The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
(FDRE) has allocated sufficient budget towards the construction
of pile foundation of Omo River Bridge Project.
Omo River Bridge is located in the Southern
Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Administrative Region.
The works under this contract consists of construction of
pile foundation and piers of Omo River Bridge Project. The
foundation type being cast in situ reinforced concrete Piles
of diameter 0.6m and total length of 4400m.The piles are
of vertical and buttering types. As per the design, vertical
piles consists of 20m and 35m long piles, and the buttering
ones consist of 20m long piles.
The work involves the following
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Drilling of holes for concrete piles
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Retaining of the drilled holes " Setting
of reinforcement bars
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Preparation of concrete mix
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Casting and curing of concrete for
piles and pile cap, piers and piers caps
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Erection of dowels on the abutment
pile caps to be extended to the piers
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Geotechnical investigation.
And the expected duration of completion
is about 540 calendar days including mobilization period.
The Employer will evaluate and compare
only Bids determined to be substantially responsive to the
requirements of the Bidding Document.
The Ethiopian Roads Authority invites all
contractors fulfilling the following criteria.
Contractors registered in Ethiopia are required to present:
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A registration certificate under category
1 from Ministry of Infrastructure for the drilling and
construction of pile foundation.
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Renewed business license for 1997 Ethiopian
Calendar Year.
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Registration certificate for VAT
Contractors not registered in Ethiopia
are required to present:
Interested bidders may obtain further
information and collect the bidding document from Ethiopian
Roads Authority, Engineering Services Procurement Design
& Technical Support Division Office, 2nd floor, room No.207,
Fax 251-1-51 48 66,Tel. 251-1-51 00 52.
The bidding document is prepared in
English Language and can be purchased as of February 14,
2005 on presentation of the required documents under item
#4 above and on submission of a written application to the
General Manager of ERA and upon payment of non-refundable
fee of Ethiopian Birr 750.00 (Birr Seven Hundred Fifty)
made payable to Ethiopian Roads Authority.
The bid and qualification document for
the subject project should be prepared in one original and
four copies and be submitted to the General Manager Office,
Ethiopian Roads Authority, P.O.Box 1770,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
Fax 251-1-51 48 66, Tel. 15 66 03 on or before 7th April,
2005 at local time 2:30 PM.
Bids will be opened immediately after
the closing time for submission.
A bid which is received late, will not
be considered.
ERA reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
ETHIOPIAN ROADS AUTHORITY
