and other developing countries, on any contracts carried out over the last 2 years. Or if a bidder is not performing to the satisfaction of the Employer on the already awarded contracts, then the Employer may use this information in the assessment of the Bidders’ qualifications. 3) Evaluation of Contractor’s Performance shall be conducted regularly. Any Contractor’s performance shall be evaluated based on the ERA’s Contractor’s performance assessment framework and rated accordingly. The minimum acceptable performance on ongoing contracts shall be revised to reflect the actual situations. The minimum acceptable performance on ongoing contracts is set from time to time by ERA BOARD. 4) If ERA found Nonperformance or poor Performance history of a Bidder at any stage of the tendering process before signing of the contract agreement [except for ERA’s Monthly Contractor’s performance assessment framework, the result of which is considered only for the preceding month before submission of bid], the bidder will be rejected from the proceeding stage of the tendering. 5) ERA will request performance of bidders on their current work performance from their respective clients (for those bidders who have no current contract Commitment with ERA) and same will be copied it to the bidders. Hence, bidders are strongly advised to facilities in order to obtain timely response from their clients within ten (10) working days of receiving of such requests. Failure to obtain such response within the stated time might result in rejection of bidders bid and the client may not take any responsibility on the matter.”  Reference: ITB 37.4(d)
  • Pending litigation All pending litigation shall in total not represent more than (30%) Thirty percent of the Bidder’s net worth and shall be treated as resolved against the Bidder. Reference: ITB 37.4(e)
  • Grade of Contractors for Local Bidders RC – 1 or GC – 1 Reference: ITB 37.4
  • Historical Financial Performance Submission of Audited Balance Sheet and Other Financial Statements as required in the Bid Data Sheet Clause 17, for the last five years or for the number of years of establishment of the firm if the firm establishment period is less than five years, to demonstrate the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position and its prospective long term profitability The bidder’s financial statement must fulfill at least the following minimum financial soundness requirements.Local bidder:i. Average current ratio of the last five years should be more than one (1) ORThe current ratio of the recent year should be more than one (1)Andii. Profit before tax or return on equity of the past four years should be positive.• For local bidders 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. 4.3 and valid for the duration of the contract otherwise; they will be rejected from further evaluation.Bidders are advised to use the format for Unconditional Line of Credit Facility enclosed in section IV, Form L of the bidding document.• If the local bidder is qualified and becomes the recommended bidder for award of the contract with provision of unconditional line of credit, he shall sign tripartite agreement with ERA and the Bank before signing of the contract; otherwise, he will not be considered as successful bidder.• In case of joint venture partnership, if any of the local partner of the JV has failed to fulfill the requirement of current ratio/Average and profit before tax/Return on equity as required above, the local partner is required to bring unconditional guarantee amounting proportionally equal to the shares of the local partner calculated from the total amount of cash flow requirement Specified under item No.4.3• The audited financial statement prepared by an independent auditor shall be verified by Accounting and Auditing Board of Ethiopia. Note:• Current ratio is current asset divided by current liability• Return on Equity is annual profit before taxes divided by the net worth of the previous year• Annual financial statements shall be prepared by certified auditors but not by an accountant or accounting firms. Financial statements prepared by accounting firms will not be accepted. Reference: ITB 37.5 (b)
  • Proposed Personnel Personnel for the Key Positions (Bidders are required to propose qualified persons for the following key positions.)           Reference: 37.3
    • Project Manager (1)
    1. Qualification: M.Sc./B.Sc. in Civil Eng or Construction Technology.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 12 Years & above out of which 8 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects. 
    • Office Engineer (1)
    1. Qualification: M.Sc./B.Sc. in Civil Eng or Construction Technology.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 8 Years & above out of which 4 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects. 
    • Material Engineer (1)
    1. Qualification: M.Sc./B.Sc. in Civil Eng or Construction Technology.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 8 Years & above out of which 4 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects. 
    • Material Inspector (2)
    1. Qualification: B.Sc./Diploma from Tech. School.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 12 Years & above out of which 6 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects.
    • Construction Engineer (1)
    1. Qualification: B.Sc./Diploma from Tech. School.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 8 Years & above out of which 4 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects.
    • Senior Surveyor (1)
    1. Qualification: B.Sc./Diploma from Tech. School.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 8 Years & above out of which 4 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects.
    • Laboratory Technician (2)
    1. Qualification: B.Sc./Diploma from Tech. School.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 8 Years & above out of which 4 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects.
    • Construction Foreman (1)
    1. Qualification: B.Sc./Diploma from Tech. School.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 8 Years & above out of which 6 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects.
    • Structure Forman (1)
    1. Qualification: B.Sc./Diploma from Tech. School.
    2. Minimum Experience in Road Construction/ Maintenance Project: 8 Years & above out of which 6 years’ experience in similar construction or maintenance projects.
  • Financial Resources  The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet the following cash-flow requirement: - Construction works of Gedo-Bako-Nekemte Heavy Maintenance Road Project • Local Bidders - ETB 285 Million   Reference: ITB 37.5 (a)
  • Annual Turnover For Local bidders (individual firms or Joint Venture): Peak annual construction turnover of ETB 342 Million calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed within the last Five (5) years. Reference: ITB37.5(d)

