The
Ethiopian herald Friday march 13, 2026
INVITATION
FOR REQUEST FOR BIDS
INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIVE BID (ICB)
Name of Project: Procurement,
Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Desalination
Plant
RFB Reference No.:
SRS/WB/WDP-RO/3/2018 E.C
To: All Eligible Contractors
The Somali Regional State Water
Bureau (SRS WB) invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the provision of
Procurement for the Supply and Installation of a Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water
Desalination Plant for Kebridahar Town.
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S/No
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Project Name
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Amount of Bid
Security (Birr)
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1
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Procurement for the Supply and
Installation of a Reverse
Osmosis
(RO) Water Desalination Plant
for Kebridahar Town
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300,000.00 ETB
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1. Bidding will be conducted in
International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the Bid
document
2. The interested bidders have to
provide information of their experiences, skilled man power, equipment,
machinery and other relevant information as specified in the bid document.
3. Bid is a two-envelope bid and
must be delivered with one original and two copies of technical and financial
proposal in separate envelopes to the address given below at or before April 26,
2026 10:00 A.M. The bid shall be valid for a period of One Hundred Twenty (120)
days and sealed separately. The bid shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of
as specified in the above table in the form of Bank guarantee or C.P.O.
Electronic bidding will not be accepted and late bids shall be rejected.
4. 4.A complete set of bidding
documents in English may be purchased directly from SRS WB, Finance and
logistic department at Jigjiga up on payment of a non-refundable fee of ETB
3,000 (Three Thousand Ethiopian Birr) from the date of first announcement of
this notice on the newspaper in office hours.
5. The scope of the works for
Procurement for the Supply and Installation of a Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water
Desalination Plant for Kebridahar Town includes the following but not limited
to: i. Procurement, Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of Reverse
Osmosis (RO) Water Desalination Plant
The contractor shall procure,
supply, install, test, and commission a complete Reverse Osmosis (RO) water
desalination system for Kebridahar Town. The system shall consist of three (3)
RO units, each with a treatment capacity of 1,750 m³/day, giving a total
production capacity of 5,250 m³/day. The system shall operate using well water
as the feed water source. The RO system shall be designed with a recovery rate
of 75% and operate for 16 hours per day. The contractor shall supply and install
all necessary components including intake system, feed pumps, pre-treatment
units (such as filters and chemical dosing systems), RO membranes, high-pressure
pumps, piping systems, electrical panels, control systems, instrumentation,
monitoring equipment, and all accessories required for proper operatio
ii. Construction of steel
structure Warehouse for Plant 20m*30m
iii.Construction of site office
with laboratory building
iv. Site Work [Grading, Access
Road, and Drainage]
v. Construction of operators wet
toilets
6. Under Qualification
Requirements
a) General Experience: the bidder
must demonstrate successful completion of at least three contracts within the
last 5 years preceding the bid submission deadline, each contract should have a
value equal to the specified contract amount stated hereunder:
-at least two (2) contracts, each
with a minimum value of ETB 100 million or 2 projects with a cumulative value
of 200 million, within the past five (5) years starting from January 2020 G.C.
b) Specific Experience: the
bidder must demonstrate successful completion of at least three similar
contracts within the last 5 years preceding the bid submission deadline, each
contract should have a value equal to the specified contract amount stated hereunder
and should be similar in nature and complexity to the works and related
services outlined in the contract.
-at least three (3) contracts
within the last five (5) years (starting from January 2021 GC), each with a
minimum value of ETB 50,000,000, or in two (2) projects with a combined value
of ETB 150,000,000 or more and the projects should be similar in nature and
complexity to the works and related services outlined in the contract.
c) The Average Annual Turnover:
calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or
completed within the last 5 years: must be at least ETB 210 million or
equivalent amount.
7. Bid closing date shall be
April 26, 2026 GC after the date of announcement, at 10:00 A.M.
8. Bids shall be opened in the
presence of official representatives of the bidders on April 26, 2026 GC, at
10:30 A.M at the SRS WB Conference Hall at Jigjiga.
9. The Bureau reserves the right
to accept or reject all or parts of the bid and to annual the bidding process.
10. Interested applicants may
obtain further information during office hours at the same address mentioned
below:
Address:
Somali Regional State Bureau
Office of
Finance and Logistics Directorate
Contact
person: Mr Omer Osman/Abdisatar Mahamed
P.O. Box
207, Fax: 025-125-775-2027
Phone:
+251915727378/+251910310010
Jijiga,
Somali Regional State
Somali
Regional State Water Bureau