Construction of 26 Secondary Schools — Ministry of Education, Government of Gombe State

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

GOMBE STATE GOVERNMENT

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Invitation for Bids

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Project: AGILE - Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project

Contract Title: Construction of 26 Secondary Schools, including 13 Junior Secondary Schools and 13 Senior Secondary School, lots 1 to 5 in Gombe State.

Country: Nigeria

Credit No.: IDA 67380-NG

RFB No: NG-GOMBE AGILE ADF-492828-CW-RFB

Issued on: 19th May 2026

• The Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Gombe State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Project (AGILE) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Construction of 26 Secondary Schools, including 13 Junior Secondary Schools and 13 Senior Secondary School, lots 1 to 5, in Gombe State.

• The Gombe State Ministry of Education through the office of the Project Coordinator Gombe AGILE now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the Construction of 26 Secondary Schools, including 13 Junior Secondary Schools and 13 Senior Secondary School, lots 1 to 5, in Gombe State as shown in Section II - Bid Data Sheet (BDS), ITB 1.1 of the Request for Bids (RFB).

The work period is 12 months and the margin of Preference shall not be allowed.

The attention of the prospective bidders is hereby drawn to the Pre-Construction activities, including confirmation of foundation designs of various buildings to determine suitability for the soil type, preparation of service drawings for the site, etc, as required under paragraph 5 of section III of bidding document.

• Bidders may bid for one or several lots, as further defined in the bidding document. Bids should be presented separately for each lot. Bidders wishing to offer discounts in case they are awarded more than one contract will be allowed to do so, provided those discounts are included in the Letter of Bid.

• Bidding will be conducted through Open National Competitive Procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” September, 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”) available on www.worldbank.org/procure and is open to all Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the office of the Gombe State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (local time) at the address given below.

• The bidding document in English may be purchased from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150,000.00) in a Bank Draft or bank transfer in favor of "Gombe State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project’’. The document could be collected at the address below on presentation of proof of payment. At the bidder's request, the documents could also be sent by courier after payment of an additional fee to cover the delivery cost. The bank account details for transfer of the above non-refundable fee for bidding document acquisition: 5030137536 Fidelity Bank, Bank Acct. Name: Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE AF).

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before, 18th June, 2026 12:00pm (local time)

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration duly signed by the bidder/ representative.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and/or Sexual Harassment (SH) Declaration.

• Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

• The address referred to above is:

State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU),

Gombe State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning &

Empowerment Project (AGILE AF),

Alabura S. Kudi Crescent, Near Old Safety Office, New GRA, Project Conference Hall, Gombe, Gombe State

Telephone: +234 08023837106, 08137340873

Email address: [email protected]