Construction of NAWEC Project Office

Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Small Works

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: The Gambia

Name of Project: Gambia Electricity Restoration and Modernization Project

Contract Title: Construction of NAWEC Project Office

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: D6530

RFB Reference No.: GM-NAWEC-471751-CW-RFB

• The Republic of the Gambia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Electricity Restoration and Modernization Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for The Construction of NAWEC Project Office.

• The National Water and Electricity (NAWEC) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Two-Story EDGE-certified concrete framed Building for Office use, at Kuto, off Bertil Harding Highway within a construction period of 6 months. Main qualifications requirements:

• General construction experience of at least 5 years

• Minimum average turnover of $1.5 million

• Minimum access to financing of $200,000

• Specific experience of completing 3 similar contracts of $500,000 each for the last 5 years.

• 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” (July 1st, 2016, revised in November 2017 and August 2018) (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from NAWEC- PIU and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0800 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 $300. The method of payment will be bank transfer. The document will be sent by electronic mail in PDF format or a link for downloading will be provided. Should a bidder require hardcopy, it will be sent by courier mail, however, such bidder will have to make own pick up and shipment arrangement.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 p.m. (local time), March 6th, 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 12:30 p.m. (local time), on March 6th, 2025.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 7,500 US Dollars.

• 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:

Attention: Haddy Njie - Project Coordinator

Mrs. Haddy Njie - Project Coordinator

Address: National Water & Electricity Company Limited,

Project Implementation Unit

Emporium III Building, Fajara

114 Kairaba Avenue

Floor/ Room number: Conference Room, 1st Floor

City: Banjul

Country: The Gambia

Telephone: +220 996 1301/ 3182113/ 7009342

Electronic mail address: [email protected], (copy to [email protected])