ሪፖርተር ረቡዕ ጥቅምት 12 ቀን 2018ዓ.ም
Deadline:
29 October 2025
INVITATION
TO BID
1. BACKGROUND
Ethiopian Center for
Disability and Development (ECDD) is an Ethiopian Development Organization established
in 2005 and reregistered at the Agency for Civil Society Organizations as Ethiopian
Development Civil Society Organization with Certificate No 0321 under the Proclamation
Nº 1113/2019. ECDD is working with other organizations to promote and facilitate
the inclusion of persons with disabilities and disability issues in mainstream service
delivery and development programs envisioning an inclusive Ethiopia where persons
with disabilities exercise the same rights and have access to the same services
and opportunities enjoyed by other citizens.
The Ethiopian Centre
for Disability and Development (ECDD), with the financial support of National Union
of University Students in Finland (SYL), is currently implementing a project entitled
"EMPOWER: Empowerment and Mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities in Higher
Education in Ethiopia (EMPOWER)"
Based on the barriers
identified by the accessibility auditors, the project will support the improvement
of university infrastructure's accessibility (Disability friendly) by undertaking
accessibility modification construction works in selected areas of the university
compound is to demonstrate the accommodations and modifications required for students
with disabilities to participate fully and to show a model for the university community
where they will practice for their future construction projects
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Project Title:
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"Empowerment
and Mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities in Higher Education in Ethiopia
(EMPOWER)"
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Donor.
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National Union of
University Students in Finland (SYL)
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Activity Description:
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1.2.3. Construct ramps
and other modifications.
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Activity code:
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5306-30910-0101
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As part of the project,
ECDD seeks to conduct accessibility modification construction work at Wolayita Sodo
University. Thus, ECDD is looking for a qualified and interested bidder to provide
accessibility modification construction works in the aforementioned public institution.
The following are the
requirements:
1. Contractors Licensed
in GC/BC Grade 6 and above are eligible to participate in the BID. The License should
be Valid for the Year 2017 Ethiopian Calendar. 3 years of proven experience in similar
works (sanitary works, ramps and curb construction...)
2 Bid documents, including
the technical documents with all necessary information, must be completed and submitted
in hardcopy to the ECDD Office in Addis Ababa by 17 October 2025.
3 A Contractor who is
undertaking a construction project for the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development
(ECDD) with a performance/progress of less than 80% is not eligible for this bid.
4 A contractor at an
organizational or individual level with a history of child or adult abuse, gender-based
violence, and other safeguarding-related issues is not eligible for this bid.
5. The bidder shall
seal the original financial, the original technical, the copy of the financial,
and the copy of the technical of the bid document in separate envelopes, duly marking
the envelopes as "ORIGINAL FINANCIAL", ORIGINAL TECHNICAL", "COPY
FINANCIAL" and "COPY TECHNICAL" as appropriate and also marking the
project name, location, contractor's contact information on each sealed envelope.
Then compile the four separately sealed documents in a single master envelope marking
the project name, location, and contractor's contact information and forward it
to ECDD.
6. The bidder shall
present bank advice with a copy of renewed trade license, Tax Clearance Certificate,
and VAT Registration Certificate.
7. The bid document
can be accessed from the https://ecdd-ethiopia.org/wp-
content/uploads/Accessibility-Modification-Construction-Works-1.pdf.will open the
BID in the presence of bidders. The bid opening date will be notified to all bidders
via e-mail or phone call.
8. ECDD reserves the
right to accept or reject any of the Bid and to reject all Bids at any time prior
to the award of the contract.
9. Bidders may obtain
further information from the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD)
at its head office in Addis Ababa
Note:
1. Contractors with
experience working in the target area and those based in Wolayita Sodo town will
be given a competitive advantage (preference or a higher chance of being selected
compared to others).
2. Contractors who have
employees with disabilities are encouraged and will receive an additional 3% competition
credit if they provide evidence that they have employees with disabilities.
All applicants can find
the attached BOQs and Tender Document on the ECDD Website (https://ecdd-ethiopia.org/wp-content/uploads/Accessibility
Modification-Construction-Works.pdf), or at Wolayita Sodo University Main campus
special need department to acess the documents from the website please follow this
procedure: click on "Get involved," then click on "Tender" after
opening the website.
Interested and Potential
firms are requested to send essential Technical & Financial documents within
Eight (8) calendar days from the date of this announcement, through tenderecdd@ecdd-ethiopia.org
or in person in a sealed envelope during office hours to the ECDD Office located
at Kirkos Sub-city, Woreda 04, House No. 213, Beklobet, across from the former Global
Hotel, Sierra Leone Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For further information, contact
+251-114-165859/0116-653916 or write to P.O. Box 1530, Code 1250.