Rehabilitation of Works at Federal Roads Development Project (FRDP)

Federal Roads Development Project (FRDP)

Credit Number – IDA 44150

Specific Procurement Notice

International Competitive Bidding

Invitation For Bids

Nigeria

This invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for the Federal Roads Development Project (FRDP) that appeared in Development Business dated 11 March 2005.

2.       The Federal Government of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) in the sum of USD 330 million towards the Federal Roads Development Project (FRDP). It is intended that part of the proceeds of this credit will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for road rehabilitation works package I: (i) Lot A- Rehabilitation of Enugu-Abakaliki Road; and (ii) Lot B – Rehabilitation of Ogoja Junction-lkom Road

3.       The Road Sector Development Team (RSDT) of the Federal Ministry of Works, (hereinafter called “the Employer”), now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction and completion of (i) Lot A-Rehabilitation of Enugu-Abakaliki Road; and (ii) Lot B – Rehabilitation of Ogoja Junction Ikom Road.

4.       The Rehabilitation Works include, but are not limited to: scarification, site clearance, earthworks, new culverts, repair to existing bridges, protective works, granular sub-base, crushed stone base course, asphaltic concrete surfacing, side drains, road markings and road furniture. Traffic management and social and environmental measures are also important aspects of the projects.

Further details of the contracts are tabulated below.

5.    Bidders shall be free to bid for one or both lots. The Employer will evaluate and compare Bids on the basis of each lot, or a combination of both lots, in order to arrive at the most economical combination for the Employer by taking into account discounts offered by Bidders in case of award of both lots to the same bidder. If a Bidder submits successful (lowest evaluated substantially responsive) bids for both lots, the evaluation will also include an assessment of the Bidder’s capacity to meet the aggregated requirements. This shall be on the basis of direct addition of the requirements for each lot.

6.       The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the World Bank Standard Bidding Documents: Procurement of Works under IBRD Loan and IDA Credit, May 2006 (Revised March and April 2007), and bidding is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the Guideline.

7.       Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the Office of the Unit Manager, Road Sector Development Team (RSDT) at the address below on working days from l0:00 to 5:00.

8.       Qualification requirements for eligible bidders shall include:

• Participation as contractor, management contractor, or subcontract in at least Two (2) similar contracts within the last five (5) years, each with a value of at least Naira 6.7 Billion OR US$ 44.7 Million equivalent (for Lot A); and Naira 3.84 Billion OR US $25.6 Million equivalent (for Lot B), that have been successfully or are substantially completed and that are similar or the proposed Works. The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, methods/technology or other characteristics as described Employer’s Requirements.

• Minimum average annual turnover for the last 5 years shall be;

The minimum amount of liquid assets and/or credit facilities net of other contractual commitments of the successful bidder shall be:

A margin of preference for eligible national contractors shall be applied.

9.       A complete set of bidding documents in-English may be purchased by interested bidders at the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Naira 40,500 or US$270 for each lot on working days from 10:00 hrs to 5:00. The method of payment shall be by bank draft in favour of “Federal Roads Development Project Abuja”, Bidding Documents requested by mail will be promptly dispatched by courier on payment of additional charges of Naira 10,000.00 for domestic shipping and US$ 128 for overseas delivery through bank draft drawn in the manner stated above, but RSDT will not be liable for late delivery or loss of the documents so dispatched.

10.     A pre-bid meeting will be held on 27 /10 / 2010 at 10.00 hrs at the Office of the Conference Room, Road sector Development Team (RSDT) at the address given below to clarify the issues and to answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage as stated in Clause 7.4 of Instructions to Bidders’ of the bidding document. The Employer will evaluate and compare Bids on the basis of a lot, or a combination of both lots, in order to arrive at the least cost combination for the Employer by taking into account discounts offered by Bidders in case of award of both lots to the same bidder. If a Bidder submits successful (lowest evaluated substantially responsive) Bids for both lots, the evaluation will also to include an assessment of the Bidder’s capacity to meet the aggregated requirements.

11.     Bids must be delivered to the address below by 20:00 on 06/12/2010. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of Naira 140 million or equivalent in freely convertible foreign currency for Lot A: Enugu-Abakaliki Road and Naira 90 million or equivalent in freely convertible foreign currency for Lot B: Ogoja Junction-Ikom Road. Late bids will be rejected.

12.     Bids will be opened in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at 20:30 on 06/12/ 2010 at the address below.

13.     Qualified domestic bidders may be eligible to receive a margin of preference of 7.5 percent in Bid evaluation.

Federal Ministry of Works

Road Sector Development Team (RSDT)

6 Niagara Close, off Erie Crescent, off Nile Street,

Maitama, Abuja. Nigeria,

Atta: Unit Manager, Engr. L. A. Audi

Tel: +234-7034044403

E-mail: unitmgr.rsdt@yahoo.co.uk

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