Specific Experiance For Local bidders: A minimum of one (1) any road Maintenance/ Construction/ Upgrading/ Rehabilitation projects with a value of at least ETB 684 Million;  orA minimum of Two (2) any road Maintenance/ Construction/ Upgrading/ Rehabilitation projects each with a value of at least ETB 342 Million;orA minimum of Three (3) any road Maintenance/ Construction/ Upgrading/ Rehabilitation projects each with a value of at least ETB 228 Million;orA minimum of Four (4) any road Maintenance/ Construction /Upgrading/ Rehabilitation projects each with a value of at least ETB 171 Million; In all cases, the experiences shall be within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully and substantially completed (70% Completed).

 

 Reference: ITB 37.4(b)

Nationality 

Bidder does have nationality in accordance with ITB Clause 4.2.

 Reference: ITB 37.2(a)

VAT registration certificate 

 Bidder has to submit VAT registration certificate issued by the tax authority (in case of contract value specified in BDS Clause 4.5(b)(ii)), in accordance with ITB Clause 4. 5(b)(ii).;

  Reference: ITB 37.2(g)

Business organization Registration certificate 

Bidder has to submit business organization registration certificate in accordance with ITB Clause 4.5(c).

  Reference: ITB 37.2(f)

Debarment 

 Bidder has not been debarred by a decision of the Public Procurement and Property Administration Authority from participating in public procurements for breach of its obligation under previous contracts, in accordance with ITB Clause 4.3;

  Reference: ITB 37.2(e)

conflict of interest 

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

  Reference: ITB 36.2(b)

Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form 

In case of Partnerships, Consortium or Joint Ventures, the bidder submit a separate Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form for each member; disclose at least one of the following: -
1)    Directly or indirectly holding 10% or more of the shares.
2)    Directly or indirectly holding 10% or more of the Voting Rights or
3)    Directly or indirectly having the right to appoint a majority of the board of Directors or an equivalent governing body of the consultant or
4)    Whether a person directly or indirectly exercises significant influence or control over the Company (tendered)

  Reference: ITB 37.2(k)

valid business license 

Bidder has to submit valid business license indicating the stream of business in which the Bidder is engaged, in accordance with ITB Clause 4.5(b)(i);

  Reference: ITB 37.2

JV agreement 

 In the case of a bid submitted by a Partnership, Consortium or a joint venture (JV), the Bidder has to submit the Form Data on Partnership, Consortium or Joint Ventures, the Agreement governing the formation of joint venture, or letter of intent to form Partnership, Consortium or Joint Venture, including a draft agreement, in accordance with ITB Clause 4.1.

  Reference: ITB 37.2 (i)

valid tax clearance certificate 

 Bidder has to submit a valid tax clearance certificate issued by the tax authority in accordance with ITB Clause 4.5(b)(iii).

  Reference: 37.2(h)

Procurement Classification

  • 72141003: Highway and road maintenance service

Source of Fund

  • Treasury

Governing Rule

The Federal Republic of Ethiopia

Terms and Conditions

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

Bidding Logistics

Site Visit: Allowed

Tender details

  • Deadline: 2026-11-09
  • Bid closing time: 14:00
  • Bid opening: 2026-11-09 15:00
  • Region: Addis Ababa
  • Publishing entity: Ethiopian Roads Administration (ERA)
  • Buyer address: ወላይታ ሶዶ ከነዳጅ ዲፖ አለፍ ብሎ ጎፋ ማዞሪያ
  • Bid bond: 2000000 ETB
  • Published on: Government (Oct 15, 2026)
  • Posted at: 2026-10-15T05:49:18.000Z
  • Source: Qelal Tenders
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