INVITATION TO BID

Bid Reference No:- ERCS/WRKS/0061/26

1. The Ethiopian Red Cross Society Head Quarter Office invites eligible and qualified contractors of category of Electromechanical Contractors, water works contractors, and General Contractors, or related contractors of category 5 and above with valid trade license, registration certificate, tax clearance valid up to date, supplier registration certificate (must be active online) and eligible for Borehole Polarization, Electromechanical Installation, Pipelines, Reservoir, and Water Points Construction in Afar Region. Zone 4 (Fenti Rasu), Mebay Woreda, Ethiopia. Please refer the specific location in the below table.

Bid	Type of Work	Location
		Region	Zone	Woreda	Kebele	Site name
1	Borehole Solarization, Electromechanical Installation, Pipelines,  Reservoir, and Water Points Construction	Afar	Zone-4	Mebay	Mebay	Zerelie

2. Interested and eligible bidders may obtain a complete set of the bidding documents upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB 500 (Five Hundred Birr) for bid. The payment shall be deposited into the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) Account No. 1000000950487. Upon presentation of the original bank deposit receipt, bidders may collect the bidding documents from the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), Humanitarian Supply Chain Department, Procurement Division, First Floor, Office No. 25, around Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during normal working hours.

3. All tenders must be submitted to Ethiopian Red Cross Society Head Quarter, near Addis Ababa stadium along with a BID SECURITY (BID BOND) in acceptable Forms (CPO ONLY) SPECIFIED IN THE BIDDING DATA SHEET amounting to 2% of the bid offer, on separate envelope. The CPO should be valid for 28 days after bid validity.

4. Financial offer shall be produced in separate envelopes labeled as ORIGINAL and COPY. TECHNICAL OFFER shall be made in a separate third wax sealed envelope clearly labelled as TECHNICAL OFFER. The three envelopes shall then be sealed, signed and stamped inside a sealed, signed and stamped outer envelope, addressed to Ethiopian Red Cross Society whose address is mentioned below.

5. Bid will be closed on September 25, at 2:00 pm, and technical document will be opened on the same day at 2:30 pm in the presence of those bidders or their authorized representatives who are willing to attend the event at ERCS Head Quarter Office cafeteria.

6. Bidders are advised to read the bidding document thoroughly in order to fill all the necessary details requested in the bid document.

7. Bidders are required to fill all the necessary details requested in the bid document.

8. Any alteration, modification, deletion, or replacement of the original ERCS-issued BOQ will result in automatic disqualification/ cancellation of the bid.

9. Failure to comply with the conditions from no.2 to 7 above shall result in an automatic rejection.

10. Ethiopian Red Cross Society Head Quarter office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids without fixing any reason thereof.

Address:

Ethiopian Red Cross Society Head Quarter

Tel: 0115180175

P.O.BOX:195

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia