Ethiopian Roads Administration: Procurement of Construction Works of Two Blocks of Senior Dormitory, Two Blocks of Junior Dormitory And Administration (Office) at Ginchi Labor Based Training Center

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https://production.egp.gov.et/egp/bids/report/tendering/4926f73f-6f5a-4cb1-9663-6689871cc567/open

Reference Number: ERA-NCB-W-0102-2018-BID-Open Lot Reference: era-59

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: 1770

Telephone: +251 15185742

Email: [email protected]

Office: ERA Head Office New Building, 1st Floor Engineering Procurement Syndicate Room

Important Dates

• Invitation Date: Oct 29, 2026, 9:00 PM
• Submission Deadline: Dec 01, 2026, 2:00 AM
• Opening Schedule: Dec 01, 2026, 3:00 PM
• Clarification Deadline: Nov 18, 2026, 2:00 PM

Eligibility Requirements

Bid Security: 2000000 ETB

Joint Venture: Required

Bid Security Forms (Local): CPO, Bank_ Guarantee

Bid Security Forms (Foreign): CPO, Bank_Guarantee

Qualification Requirements

• General experienceBidders shall have a minimum general experience in the construction sector of five (5) years for local bidders and eight (8) years for foreign bidders gained as a contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner shall be considered.Reference: ITB 37.4
• Annual Turnoveri. For Local Bidders (Individual firms or Joint Venture):Peak annual construction turnover of ETB 1.287 Billon calculated as total certified payments received for contract in progress or completed within the last Five (5) yearsii. For Foreign bidders (individual firms or Joint Venture): -Average annual construction turnover of ETB: 4.290 Billion  calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed within the last Five (5)iii. For a Joint Venture of Local and Foreign Bidders:Average annual construction turnover of ETB 2.574 Billion calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed within the last Five (5) years.Note:•      During Evaluation, the Average Annual Construction Turnover of a Joint Venture (JV) bidder’s “All Parties Combined” shall be determined as follows:•      If bidders submit their bid in Joint Venture (JV), the construction turnover requirement for each partner (members of the JV) shall not be less than 25%; while for the lead partner of the JV shall not be less than 40%.”•      First, Each JV Partner’s ACT for the respective year will be “summed up” to obtain the Total ACT of “All Parties Combined” for each year of the last five years;•      Then, the average of each Year’s Total ACTs of “All Parties Combined” (in the last 5 years) will be taken for the evaluation.•      The value of total certified payments received in each year (i.e. ACTs) 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 date 28 days prior to bid submission date and Co is the value of 1 US Dollar in Birr computed using the exchange rate prevailing on the last date of the respective fiscal year.•      The basis of computing US Dollar value of Birr shall be the selling exchange rate issued by the National Bank of Ethiopia.For foreign bidders, while converting Annual Construction Turnover (ACT) indicated in other currencies to equivalent amount in ETB, the applicable exchange rate should be the selling exchange rate of National Bank of Ethiopia for the date ending of each Fiscal Year.• If the JV is formed between local firms, the peak annual construction requirement will be the aggregate of the peak annual construction turnover of the joint venture partners.• If the JV is formed between foreign and local firms the peak construction turnover requirements for local firms shall not be less than 25% as members of the JV and 40% as lead partner of JV; while the average construction turnover requirement of foreign firms shall not be less than 25% as members of the JV and 40% as lead partner of the JVThe documentary evidences of Audited Financial Statements that are emanated outside the country of the Employer shall be notarized by the authorized body and authenticated by the F.D.R.E Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Reference: ITB37.5(d)
• Historical Financial Performance (a)Submission of audited balance sheets and other financial statements as required in the BDS Clause 17, for the past 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)And  ii.     Profit before tax or return on equity of the past four years should be positive.Foreign bidder:    i.     Average current ratio of the last five years should be more than one (1)And  ii.      The current ratio of the recent three years should be more than one (1)And iii.      Profit before tax of the past five years or return on equity from net worth 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. 3.1(b)(ii) and valid for the duration of the contract otherwise; they will be rejected from further evaluation.·     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.·     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.”·     The audited financial statement prepared by an independent auditor shall be notarized by Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce for Local Bidder and Notarized by appropriate Notary Public and Authenticated by Foreign Affairs Minister of Ethiopia for Foreign Bidders.·     While converting the annual turnover of other currencies to ETB, the applicable exchange rate of National Bank of Ethiopia for the date ending of each audit period shall be used.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 yearAnnual 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)
• History of non-performing contracts1) 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. A 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.”6) Moreover, for bidders who had on-going and previous relationships with the Client, ERA would further carry out objective and qualitative assessments of the performance of the Contractor on the relevant parameters defined in the respective contracts, including compliance with quality, environmental, and other requirements, in addition to the physical progress to determine performance accomplishment to the satisfaction of the Client.   Reference: ITB 37.4(d)
