Procurement and Supply of 150 Tons Extruded Floating Fish Feed — Food Systems Resilience Program, Sierra Leone

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids -

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY OF 150 TONS EXTRUDED FLOATING FISH FEED

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Sierra Leone

Name of Project: Food Systems Resilience Program

Contract Title: Procurement and Supply of 150 Tons Extruded Floating

Fish Feed for Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Security (MAFS)

Grant No.: E1160-SL

RFB Reference No.: SL-MAFS-460771-GO-RFB

IFB Issued Date: 13th May 2025

IFB Closing Date: 25th June 2025

• The Government of Sierra Leone has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP-2) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract[1] for the Procurement and Supply of 150 Tons of Extruded Floating Fish Feed for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS)

• The Food Systems Resilience Program now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement and Supply of 150 Tons of Extruded Floating Fish Feed for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS)

• 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” revised February 2025 as per legal agreement (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from: Food Systems Resilience Program, directing such request via e-mail for the attention of Mohamed Amara, Procurement Specialist : Email: [email protected] & [email protected]

Copy: [email protected] & [email protected]

Bidding Document can be inspected during office i.e. 0900 to 1700 hours on Mondays to Fridays at the address given below.

• The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of SLE 1,000.00 (One Thousand New Leones only).

The method of payment will be by Bank Transfer or Direct Payment in the Account Listed below:

Bank: Sierra Leone Commercial Bank

Account Name: West Africa Food Systems Resilience Program

Account Number: 003001107762112179

SWIFT BIC: SLCBSLFR

Bank Address: Siaka Stevens Street, Freetown.

The document may be sent by email upon receipt of evidence of payment and request letter from the intended Bidder.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 13:00 GMT, Wednesday, 25th June 2025. 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 Wednesday, 25th June 2025, at 13:05 GMT.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Securing 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:

Name of Project: West Africa Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP-2)

Contact Person: Mohamed Amara, Procurement Specialist

Address: 14 Pipeline Drive, Off Wilkinson Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Tel: +23276859563

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.fsrp-sl.org