Supply, Delivery and Maintenance of Eight (8) Water Bowser Trucks — Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project

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Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Goods

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Sierra Leone

Name of Project: SIERRA LEONE WATER SECURITY AND WASH ACCESS IMPROVEMENT

Contract Title: Supply, Delivery and Maintenance of Eight (8) Water Bowser Trucks

Grant No.: P507588

RFB Reference No.: SL-MWRS-539729-GO-RFB

Issue Date: 19th May, 2026

• The Guma Valley Water Company has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the SIERRA LEONE WATER SECURITY AND WASH ACCESS IMPROVEMENT and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the supply, delivery and maintenance of eight (8) Water Bowsers Trucks. “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, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.”

• The Guma Valley Water Company now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply delivery and maintenance of eight (8) Water Bowsers (Stainless Steel trucks) with driving forms of 4 X 2 to 6 X 4, to be supplied as per special conditions of the contract and delivered to the Guma Valley Water Company.

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

• Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 40%. This should comply with the mandatory requirements for Rated Criteria in the Procurement Regulations and for Bid cost: 60%.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Guma Valley Water Company, 12/14 Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone; Focal Person, Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project; email, [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected], and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below.

• The bidding document in English 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 NLe2,500 (Two Thousand, Five Hundred Leones), or USD110 (One Hundred and Ten United States Dollars). The method of payment will be to the Cashier at GVWC, Headquarters, Lamina Sankoh Street. The document will be sent via email and hard copy.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below 7th Floor, Guma Building, Guma Valley Water Company, Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, on or before 30th June 2026 , at 12:00 GMT. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “Original Bid”, and the inner envelopes marked “Technical Part” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below Guma Building, Guma Valley Water Company, Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone] on 4th Floor, 12.00 GMT on 30th June 2026. All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of USD 20,000 (Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) or NLe 455,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand Leones)

• 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(es) referred to above is:

The Focal Person

Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project

Guma Valley Water Company

12/14 Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone

+232 78 005 805; +232 76 695 025

[email protected]