• Specific ExperienceThe Bidder has successfully participated as a Contractor, Sub contractor and Joint Venture at least i. For Local BiddersA minimum of One (1) any type of Building Construction Project with a value of at least ETB 2.681 Billion, Or A minimum of Two (2) any type of Building Construction Project with a value of at least ETB 1.340 Billion,  Or A minimum of Three (3) any type of Building Construction Project with a value of at least ETB 893 Million In all cases, the experiences shall be within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully and substantially completed (70% Completed).ii. For Foreign BiddersA minimum of Two (2) G+5 Building Construction each with a value of at least ETB 2.681 Billion within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully and substantially completed (80% Completed).For the experience requirements Contract agreement, Supporting evidence letter for satisfactory performance from the employer which clearly mentions the project amount & progress is mandatory and must be attached. Note: In addition to the value and type of the qualification criteria specified above, bidder’s experience shall be of similar nature and complexity with the subject tender and also shall have similar construction methodology. In relation, bidders shall demonstrate that they have executed major activities involved in a project of similar nature. Bidders shall attach their documents showing the substantial completion of their specific experience. While converting the contract amount of other currencies to ETB, the applicable exchange rate should be the exchange rate of the National Bank of Ethiopia for the date of contract signature of each specific experience shall be used. For the specific construction project 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. For bidders who have participated as Joint venture or sub-contractors, the amount of experience will be taken considering their shares accordingly. If the bidder is a joint venture formed between local and foreign firms, it is the specific construction Experience criteria set for foreign bidders that shall be met collectively by “All parties combined”. Local Bidders: If the bidder specific experience is obtained as Subcontractor, bidders should attach all the official receipts issued to the main contractor with the corresponding attachments. An experience which is not supported by the above documents will not be considered Local Bidders: If the bidder specific experience is obtained other than the Ethiopian Roads Administration as Main Contractor, bidders should attach all the official receipts issued to the Employer with the corresponding attachments. An experience which is not supported by the above documents will not be considered. Foreign Bidders: Specific experience of foreign firms shall be notarized by appropriate notary public of the country whereby the project is executed and further should be authenticated by ministry of foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. An experience which is not supported by the above documents will not be considered. The authenticated document should at least contain the following information:• Floor Number• Value of the works,• Share of the joint Venture partners, if there is any • Contract start and completion date• Specific Experience of a bidder obtained through sub-contracting, which is not authenticated by the project Owner/Employer (not the prime contractor) will not be considered. Alternatively, if a bidder has obtained experience by sub-contracting in projects, it should attach all payment receipts certified by the prime contractor. • An experience which is not supported by the above documents will not be considered.• During evaluation, the Client may enquire for additional documents that substantiate the specific experience records indicated by bidders.• Experiences gained from access road construction projects shall not be considered.Reference: ITB 37.4(b)
• Construction License GradeBC-1 / GC-1Reference: ITB 4.5
• Financial ResourcesCash flow requirement:Specify proposed sources of financing, such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, net of current commitments, available to meet the total construction cash flow demands of the subject contract amounts ETB: 536 Million for local bidders and ETB 715 Million for foreign bidders.Reference: ITB 37.5 (a)
• 4.1 (b) Current Contract Commitmentsi.) Bidders and each partner to a Joint Venture should provide information on their current commitments on all contracts that have been awarded, or for which a letter of intent or acceptance has been received, or for contracts approaching completion, but for which an unqualified, full completion certificate has yet to be issued. Reference: 3.1
• Equipment for the implementation of the contractThe Bidder must demonstrate that it will have available for the implementation of the contract the following listed type, characteristics, and minimum number of equipment's thereafter: The bidder should submit ownership certificates, libras, receipts & etc. valid for the year 2018 E.C For rental equipment the bidder must attach Rental Agreement and ownership certificates, libras, receipts & etc. of the lessor valid for the year 2018 E.C.Note:1)A successful bidder will also be required to provide the following equipment, as required:2)The above minimum number of equipment is indicated only; the Contractor shall provide the required number of equipment as per the requirement of the work load subject to the approval of the Engineer.3)If the bidder owns these equipment, it shall submit evidence that shows the ownership of the equipment;4)Bidders shall provide formal lease agreement for the aforementioned equipment's with the required documentary evidence and confirmation letter from the lease company / owner that the equipment are provided to the bidder for the intended project for the entire project duration.Reference: ITB 3
  1. Excavator 20 Ton & above = 2
  2. Dump truck 10m3 & above = 10
  3. Loader 2.5m3 & above = 2
  4. Roller 10 ton = 1
  5. Concrete Mixer 500Lit to 750Lit = 5
  6. Truck Mixer (Min 10m3 Wet Mix Output) = 3
  7. Water Truck (Minimum 10,000 Lit) = 2
  8. 1.2m3 Self-loading concrete mixer = 1
  9. Tower Crane = 1
  10. Concrete Pump (Min, 40m3/hr) = 1
  11. Steel formwork = 15,000 m2
  12. Steel scaffolding = 5,000m2
• Bidder Certification of Compliance FormBidder has to provide in the Bidder Certification of Compliance Form information about contracts similar to the proposed Works in the number, value, and period Reference: ITB 37.4(c)
• Pending litigationAll 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)
• personnel for the key positionsBidder has to demonstrate in its Technical Proposal that it will have the personnel for the key positions that meet requirements Reference: ITB 37.3 (c)
• Non-Performing ContractsNon-performance of a contract did not occur within the last 2 years prior to the deadline for Bid submission, based on all information on fully settled disputes or litigation. A 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 been exhausted.1) 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: Non-Performing Contracts

