NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BID

1. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has allocated budget towards the cost of the following Road Construction Project and intend to apply part of this budget to payments under this project.

Road Construction Project

It. No.	Project Name	Estimated Length (Km)	Pavement Type	Project Duration (months)	Contract Delivery	Procurement Type
	Addis Ababa Radial Roads Construction (Congestion Alleviation Measures at contact point between the City and Trunk Roads) Entoto Mariam – Gullele Botanic Garden Road Projects (Construction Works of Sululta Fitesha Inter- change Design and Build Road Project)	Interchange Bridge Including Approch Roads1.17Km	AC	12	DB	NCB

Note: DB Design and Build; NCB National Competitive Bidding; AC = Asphalt Concrete

2. The Ethiopian Roads Administration now invites bidders to submit sealed bids for providing the necessary labor, material and equipment for construction works of the above road project.

3. Interested bidders shall submit the following evidence:

a. In the case of Ethiopian bidders, Certificate of Registration from Ministry of Construction with the relevant Categories as specified in item 4 of tables below renewed for 2018 EFY and other appropriate documentary evidences demonstrating the bidder’s compliance, which shall include,

i) Trading License renewed for 2018 EFY,

ii) Tax Clearance Certificate, which states that the bidder can participate in any public tender, valid at bid submission date,

iii) VAT Registration Certificate, and

iv) Registration as Supplier in the list of the mandated public body, i.e. Federal Public Procurement and Property Authority (FPPPA).

b. In case of bidders other than Ethiopians,

i) Business organization registration certificate or Trade License issued by the country of establishment.

ii) Tax Clearance Certificate issued from the Tax Authority (Inland Revenue Authority) which allows the bidder to participate in public tenders at the date of the deadline for bid submission if the foreign bidder already has on-going or completed projects in the Country, Ethiopia.

4. Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures as specified on the tables above and is open to all eligible bidders as specified and defined in the Bidding Documents. The minimum Annual Construction Turnover, Cash Flow, General and Specific Construction Experience requirement for the project is shown below:

4.1. Qualification and Evaluation Criteria of the Project

Addis Ababa Radial Roads Construction (Congestion Alleviation Measures at contact point between the City and Trunk Roads) Entoto Mariam Gullele Botanic Garden Road Projects

(Construction Works of Sululta Fitesha Interchange Design and Build Road Project)

Item/ No.	Qualification Criteria	Minimum Requirement
		Local Bidders	Foreign Bidders
1	Annual Construction Turnover for the Last Five Years	ETB 847 Million (Peak)	ETB 2.824 Billion (Average)
		The annual construction Turnover (ACT) requirement for a Joint Venture (JV) of Local and Foreign Firms is ETB 1.694 Billion (Average)
2	Liquid Asset/Cash Flow Requirement	ETB 353 Million	ETB 470 Million
3	General Construction Experience	5 Years firm experience under construction contracts in the role of prime Contractor, Joint Venture partner, Management Contractor or sub-contractor.	8 Years firm experience under construction contracts in the role of prime Contractor, Joint Venture partner, Management Contractor or sub-contractor.
4	Specific Construction Project Experience	A Minimum of One (1) any type of asphalt (DBST, TST or AC)Road Construction or Upgrading or Rehabilitation Project with a value of at least ETB 1.412 Billion; OR A Minimum of Two (2) any type of asphalt (DBST, TST or AC) Road Construction or Upgrading or Rehabilitation Projects each with a value of at least ETB 706 Million; OR A Minimum of Three (3) any type of asphalt (DBST, TST or AC) Road Construction or Upgrading or Rehabilitation Projects each with a value of at least ETB 470 Million; In all cases, the experiences shall be within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully and substantially completed (70% Completed).	A Minimum of Two (2) Asphalt Concrete Road Constructions or Upgrading or Rehabilitation Projects each with a value of at least ETB 1.412 Billion within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully and substantially completed (80% Completed).
5	Grade	RC-1 or GC-2

5. If a bidder is awarded and/or recommended for award of any two works contracts by ERA Six months prior to the bid submission date of the subject project and until the award of the subject project, the qualification criteria for the construction turnover will be the aggregate of the criteria of the subject project; and that of the awarded contracts and/or those recommended to be awarded. A detailed qualification criterion is stated in the respective bidding document.

6. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 8:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. and 1:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. local time from Monday to Thursday, and from 8:30 to 11:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M. to 5:30 p.m. local time on Friday.

A complete set of bidding document prepared in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and a nonrefundable fee of ETB 1,000 or USD 40 for the project, effective as of February 11, 2026. The method of payment shall be in cash or direct deposit to ERA’s account in the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia – Sengatera Branch through Account No. 01715-33144600.

Address: Ethiopian Roads Administration, Block B, Engineering Procurement Directorate, 1st Floor, Office No. 101, Tel: +251-11 518-5774 (Extension-2244)

7. Bidders shall submit their Bid in two envelopes, the first envelop labeled as “Qualification Information and Bid Security” and the second envelope “Financial Bid” separate sealed and the two envelopes sealed in on another outer envelope.

8. Evaluation is to be carried out in two stages, Qualification Information first and Financial Bids of qualified Bidders next.

9. Bid must be delivered to the address, time and date specified below. The bid must be accompanied by a bid security of ETB 1,000,000.00 for the project in a format acceptable to the employer. Late bid will be rejected. One Original and three Copies of the bid has to be submitted. The Qualification information and Bid Security will be opened immediately after the submission deadline in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend, at the address below.

10. The value of total certified payments received in each year shall be adjusted for inflation of Birr value through multiplying by Cn/Co factor, where Cn is value of 1US Dollar in Birr on the 28 day prior to bid submission date and Co is the value of 1 US Dollar in Birr computed using the selling exchange rate prevailing on the last date of the respective fiscal year.

11. For the Specific construction projects 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.

12. Bid must be delivered to the address below on or before March 09, 2026 at 2:30 P.M. for project.

Director General

2nd Floor, Conference Room

Ethiopian Roads Administration

Ras Abebe Aregay Street

P. O. Box 1770

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel: +251-11 518-5774 (Extension-5743)

Fax. +251-11-551 4866

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

ETHIOPAN ROADS ADMINISTRATION