Procurement of Fish Farming Equipment — Food Systems Resilience Program (Sierra Leone)

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids -

PROCUREMENT OF FISH FARMING EQUIPMENT

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Sierra Leone

Name of Project: Food Systems Resilience Program

Contract Title: Procurement of fish farming equipment (36 Fingerlings Scoop Nets,

36 Harvest Scoop Nets,36 Cover Nets, 36 Scrubbing Brushes and 36 Sorting

Basins) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS)

Grant No.: E1160-SL

RFB Reference No.: SL-MAFS-460770-GO-RFB

IFB Issued Date: 15th May 2025

IFB Closing Date: 1st July 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 for the Procurement of fish farming equipment (36 Fingerlings Scoop Nets, 36 Harvest Scoop Nets,36 Cover Nets, 36 Scrubbing Brushes and 36 Sorting Basins) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS).

• The Food Systems Resilience Program now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement of fish farming equipment (36 Fingerlings Scoop Nets, 36 Harvest Scoop Nets,36 Cover Nets, 36 Scrubbing Brushes and 36 Sorting Basins) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS).

• Bidding will be conducted through Open/ National competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” February 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from:

The Procurement Specialist -Mohamed Amara, at 14 Pipeline Drive, Off Wilkinson Road, Freetown. Email: [email protected] and inspect the bidding document during office hours i.e. 0900 to 1700 hours 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, Tuesday, 1st July 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 Tuesday 1st July 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