Nationality

Bidder does have nationality in accordance with ITB Clause 4.2.

Reference: ITB 37.2(a)

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)

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)

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)

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 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

conflict of interest

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

Reference: ITB 36.2(b)

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)

information related to its professional qualification and capability

Bidder has to provide in the Bidder Certification of Compliance Form information related to its professional qualification and capability for the period specified in the BDS Clause 15.1;

Reference: ITB 37.3(b)

CVs of the Professional staffs

Bidder has to provide CVs of the Professional staff signed by the staff themselves or by the authorized representative of the Professional Staff.

Reference: ITB 37.3

professional practice certificates

Bidder has to submit relevant professional practice certificates, if required in BDS Clause 4.5(b)(iv).

Reference: ITB 37.3(a)

Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form

Unless registered on the capital Market, any Contractor (contractors) participating, whether individually or as part of a partnership, consortium, or joint venture, must fill out and submit “7. Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form” and disclose its beneficial owners. In case of Partnerships, Consortium or Joint Ventures, the Bidder must submit a separate Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form for each member.

Reference: ITB 37.2(k)

Procurement Classification

• 72000000: Building and Facility Construction and Maintenance Services

Source of Fund

• Treasury

Governing Rule

The Federal Republic of Ethiopia

Terms and Conditions

The Public Body reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to Bidders.

Bidding Logistics

Site Visit: Allowed

Tender details

• Deadline: 2026-12-01
• Bid closing time: 14:00
• Bid opening: 2026-12-01 15:00
• Region: Addis Ababa
• Publishing entity: Ethiopian Roads Administration (ERA)
• Buyer's registered address: ወላይታ ሶዶ ከነዳጅ ዲፖ አለፍ ብሎ ጎፋ ማዞሪያ
• Bid bond: 2000000 ETB
• Published on: Government (Oct 31, 2026)
• Posted at: 2026-10-31T06:13:53.000Z
• Source: Qelal Tenders