Infrastructure Rehabilitation at Siloe Research Station — Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Lesotho

Kingdom of Lesotho Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition REQUEST FOR BIDS Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Small Works (One-Envelope Bidding Process) Employer: Government of Lesotho – Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Project: Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA) Contract title: Infrastructure Rehabilitation of Siloe Research Station in Mohale’s Hoek District Country: Lesotho Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: P164486/ IDA -63580 -LS RFB No: LS-DAR-325436-CW-RFB Issued on: 3rd March 2023 • The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. • The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security through APPSA now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for The Proposed Infrastructure Rehabilitation of the Siloe Research Station in Maseru district for period of 6 months.

Margin of preference will not be applicable. • Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” March 2021 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. • Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Agricultural Research, Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa, situated at Lesotho Agricultural College site, Moshoeshoe II Maseru; Procurement Manager at appsaprocurement@gmail.com and inspect the bidding documents during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours, or call +266 22312395.

• The bidding document in English Language may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of One Thousand Maloti (LSL 1,000.00). The method of payment will be Bank Transfer to this bank account detailed below and shall be collected from the address shown in 4. above or can be send by email: Name of Account: Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa Account Number: 9080006945593 Bank: Standard Lesotho Bank Branch: City Account Type: Current Branch Code: 060667 Swift Code: SBICLSMX 6.

Bids must be delivered in sealed envelope addressed to the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, to the address below on or before 30th March 2023 at 12:00noon. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. 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 below on 30th March 2023 at 14:30pm. 7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Fifty Thousand Maloti (LSL 50,000.00) 8.

All Bids must be accompanied by a Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and/or Sexual Harassment (SH) Declaration. 9. There will be a site meeting on 14th March 2023 at 11:00 at the Department of Agricultural Research – Siloe Research Station in Mohale’s Hoek District.

• The address (es) referred to above is (are) Principal Secretary Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Headquarters, Ground Floor Corner Linare and Constitutional Roads Maseru, Lesotho.