Construction of Neonatal Intensive Care Units — Ministry of Health, The Gambia

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Works

(Without Prequalification)

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

Project: The Gambia Essential Health Services Project (P173287)

Contract title: Construction of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, LOT 1 BUILDING WORKS

Country: The Gambia

Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: D7310-GM

RFB No: GM-MOH-262766-CW-RFB

Issued on: 31st July 2023

• The Government of The Gambia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Construction of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital. and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Construction of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital. 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 Projects Coordination Unit, Ministry of Health, now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Construction of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital The construction works include rehabilitation works to the ground floor (labour & maternity block); new works to the proposed NICU at first floor level; and miscellaneous external works. More specifically, the building and civil works comprise:

• rehabilitate existing ground floor including perimeter screen wall, windows and insect screen, with new fittings to existing toilets and bathrooms; demolish existing walls around new staircases; demolish dwarf wall on existing concrete slab;
• new works to ground level including pad and strip foundations for staircases, blockwork and RC beams to support new slab over passageway,
• provide reinforced concrete frame to first floor comprising RC columns and roof beams;
• provide new metal roof with aluminium sheets and galvanized trusses;
• erect exterior and interior walls and partitions, block work and glazed aluminium partitions, complete with RC lintels, aluminium windows, doors, and stainless-steel railings;
• provide aluminium ceiling tiles to modular support frame;
• provide fittings and finishes as specified in drawings and specifications;
• provide first fix for a wide range of MEP services with oversite of Services Contractor;
• provide external works including concrete plinth for water storage tank, pavings & kerbs, and landscaping. The period for construction is 6 to 8 months.

The required qualifications for bidders are:

• Ten (10) years’ experience in construction;
• At least five (5) construction projects completed over last ten (10) years involving fully serviced structure with contract sums in excess of five hundred thousand US dollars (US $500,000);
• Average annual turnover of three million US dollars (US $1,500,000) over last five (5) years;
• Liquid assets or lines of credit from banks, suppliers and others of five hundred thousand US dollars (US $500,000) exclusive of any other current commitments.
• Capacity to complete construction works within specified construction period of 6 to 8 months. No margin of preference shall be applied.

Bidders should submit a Tax Clearance Certificate from the Gambia Revenues Authority as applicable

Bidders should note Withholding Tax will apply.

Bidders should note Duty Waiver will be granted provided selected Contractor is in possession of valid tax clearance certificates.

Bidders should note site will be shared with another contractor.

Bidders should note limited on-site space for materials storage and construction activities with restricted access for heavy machinery off Ebou Conteh (Telegraph) Road.

Bidders should note health services in the Labour & Theatre Block on the ground floor will be on-going during the construction period, with attendant requirements for control of noise, vibrations, dust and so on.

• 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: Kairaba Ave, Opposite GIEPA, First Floor, The Gambia.

E-mail address: [email protected], [email protected]

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 above.

• A digital version of the Bidding document in English may be obtained free of charge by interested eligible bidders upon submission of a request to the address above.

• Bids must be delivered to the address stated in Item 4 on or before 12:00, 29th August 2023. Electronic Bids will be received and opened only if evidence that hard copy was dispatched by courier before the bid submission deadline is received. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address in Item 4 on 12:30, 29th August 2023 Bidders should also submit electronic copy of Bids in a USB data stick

Where there is conflict between the hard copy and the electrical copy the hard copy will prevail

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of fifteen thousand United States dollars (US $15,000) or one million Gambian dalasi (GMD 1,000,000)
• All Bids must be accompanied by a Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and/or Sexual Harassment (SH) Declaration.