Construction of Four Climate-Resilient Long-Span Bridges

Specific Procurement Notice

Invitation for Initial Selection

Works

(Design and Build)

Employer: Government of Sierra Leone

Project: Connectivity and Agricultural Market Infrastructure Project (CAMIP)

Contract title: Construction of Four (4) climate-resilient long span Bridges and their link roads. (Lot no. 1: Kabba & Komrabai - Lot no. 2: Moselolo & Sumbuya)

Country: Sierra Leone

Grant No. E3340SL

ISD No: SL-MTA - TIDU-471342-CW-RFP

Issued on: 12th May, 2025

• The Government of Sierra Leone has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Connectivity and Agricultural Market Infrastructure Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for: 1. Construction of two climate-resilient long span bridges and their link roads in Kabba and Komrabai (Lot no. 1); and 2. Construction of two climate-resilient long span Bridges and their link roads in Moselolo and Sumbuya (Lot no. 2)

• The Ministry of Transport and Aviation, being the implementing agency of the Connectivity and Agricultural Market Infrastructure Project, intends to initially select Applicants for SL-MTA - TIDU-471342-CW-RFP, Construction of two climate-resilient long span bridges and their link roads. The works are comprised of two lots/contracts: Lot no. 1- Construction of two climate-resilient long span bridges and their link roads in Kabba and Komrabai; and Lot no. 2- Construction of two climate-resilient long span Bridges and their link roads in Moselolo and Sumbuya. Interested eligible Applicants may submit Applications for Initial Selection for one or both lots/contracts and should indicate in their applications the individual lot (s)/contract(s) in which they are interested. Procurement will follow a Request for Proposals for Procurement of Works (Design and Build), Single-Stage, Two-Envelopes. It is expected that the Request for Proposals will be made in August 2025. A Proposer that has been initially selected for both lots may submit a proposal for one or both lots, however only one contract (lot) will be awarded per Proposer.

• Initial Selection will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers published September, 2023 and is open to all eligible Applicants as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from the Project Coordination and Implementation Unit, Ministry of Transport and Aviation, at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1500 hours. A complete set of Initial Selection Documents in English Language may be purchased by interested Applicants on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Twenty-Five Thousand Leones (NLe 25,000.00) or its equivalent in a freely convertible currency acceptable to the Employer, preferably United States Dollars. Payment for the Initial Selection Documents must be made to the account below via cash deposit or bank transfer, and the proof of payment presented, or sent via email, to the Finance Unit of the Project Coordination and Implementation Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation. The Initial Selection Document will be sent by email.

Account Name: Sierra Leone Connectivity and Agricultural Market Infrastructure Project

Bank Name: Sierra Leone Commercial Bank

Account Number (Leones): 003001156312112187

Account Number (USD $): 003001156312412111

• Applications for Initial Selection should be submitted in clearly marked envelopes and delivered to the address below by 1100hrs (local time) on 4th July, 2025. Late applications may be rejected.

The Project Coordinator

Connectivity and Agricultural Market Infrastructure Project

Project Coordination and Implementation Unit

Ministry of Transport and Aviation

7th Floor Youyi Building - East Wing

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Tel: +23274-600-944

Email: [email protected]