Construction of Emergency Treatment Center and other facilities — Ministry of Health, The Gambia

Request for Bids

Works

(Without Prequalification)

Employer: The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, The Gambia.

Project: Construction of the Emergency Treatment Centre (ETC) Intensive Care Unit, the Emergency Observation and Treatment Centre, the Public Health Laboratory and Training Centre, the Blood Transfusion Centre, and Conference Centre

Contract title: The Emergency Treatment Centre, Ministry of Health

Country: The Gambia

Grant No.: IDA-D5970

RFB No: GM-MOH-166712-CW-RFB

Issued on: 17 May, 2021.

Submission date: 13 July 2021

• The Government of The Gambia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Construction of the Emergency Treatment Centre (ETC) Intensive Care Unit, the Emergency Observation and Treatment Centre, the Public Health Laboratory and Training Centre, the Blood Transfusion Centre, and Conference Centre and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Emergency Treatment Centre. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing.”

• The Project Coordination Unit, Ministry of Health, The Gambia now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Construction of the Emergency Treatment Centre Intensive Care Unit (20 beds), the Emergency Observation and Treatment Centre (84 beds), the Public Health Laboratory and Training Centre, the Blood Transfusion Centre, and Conference Centre (94 people), plus utility buildings required for the effective functioning of the facilities. The project site is the former Farato Farms off the Brikama Highway, in Farato, Kombo North, West Coast Region.

The total gross floor area to be constructed is approximately 10,500m2 inclusive of buildings for wards, entrances, laboratories, conferences & meetings and engineering services, plus associated civil works including access roads, fencing, waste and stormwater drainage, hard and soft landscaping, and so on.

The structures to be constructed include single and two-storied buildings with reinforced concrete frames and block work panels, and metal and concrete roofs. The fittings and finishes include ceilings, doors & windows, tiling, rendering, painting and so on.

The project includes installation of complex services including mechanical & electrical engineering systems including (heating,) ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, supply and distribution of medical gases, etc. Constructed buildings will be fully serviced including electricity supply, both passive and active back-up systems including solar systems and generator sets, electrical and medical installations, water supply & back-up systems and installations, IT, etc.

The required qualifications for bidders are:

• Fifteen (15) years’ experience in construction;

• At least five (5) construction projects completed over last ten (10) years with average contract sums in excess of fifteen million US dollars (US $15,000,000), preferably including medical facilities;

• Average annual turnover of twenty five million US dollars (US $25,000,000) over last ten (10) years;

• Liquid assets or lines of credit from banks, suppliers and others of ten million US dollars (US $10,000,000) exclusive of any other current commitments.

• Complete construction works within specified construction period of 16 months or earlier.No margin of preference shall be applied.

• Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018 edition (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from:

Name: The Coordinator,

Office: Projects Coordination Unit, Ministry of Health

Address: Kanifing Estate, Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia.

E-mail address:

Telephone: 337-3333 / 765-3185

and inspect the Bidding document during office hours 0800 to 1600 hours Mondays to Thursdays and 0800 to 1200 on Fridays at the address given in Item 9 below.

• The Bidding document in English may be accessed online at the following web address https://procurement.mohgm.org by interested eligible Bidders upon submission of a email request to [email protected], whereupon a password for accessing the site shall be provided.

• Bidders will have to submit their bids in hard copy and also electronically as described below.

Hard copy bids shall be dispatched via courier before the bid submission deadline. If a hard copy bid arrives after the bid submission deadline, it will be accepted only if an electronic copy or printed copy of bid was submitted on time. Further, Bidders shall provide evidence that the hard copy has been posted before the bid submission deadline. Payment receipts for the courier should be attached to the bids to be considered valid. The copies will then be treated as if they are originals until the originals are received by the deadline. The hard copy of bid must be submitted to the Purchaser no later than 14 calendar days after the bid submission deadline, 12:30 PM Banjul time.

Bidders who prefer submitting their bids through authorized representatives in the Gambia shall instruct such third party in-country representative to print the bid and deliver copies to the Purchaser. The representative could be a business partner (JV member, sub-contractor), diplomatic mission, or even a print store that couriers the bid. In such case, authorized representative should submit Letter of Authorization or Power of Attorney when submitting the bid on the Bidder’s behalf.

For Bid Form, Bid Security and Power of Attorney, copies of these documents will be treated as if they are originals during the COVID-19 emergency, subject to their originals arriving within maximum 14 calendar days after bid submission deadline.

Submitting Electronic Copies of Bids:

Potential bidders will write to [email protected] regarding intention to submit a bid, latest by 8AM Banjul time on 13 July 2021. Instructions will then be provided on the process for creating an account to access a secure website which is password protected. Scanned copies of original bids shall be uploaded to the secure website and the bidder will write to [email protected] stating the date and time of the submission and requesting the Purchaser to acknowledge receipt of the email. Bidders must send the password of their password protected bids by 1:00PM Banjul time on 13 July 2021.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of five hundred thousand US dollars (US $500,000).

• 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:

Office: Projects Co-ordination Office, Ministry of Health

Position: Project Coordinator

Name: Abdoulie Mam Njie,

Address: Kanifing Housing Estate (off Jimpex Road)

Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia.

E-mail address: [email protected]

Telephone: + 220 337-3333 / 220 356-1753